A British war veteran who survived the D-Day landings, as well as being shot three times in the line of duty, has died aged 101. Cecil Newton, from the village of Aldbourne in Wiltshire, served in 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards during World War 2 and was in the thick of it as the allied forces…
One African country has an army six times the size of Britain’s, run on a military budget around eight times smaller. Not only does the North African country have the largest army population on the continent, it was also the tenth largest in the world with 450,000 active soldiers, according to the Global Firepower Index…
Exercising and eating more healthily before major surgery could speed recovery and halve risk of complications, a study found. The process is known as “prehabilitation”, a term dating back to World War II when the British Army used a similar approach to improve the general health and fitness of military recruits. Researchers reviewed data from…