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Ten Men, Ten Stories, One Regiment. My new book will soon be published — don’t miss out. Subscribe now to be first in line for a pre-launch copy mlbft.co.uk/books/ . #Lincolnshire #VictoriaCross #Valour #History #BritishArmy

Valentine Howard’s Journey, from the Somme’s Trenches to Egypt’s Deserts youtu.be/YgJv2vg2khA?si… via @YouTube

@ride4kingsmen Just double checked and got that one wrong, that's another VC recently worked on, Chard died in Somerset, apologies

@MLBFT Brother in a law a vc recipient?? Every day a school day..

Easter Monday, a sunny day with a glass of red, just listened to a podcast on D Day now watching Zulu - life doesn't get much better

@MLBFT Thousands of um..... Do you know who the Image is??

@ride4kingsmen If I remember correctly Chard, never married lived with his sister, I think, in Scotland and is buried there - a location on the bucket list to visit - close to brother in law (?) also a VC recipient

@MLBFT Yup Acquired what he thought was a replica.. turned out to be the original!! Broomhead grave is in Remote India where he died from disease

@ride4kingsmen Will confess to not being sure, Chard is an incredible read dies from lung cancer, as does Stanley Baker who was guardian of his VC at the time of his death

@MLBFT Close. Gonville Broomhead aka Micheal Caine

@ride4kingsmen If not mistaken Lt Chard VC aka Stanley Baker?

I'll bet you won't recognize this – but if you do, you've clearly got some serious expertise!

LOST, STOLEN & WANTED Medals J. CROSS - R.A. Military General Service Medal **** STOLEN MEDAL **** Any information to the whereabouts of the medal please contact: Met Police - crime ref: 90/AB07069/78 or info@medal-locator.com

Reading @LordAshcroft 's disappointment that the Imperial War Museum has become "untethered from military history" in its devotion to Keir Starmer. lordashcroft.com/2026/03/the-im…

My comment piece in The Mail on Sunday (@MailOnline) on my joy that the National Army Museum (@NAM_London), rather than Imperial War Museums (@I_W_M), is to display my collection of VCs and GCs

The POW Who Kept His Promise to the Kaiser. In 1914, British Captain Robert Campbell of the East Surrey Regiment was severely wounded and captured by German forces just weeks into World War I. For two long years, he languished in the Magdeburg prisoner-of-war camp, completely cut off from his family. In late 1916, Campbell received devastating news: his mother in England was dying of cancer. Desperate to see her one last time, he took a wildly improbable shot in the dark. He wrote a personal letter directly to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, begging for a brief compassionate leave. Astonishingly, the Kaiser personally granted the request. The German leader offered Campbell two weeks of leave to visit his dying mother in Kent, on one single condition. Campbell had to give his "word as a British officer" that he would voluntarily return to the enemy prison camp when the fortnight was up. Campbell traveled across war-torn Europe by boat and train, reached his family home in Gravesend, and spent a precious final week with his mother before she passed away. He then did the unthinkable: he kissed his remaining family goodbye, packed his bags, and traveled right back to Germany. Honoring his word, Captain Campbell walked directly back into the Magdeburg POW camp and surrendered himself to his captors. He spent the next two years imprisoned until the war finally ended in 1918, proving that for some men, honor holds far more weight than freedom.

Born #OTD General Sir Mike Jackson Former Chief of the General Staff, Sir Mike served with @TheParachuteReg & in operations including Northern Ireland & Kosovo A senior @BritishArmy leader during Iraq & Afghanistan, known for calm and decisive command #Veterans #BritishArmy