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05 May 2022
A former submariner recalls the sights, sounds and smells of living on board a Cold War submarine for weeks on end as it marks its 60th birthday.
27 April 2022
A seaside town has celebrated its new war memorial wall with a dedication ceremony and also marked the centenary of its original war memorial.
27 April 2022
A former Royal Marine who landed on the beaches of Normandy aged 20 has sadly died.
24 April 2022
From supplying submarines with re-supplying submarines to a prison for members of the IRA - we look at the eventful like of HMS Maidstone.
21 April 2022
A council has ordered a former soldier to take down a flagpole bearing the Union and Ukrainian flags amid health and safety fears.
07 April 2022
International defence company BAE Systems has been given the nod to transform its premises.
27 February 2022
A seminar attended by a raft of MPs has urged the government to stop dragging its feet and give British Nuclear test veterans a medal.
24 February 2022
A Ukrainian woman living in Kent has responded with 'shock, devastation and horror' to Russia's invasion of her mother country.
31 December 2021
A former soldier has recalled how he brought in the new year with a bang... the sort made by a mortar attack.
19 December 2021
It has been 80 years since a heroine's remarkable bravery when a bomber crash-landed in Kent earned her a place in the history books.
16 December 2021
An army captain is running 27 marathons in 27 days to raise money for research into a rare syndrome leaving his wife bedbound and incapacitated.
14 December 2021
Sailors from Kent have returned home for Christmas after serving on board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier on her maiden deployment.
06 December 2021
The victims of a bus crash which saw 24 young cadets while marching along the road have been remembered 70 years on from their deaths.
04 December 2021
As a group of young cadets walked along the road on a dark December evening in 1951, a disaster was about to strike...
26 November 2021
The government has pushed back by two years the date of closure for a town's army barracks.
18 November 2021
Rumours that an army barracks earmarked for housing may shut before the scheduled date of 2027 have been denied.
17 November 2021
A D-Day veteran who tried to enlist while under age and then spent 75 years with shrapnel lodged in his head has died at the age of 98.
14 November 2021
As we prepare to stand in silence at 11am, this moving selection of letters from the Front remind us why we should never forget.
14 November 2021
Eighteen names left off a village war memorial in error have now been added in a dignified community ceremony.
11 November 2021
A parkland grove created in honour of 10 VC heroes hosted an Armistice Day service today.
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