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Newcombe House, the home of Market Harborough Building Society, is set to become the new head office for the Northamptonshire branch of Armed Forces charity the SSAFA

Market Harborough Building Society new home for armed forces charity

Wreath layers on the Square in 2023. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Services, parades and ceremonies to mark Remembrance Day in Harborough

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Armed Forces personnel and veterans can receive a free hot breakfast at Tesco this Sunday

Tesco thanks Armed Forces with free breakfasts

Oat Hill Mews care home is hosting regular veteran fish and chips lunches, after receiving its veteran-friendly accreditation

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Councillor Peter James Vice Chairman and Deputy Lieutenant Richard Everard OBE with the Armed Forces Day Flag last year. Photo: Andrew Carpenter.

Harborough District Council will raising Armed Forces flag on Monday

Picture special of Royal Anglian Regiment and cadets at Kettering Freedom Parade

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A Market Harborough care home has been recognised for its standards of person-centred care for veterans.
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Chainsaw artist create life-size WW2 soldier for Remembrance Day

Armistice Day: Watch as chainsaw artist creates lifesize WW2 soldier

Representatives from Desborough women’s section of the Royal British Legion committee went to Galanos House, Southam, on Monday July 8 to present them with a cheque and some lap blankets.

Desborough women’s section of RBL presents cheque and blankets to Galanos House

The parade assembles inside the Symington Building.

Flag raised in Harborough ahead of Armed Forces Day

The Symington Building with red lights supports the poppy appeal.
PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Harborough glows red to mark Remembrance commemorations this weekend

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King Charles pays tribute to troops to mark Armed Forces Day 2023

Members of the armed forces will be sent to Leicestershire to help support non-emergency patients during next week’s ambulance strikes.

Armed forces will be sent to Leicestershire to help during ambulance strikes

A person holds a poppy as they look at a wall made of 10,000 remembrance poppies following the RBL's Poppy Appeal 2022 (photo: Getty Images)

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Harborough District Council today (Monday) hoisted a special flag in Market Harborough to salute the Armed Forces community.

Harborough District Council today (Monday) hoists flag in town to salute the Arm...

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Desborough’s Ben to climb Snowdon seven times in seven days to help veterans

The Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Club is to get together at 9.30am at The Royalist pub on Market Harborough’s Western Avenue on the town’s Southern Estate.

Armed forces and veterans club to meet up again in Harborough

Harborough District Council.

Extra funding for an Armed Forces project which is backed by Harborough District...

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Cllr Rani Mahal, the council’s Armed Forces Champion.

MoD accolade given to Harborough council to salute its support for the Armed For...

An image from the new webpage that has been created for the armed forces - visit www.leicester.gov.uk/armedforcesweek

How Leicestershire will pay its tributes on Armed Forces Day this week

Pictured holding the flag (l-r) HDC vice chairman Cllr Neil Bannister, HDC chairman Stephen Bilbie, and Richard Clowes Esq, deputy lieutenant.

Flag-raising ceremony in Harborough signals the start of Armed Forces Week

How people marked Armed Forces Day last year (2020). Rev John Morley raises the Armed Forces Flag in the Memorial Gardens. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Harborough residents asked to share pictures of themselves saluting to help show...

Harborough District Council has significantly updated its website to include new support information for serving Army, Navy and RAF regulars and reservists, veterans and their families.

Armed Forces community across Harborough is now able to access a range of help a...
Harborough District Council has significantly updated its website to include new support information for serving Army, Navy and RAF regulars and reservists, veterans and their families
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Halfords offers free car check and discounts for teachers, emergency workers and...

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A 410ft wind turbine at Swinford Wind Farm has been turned into a giant poppy ahead of Remembrance Sunday.

Huge wind turbine in the Harborough district has been turned into a giant poppy ...

Rev John Morley raises the Armed Forces Flag in the Memorial Gardens.
PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

How Harborough is marking Armed Forces Day with a week of celebrations

Armed Forces Day will be celebrated on Saturday June 27.

How Armed Forces Day will still be celebrated in Harborough despite the Covid-19...

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