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The British Army confirms that a number of active-duty soldiers have disobeyed orders and gone AWOL, and have likely gone to Ukraine to fight against the Russian military. Defence Minister Ben Wallace says that the serving members are "breaking the law and will be prosecuted" when they return to the United Kingdom.
2022-03-9

Captain Tom, a British Army World War II veteran who raised millions of pounds for charity during the pandemic, is hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. He has not yet received a COVID-19 vaccine.
2021-01-31

After a 56-day trek, British Army captain Lou Rudd becomes the second person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided, over two decades after the first solo crossing by Norwegian Børge Ousland.
2018-12-28

Two British Army soldiers are killed and two others are injured in an incident involving a tank at Castlemartin Training Area in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
2017-06-14

Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale are convicted of the murder of British Army soldier Lee Rigby.
2013-12-19

A French anti-terror soldier is stabbed in the neck in a suspected copycat of the 2013 Woolwich attack.
2013-05-25

Six British Army soldiers are missing presumed killed in Afghanistan.
2012-03-7

A British Army soldier from 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment is killed in an explosion in Afghanistan.
2011-02-14

The Fromelles Military Cemetery is opened in Fromelles in northern France containing the graves of 250 Australian and British soldiers who died in the Battle of Fromelles in World War I and had previously been buried in a mass grave.
2010-07-19

A former British Army commanding officer is accused of lying to a public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa, an Iraqi civilian in his soldiers' custody.
2010-07-19