Military Websites

Various military websites with descriptions and links which includes army charities and social history projects:


Click on each military websites name to visit useful and interesting British army sites:



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Connaught Military Hospital Aldershot 1916. Photo courtesy of www.greyandscarlet.com — a pictorial tribute to the nurses and wounded in the war hospitals during the Great War.

Military Web Sites

Military Web Sites is an A-Z list with urls of various UK homepages of sites about various corps and regiments of the British Military Forces. Their website is moving so a new link will appear soon.

Burrow Hill Training Fund

The British Lung Foundation (BLF) is pleased to announce availability of the ‘Burrow Hill Training Fund’. Under this scheme, funding is available to support vocational training, healthcare professional training and medical research related to ex-members of the Armed Forces of the Crown and their dependents who are suffering from any disease of the chest. The following 3 grant types will be offered:

1. Vocational Training

Grants to provide assistance with vocational training for ex-members of the Armed Forces of the Crown and their dependents who are suffering from any disease of the chest or related illnesses. This could cover any type of vocational training.

Amount per award: Up to £1,000

2. Healthcare Professional Training

Grants to assist in advancing the education of persons training to be healthcare professionals specializing in the treatment of chest diseases with a preference for those working with or intending to work with members or ex-members of the Armed Forces of the Crown. This might include training such as specialist nursing qualifications etc.

Amount per award: £2,000

3. Research Project Grant

A grant to fund medical research into the causes and treatment of chest diseases, in particular amongst members or ex-members of the Armed Forces of the Crown.

Amount available: £120k (one award available)

Application submission deadline: 18 February 2013.

For further information and to make an application, please see the ‘Healthcare Professionals > Research > Available Grants’ page of the BLF website:

www.blf.org.uk/Page/Available-grants

The Forces Pension Society

The Forces Pension Society is a not-for-profit membership organisation campaigning for the best possible Armed Forces pensions, seeking resolution of pension scheme injustices and providing an authoritative and essential Pension Helpline for our Members and their families. See www.forcespensionsociety.org

The Legasee War Veterans Project

The Legasee war veterans project is seeking volunteers who want to tell their stories. As part of an exciting social history project the film company Legasee is looking for war veterans who would like to have their stories filmed for posterity. This footage will be used to launch a unique online archive of interviews for use by schools, colleges and members of the public. In return for their participation veterans will receive a professionally produced DVD of their war stories that can be preserved for future generations of their families.

The Legasee war veterans project are looking for war veterans of any age who wish to recall their experiences in front of the camera for the benefit of future generations. It does not matter what campaign or country they served in, or what role they played. The Legasee war veterans project is completely free of charge, with any travel expenses paid, all they need is their knowledge, enthusiasm and a small amount of their time to take part in the filming.

If you know anyone that’s interested, please ask them to email The Legasee War Veterans Project giving their name, age, daytime phone number and brief details of their wartime service so that The Legasee War Veterans Project can contact them to discuss this further.

Please visit The Legasee War Veterans Project for more information at www.Legasee.org.uk





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