Mike Ridley

Ex-Royal Marines Colonel Al Carns becomes first serving defence minister to march with veterans at the Cenotaph

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Ex-Royal Marines Colonel Al Carns becomes first serving defence minister to march with veterans at the Cenotaph

Mike Ridley November 10, 2024

EX-Royal Marines Colonel Al Carns became the first serving defence minister to march with veterans at the...

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Ross Kemp trains with Gurkhas as he urges Sun readers to donate to the Royal British Legion poppy appeal

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Ross Kemp trains with Gurkhas as he urges Sun readers to donate to the Royal British Legion poppy appeal

Mike Ridley October 31, 2024

ROSS Kemp pulls no punches — as he urges Sun readers to scan the QR code and...

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I can still see faces of those I saw die in Afghanistan – I was lucky many times, says Defence Minister Alistair Carns

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I can still see faces of those I saw die in Afghanistan – I was lucky many times, says Defence Minister Alistair Carns

Mike Ridley October 28, 2024

BRITAIN’S most battle-hardened Defence Minister in modern history laid a wreath at the weekend on behalf of...

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We would not be here without Royal British Legion…they saved us after Taliban IEDs left us with devastating injuries

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We would not be here without Royal British Legion…they saved us after Taliban IEDs left us with devastating injuries

Mike Ridley October 23, 2024

THE Royal British Legion’s poppy appeal launches today, with the aim of raising £50million for forces ­veterans...

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Pub landlord Al Murray trades pints for parachutes as expert on Britain’s heroic stand at Arnhem joins para pilgrimage

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Pub landlord Al Murray trades pints for parachutes as expert on Britain’s heroic stand at Arnhem joins para pilgrimage

Mike Ridley September 22, 2024

PUB landlord comic Al Murray has become Lord of the Landings. Murray is now one of the...

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One of Britain’s last remaining Arnhem survivors, 99, watches as paratroopers fill the skies above the town 80 years on

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One of Britain’s last remaining Arnhem survivors, 99, watches as paratroopers fill the skies above the town 80 years on

Mike Ridley September 21, 2024

THE skies above Arnhem were full of parachutes again yesterday — 80 years after brave British troops...

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