UPI

British army ditches no-beard rule for enlisted men, officers amid recruitment drought

March 29 (UPI) --Enlisted men and officers in the British Army were granted permission to grow beards and mustaches after a century-old ban was lifted with immediate effect Friday, although it may ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Black Soldiers Fought for the British During the American Revolution in Exchange for Freedom From Slavery

The Carolina Corps achieved emancipation through military service, paving the way for future fighters in the British Empire to do the same Kinsey Gidick An 1812 illustration of a private from the ...
Task & Purpose

British soldiers given Royal approval to grow beards —most US troops still can’t

The British Army is allowing all its soldiers to grow beards for the first time in 100 years. King Charles III personally weighed in on the decision to permit British soldiers to sport fearsome facial ...
War on the Rocks

The British Army and the Lessons of the Boer War

In January 2024, British Chief of the General Staff Gen. Sir Patrick Sanders warned that British youth were now part of a “pre-war” generation. Pointing to the threat from Russia, he drew a direct ...
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Nepali women aspire-and train-to join British Army. Kathmandu still says no

Kathmandu, July 16 -- Last year, the Salute Gorkha Training Center sent five young men in training to join the British Army. Seventeen-year-old Kanchan Thapa Magar recently also joined the Centre as ...