Winchester’s Military Quarter celebrated Armed Forces Day last Sunday with military music, vehicles and displays at Peninsula Barracks in the glorious sunshine. This year, to commemorate the end of the First World War, re-enactors displayed uniform and kit of the period alongside modern vehicles and equipment. For those who wished to find out more…

Major Tom Bird was the anti tank company commander in 2nd Battalion The Rifle Brigade (2RB) in 1942 during the North African desert campaign; he was awarded a DSO for his gallantry and leadership in the famous Snipe action at Kidney Ridge on 26/27 October during which the CO 2 RB, Lt Col Vic Turner,…