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A state-of-the-art gym has officially opened at Kendrew Barracks, Cottesmore, providing improved fitness facilities for around 1,800 soldiers and their families.
Sergeant Richard Rounsley of 12th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry was laid to rest yesterday (17 September 2025) with two unknown comrades in France, nearly 109 years after his death in the First World War.
New acoustic weapon detection system will help keep soldier safe on the battlefield by helping to locate and target positions of enemy gunfire, mortars and explostions.
More than a century after his death, the previously unmarked grave of Serjeant (Sjt) Robert Sutherland has finally been identified and marked.
British soldiers will be able to make faster, better decisions on the battlefield through thousands of new radios, headsets and tablets.
AI-powered drone technology has been successfully trialled to identify landmines and explosive ordnance.
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Service Inquiry report into the death of a soldier from 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment at MOD Woodbridge in July 2022.
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