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90 results found for '"Veterans (Armed Forces)"' in Keywords.
Falklands War - Honours list (1982)
- Genre
- News report
Paul Maurice reports on possible awardees in the honours list for members of the Armed Forces who served in the Falklands War. Second reporter not identified (poss. Douglas Cameron).
Falklands War - Honours list (1982)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on awardees in the honours list for members of the armed forces who served in the Falklands War. The interviewees include: Freda McKay, mother of Sergeant Ian McKay; John Leake, HMS Ardent; Douglas...
Falklands War - VC awards (1982)
- Genre
- News report
Paul Maurice reports on the victims of the Falklands War mentioned in the pages of the London Gazette, and the recipients of the Victoria Cross - Herbert Jones and Ian McKay - and other awards. Includes...
History of the Poppy Appeal (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about the history of the Poppy Appeal which raises money for servicemen and explaining how the replica poppies are made. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
Thatcher at war remembrance service (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a war memorial service, with singing and excerpts of (Songs of Praise BBC television programme interview?) on Falklands War and her experiences of the Second...
Poppy appeal song (1982)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Interview with Air Vice Marshal Charles Maughan about the song which has been recorded to raise money for this year’s poppy appeal. Plays in and out with excerpts of song. Female interviewer not identified.
VC sale and row over pensions (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the selling of a Victoria Cross awarded to late Second World War pilot James Nicholson, to raise money for his widow Muriel Nicholson, due to the paucity of service pensions. Includes interview on...
Dambusters 40th anniversary (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Music
Paul Maurice reports on flyovers by the Royal Air Force (heard) to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the so-called Dambusters raid by the RAF 617 Squadron, on the industrial Ruhr region of Germany...
Pensions for former POWs (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the 38th anniversary of the liberation of Hong Kong from the Japanese and fight for pensions for UK citizens who are former Japanese prisoners of war. With comment from Jack Edwards. Male reporter...
D-Day 40 years on (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a parachute jump in France by D Company, 2nd Battalion, replicating the first landing 40 years ago on D-Day and the ceremony commemorating those who lost their lives. Watched by surviving members....