Many armed forces charities struggle to raise sufficient funding to support serving and former members of the British Armed Forces’ and sometimes their dependants who are in need. The Veterans' Foundation has been created to establish a new and nationwide source of funding to help these charities. It acquires its funds through the Veterans’ Lottery and donations.
The objects of the Veterans' Foundation are as follows:
To assist people who are serving or who have served in the British armed forces, and their dependants, by advancing any lawful charitable purpose at the discretion of the trustees and in particular, but not exclusively, to make grants to other charities who assist serving and former members of the armed forces and their dependants who are in need.
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Invading a far flung country that has nothing to do with any domestic issues is not heroic. Its actually inflammatory and creates domestic terrorism.
John , good luck to you.
Protecting your country from invaders doesn't make you a bad guy.
Hiding behind kids .....
Rewind too medevil days ....🚬😎
Fk the IRA
God Bless You, Love and Light to you. Wishing you recovery for your trauma. ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
I think when your dreams are like this? It's because of your own deeds. What part did you play, sir? You shot kids,mums,dad's,grandads etc
Should have stayed in his own country
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What an incredible guy !! Well done mate thanks for your service and keep you head up ma man 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Homeless veterans on the streets of England whilst illegal immigrants are in hotels I hate our government for what they have done as a veteran I never thought I would say that God bless royal x
The Battle of Kohima ended 22nd June 1944. It was a turning point for the 14th Army as it was the first victory it had against the enemy. Note: there were many Indians serving in the 14th Army, as they knew that this army was there to defend India and Burma against the Japanese invasion. Japan merely wanted the resources from these countries for its war efforts. In addition, the Japanese forces certainly did not treat the Chinese nice when they invaded China, so there was no reason to think that they would treat the Indians and Burmese any better once they took over their countries. For example, Unit 731 was where the Japanese tortured and carried out human experiments on the Chinese. Oh, and there are also horrific accounts of Chinese prisoners being buried alive by the Japanese troops. In fact, the UK "Independent" newspaper did an article, dated 2/8/1992, about how certain Japanese WW2 soldiers had been involved in cannibalism. In the book by Sir Captain Thomas Moore - the elderly gentleman who kept the British spirits up during the Covid-19 Pandemic, he spoke of soldiers being issued with a cyanide pill. Thanks to the cruelty and barbaric behaviour of the enemy, suicide was preferred to capture. Soldiers captured by the enemy might be used as bayonet practice. Those taken as POWs would be starved, beaten and worked to death. At the end of WW2, the ones liberated from these POW camps were just as starved as anybody from the likes of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. However, more people have heard about the German camps than they have of the Japanese POW camps. A lot of the people living in and around India understood the danger of letting the Japanese troops takeover their countries, so they fought hard against the Japanese Army. They were happy to fight alongside the British because they understood that THE BRITISH WERE THERE TO HELP THEM. The Japanese troops were not attacking Britain, they were attacking countries in South East Asia. Therefore, the British troops were doing the Indians and Burmese a favour, not the other way around. The people from these countries need to look at how the Japanese troops treated the Chinese, after invading China, to see how they would have been treated if Japan had conquered all of South East Asia in WW2. What those poor Chinese people went through in WW2 was horrific. Therefore, the victories of Kohima and Imphal in 1944 saved India. The several victories in 1945 leading to the recapture of Rangoon rescued and saved Burma. The soldiers of the 14th Army had proudly recaptured Rangoon, the Capital of Burma, by May 1945. Sadly, there are many British soldiers who died fighting to protect the people of South East Asia. Their bodies lay buried in such places as in the war graves of Kohima - hundreds of miles away from their families in Britain. Unfortunately, many of these people cannot afford to travel to India to place flowers on their loved one's grave. In 9 days time it will be the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Battle of Kohima. A battle that sadly claimed many men's lives. My Dad, Peter Seddon, was in the 23rd Chindit Brigade, Column 33, in 1944. At that time he was in the 2nd Duke of Wellington Regiment. While not at the heart of that battle, this brigade helped stop the enemy gaining food and medical supplies thus helping to shorten the battle. Note: with living history, comes uncertainty. If all brigades had entered the "tennis court" and the Japanese backup had arrived then it would have been a defeat for the 14th Army, as its soldiers would have been the ones surrounded and starved out instead of the enemy being starved out. The 23rd Brigade not only stopped the enemy gaining essential supplies but also acted as an early warning, and defence, against any possible additional enemy troops arriving. These soldiers were certainly not having a picnic during that battle, as the relatives of Lance Sergeant Thomas Moakes know all too well. Sadly, this brave soldier of Column 33 was killed in 1944 at Kohima. Note: during war, bad things happen. However, many people involved in these battles are not bad people. They're just placed in extreme survival circumstances and have to try their very best to survive. They are fighting for their right to live. Who wants to die? ALL SIDES SUFFER IN WAR, SO A REAL VICTORY IS WHEN WAR CAN BE AVOIDED........ WHENEVER POSSIBLE. In 1945, my Dad was transferred to the 1st West Yorkshire Regiment, 48th Indian Brigade, 17th Indian Division. While NCOd, he earned the Military Medal at the Battle of Meiktila for rescuing his fellow soldiers who were wounded on the battlefield. As a civilian, a few years after the end of WW2, my Dad earned the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct award, and a parchment from the Royal Humane Society, for putting himself in harm's way to rescue children. Note: although, my Dad served in two excellent Yorkshire Regiments, he was from Leigh in the Wigan Borough of Lancashire, 🇬🇬, 🇬🇧. London Gazette recorded awards: M.M., 17/1/46 QCBC, 22/6/54 On the evening of the 22nd June, I'll be lighting a candle and remembering my Dad and the Battle of Kohima he was involved in. May they Rest In Peace all those who fought in the 14th Army of S.E.A. in WW2. God bless you all. ❤🌹 Note: it's not those who fought against the 14th Army that should be proud, it's the ones who fought in it that should be proud. This army was the DEFENDER, not the invader, of India and Burma. I'm very proud of my Dad!
Foreign oppressors no sympathy whatsoever if u stayed in your own country u would be fine
One of the strange symptoms I experience to this day is a loss of faith in my memory of Op Banner. Recently I responded to a KZread channel discussing Harry McCallion (former 22) in South Armagh in 1987-88. I was on tour there then (Royal Hampshire Regt). We worked on rotation out of BBK, XMG and the Golf towers (me G30 nr. Glasdrumman). I had this increasingly vague memory (I’m 63 now) of being mortared at BBK whilst my brick was taking off in a Lynx to be deployed down on the border near Sailor St after some int about heightened IRA activity (zeroing weapons). I saw the flatbed, the improvised mortar tubes on the back of it. I saw a mate of mine fall with clearly nasty injuries. I saw blue flashing lights on top of prefab huts (had never noticed them before). But then the Lynx was away, and we on board were little the wiser. Over the years, not being in contact any more with my muckers (some in HM Prison due to difficulties adjusting on release, some having committed suicide), I harboured my memories of the BBK attack and began to wonder if it had really happened. It plays havoc with your mind. I served from 1978-1990, but now felt like a walt. I listened to McCallion’s excellent podcast (if you were there at the time it’s essential listening). He blamed the Tyrone Brigade for what happened to the South Armagh Bde at Loughgall. I was up a Crosslieve. So I commented roughly what I’ve said here. Suddenly people who were involved in the attack on BBK - from kids sent home that day as schools closed due to the incident to blokes in the sangars - they told their stories. For me it was confirmation. My mind wasn’t playing tricks. My good mate who’d served with me in Fermanagh 1982 had been critically injured by shrapnel. I spoke of this vindication to my psychiatrist recently. I see a psychiatrist for a number of reasons: Op Banner, adjusting to civvy st (never have adjusted), being abused by my father until I was about 11. My regiment was my safe haven. My safe space. My family. I went to university as a mature student (via an Access course) studied AI and philosophy. I wanted to write a memoir of Op Banner. Even sent a draft to a mate, an RM, 45 Cdo ML. Op Banner is weird. 30 years can pass - the duration of the OSA - but still stuff is very sensitive. I’ll never publish. Mainly for the reason that the inevitable glossary would be longer than the narrative.
Imagine how the people felt with their treatment by the British army
In their streets, their home etc
What a solid guy. I am hoping to be a marine in this next year.
Is there anyone that can get me a contact for john? Or anyone that can help me help veterans with escaping through art and craft?
Come to America bruvv, I’ll give you employment and you can give me PT sessions
Combat vets have my up most respect
Be proud to have you watching my back brother. Your a fukin warrior.
For all still struggeling out there with PTSD: EMDR could help tremendously. But would recommend it only with experienced therapist you trust. Be blessed.
Hit with sticks by children nothing about children hit by plastic bullets and to this day their families are still seeking justice while those who put them in their grave gets decorated for their so called bravery
ABSAFUCKINGLOUTLEY
Give your life serving your country and they drop you like you are worth nothing. Watch all yours videos. Stay strong and keep fighting 💪 ✨️ 🙏 no enemy worse than your own mind. Keep going
Thank you so much for including my Grandfather, Arthur James Peek, in the photographs. He was in the Royal Navy, supporting the assault on Omaha Beach. He passed peacefully in 1997. Just a small cog in a much larger machine.
Thank you for including a beautiful photo in your tribute to your Grandfather!
I'm 66 and have just officially retired! As a female disabled since childhood, I know that I would not be alive today if Britain and it's allies had not won the war! So a very big thank you to all who fought, worked, lived, and died for the freedom that I enjoy today. My father was Scottish and was born in 1923 and served in the Merchant Navy. I'm not sure if he was involved in any military conflicts as he never spoke about it. He was a typical Scotsman of the old school and said very little unless absolute necessary! I think his motto was why use 10 words when none will do! Sadly, my dad died in 2003 and when I went through his belongings I found many papers detailing his time as a marine engineer, and one of the ships he was on was called the Kingfisher. My mother who was Irish, came to London just after the war to do her nursing and this is when she met my father. My mother died in 1994 and was 2 years older than my father, but she always pretended she was younger, bless her! Dad worked on the ships and in St. Katherine's docks for some time and lived in Peabody Buildings in John Fisher Street, which is still there today. Eventually my parents and 2 eldest brothers moved to Essex where at first my father was employed at BOC and then 3M, where he remained until his retirement. Again, thank you from my heart to all those who fought, and still fight, for a free world! Blessing and comfort to you all. 🫡👍🙏🇮🇪🏴
God Bless you for your sacrifice
i all ready signed up brother
well you shouldn't have came near are country the ireland of ireland it will never have a British rule up ireland 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
What was he doing in Afghanistan 🤨
Nothing has convinced me that enlisting is not worth the lifelong mental scars more than every conversation I've had with a veteran
Four tours, and I loved every minute of it. I even ended up marrying a girl from a nationalist background, God rest her. I do sympathise with this chap however it seems he’s had an awful illness to cope with.
That's what happens when you invade a foreign land. What did you expect. To be welcomed with open arms ? Not one word about the Irish victims.
The guys who planted the ied are probably living rent-free in London, right now
whay a gay
I hope you find peace. ❤
The republicans this man fought against have been real quick to take their thirty pieces of silver and sell out the country they fought for to foreign masters , we’ve all been had .
He chose Back to back tours of Northern Ireland? Well then 🤷♂️
My female instincts racing right now I just want to take care of broken men like this :( 💔
we man, if we start cry we apologyze and look on the side
This man is incredible.
My brain is so rotten,i feared he would start twerking any moment.
Walky walk time. Gotta move those legs no matter what. Sedentarism bearly has room in my dictionary.
I hate the evil men that put that gun in your hand.
If you don't wanna stay, maybe you should just go?
So good to hear his art has helped him through tough times. I know exactly what this means. War...what is it good for? Absolutely fuck all
Finding my 16yr old friend blue from asphyxiation on his vomit when I was 17...watching another best friend and college roommate crack both temporal lobes going about 30mph longboarding on concrete at maybe age 21. Sounds..smells..sights...ptsd is a killer bro stay strong. I'm 36 and struggle with addiction from these things plus alot of violence..just last night I had a night terror and it's been a long time since I've had one. Let the emotions out or they'll come out in very very negative ways. All love to those who are suffering.
We are all and continue to be casualty of power unruled 😊
No offence but you have no right to think you had right to take ove another country n culture, i love you brother but your wher misinformed
Respect to all the veterans out there. True heroes. Thank you all for your service!