British army horse who ran through the streets of London gets well-deserved retirement

Quaker, a 15-year-old black horse, suffered a broken bone and serious bleeding during the incident on April 24, 2024.

British army horse that galloped through London after being spooked gets well-deserved retirement

One of the five British Cavalry horses that made headlines when they broke away from their trainers and galloped thorough the ...

British defence forces participate in ‘gruelling’ traditional race

The Doko race was introduced in 1989 and is a rite of passage for aspiring Gurkhas to be selected for the British Army ...

Ukraine cannot win against Russia, warns British Field Marshal

Field Marshal Lord Richards tells The Independent’s Sam Kiley that Ukraine has been given false hope by its Western allies ...

British army stopped providing information to police ‘because it did not trust the RUC’

The British army stopped providing intelligence to the police in the early 1970s because it did not trust the RUC, a state ...

'Serious concerns' after major security breach at British Army base - police launch probe

The incident has raised further concerns about the security at military bases following a breach earlier this year at RAF ...
War on the Rocks

The British Army and the Lessons of the Boer War

In January 2024, British Chief of the General Staff Gen. Sir Patrick Sanders warned that British youth were now part of a “pre-war” generation. Pointing to the threat from Russia, he drew a direct ...

Lawyer urges judge to acquit British ex-soldier in 1972 Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland

A lawyer for the only British soldier charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre said Thursday that prosecutors failed to ...