September 21, 2023: All British infantry are to receive the new L403A1 assault rifle if the various special forces units receiving it find its performance equal or superior to current assault rifles ...

January 13, 2009: Unable to recruit enough Britons for their infantry units, Britain is experimenting with attaching a company of Gurkha infantry to British infantry regiments (actually battalions), ...

British Army regiment, The Rifles, are set to exercise their Freedom of the City of Sunderland with a parade in the city. Granted the civic honour by the people of Sunderland in 2010, the regiment ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Army has been hit by a recruitment crisis – with a shortfall of more than 2,500 frontline soldiers compared with troop numbers in 2015. There was a deficit of 7.6 per cent across the Army on ...

In 1922 six Irish-based regiments of the British army were disbanded, bringing to an end centuries of military service. Though resented by advanced nationalists, Ireland was throughout the 19th ...