Jungle war veterans have hit out at Foreign Office rules which prevent them from wearing a medal for their service. Thousands of soldiers who risked their lives in Borneo more than 40 years ago were ...

A SHOCKED army veteran has been reunited with his stolen campaign medal after more than 30 years – describing it as ‘the miracle he never thought would happen’.

Four veterans who served in the Far East with the South Wales Borderers 40 years ago have received medals from the government of Malaysia. The men fought in the jungle campaign in Borneo in the 1960s, ...

The award citation noted that the Medal of Excellence was awarded to Jayl in acknowledgement of his many contributions to the anthropological understanding of Borneo and his life-long dedication to ...

UK introduces new medal to honour ‘unsung heroes’ who respond to humanitarian crises around the world. The Humanitarian Medal, approved by King Charles and featuring his image, will be given ...

IN an act of defiance, war veterans from Trafford will be proudly wearing a medal the Government has refused to recognise at a ceremony next week. The members of the Northern Malaya and Borneo ...

The medal was announced by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last November, and is designed to mark the 70th anniversary 'Plutonium Jubilee' of the first A-bomb ...

Only athletics, which receives £22.8m-worth of funding from UK Sport had a more efficient medal cost, with each of Team GB's 10 - including Keely Hodgkinson's defining 800m gold - valued at £2.23m.

Around 22,000 people are eligible for a medal to be issued 70 years after the first atomic tests. ... Nuclear test medal: UK veterans to receive recognition after years-long campaign. 28 July 2023 ...

SIR Ernest Shackleton’s £1.8 million Polar Medal has quietly left the UK after the Government failed to find a British buyer, the Sun on Sunday can reveal. He was one of the most famous ...

The Polar Medal of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton will leave the UK unless a UK-based buyer is willing to pay about £1.76 million (€2.05 million).. An export bar has been placed on the ...

The doyen of the telecom industry was presented the medal at a special investiture ceremony in the presence of friends and family at the British High Commissioneras residence in New Delhi.