Armed Forces Community Covenant
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- Armed Forces Community Covenant
- Armed Forces - Key dates
Armed Forces - Key dates
Key dates relating to our Armed Forces and what we and other organisations in the area do to mark them.
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Date | Event |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| 27 January | Holocaust Memorial Day |
Holocaust Memorial Day remembers the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of people murdered under Nazi persecution of other groups and during more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. Many of our town and parish councils hold events to mark the day |
| 4 March | National Armed Forces Transition Event |
Bringing together service leavers, veterans and family members with employers and the MoD to aid successful, sustainable transition and networking opportunities for the Armed Forces Community. To be held at Silverstone Conference Centre |
| April | 75th Anniversary of NATO | The 75th anniversary of NATO, the transatlantic alliance was founded in 1949, formed after World War II to protect partner nations from invasion. As prominent in the Cold War as in the Ukraine conflict today |
| 29 May | International Day of UN Peacekeepers |
The United Nations is a force made up of over 113,000 people (although more than a million have served since it first started 70 years ago). This day pays tribute to all the men and women who have served, and continue to serve, in UN peacekeeping operations, for their high level of professionalism, dedication and courage and to honour the memory of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace |
| 6 June | D-Day and Normandy landings |
80th anniversary of the largest naval, air and land operation in history. This operation saw the Allied Forces mount a large-scale invasion of occupied France, that ultimately tipped the course of the Second World War in the Allies’ favour |
| Week commencing 24 June | Armed Forces Week | Armed Forces Week is a chance to show your support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces Community - from currently serving troops to service families, veterans, reservists and cadets |
| 26 June | Reserves Day | Reservists give up their spare time to serve in the Reserve Forces, balancing their civilian life with a military career to ensure that, should their country require them, they would be ready to serve as part of the military |
| 15 September | Battle of Britain |
To commemorate the military campaign of the Second World War, in which the RAF and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the UK against attacks by the Luftwaffe. It was the first major military campaign fought entirely by the air forces |
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13 October | North Northamptonshire Council anniversary |
The two-year anniversary of North Northamptonshire Council achieving silver status in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. The ERS silver award is the second step in a constant improvement programme which makes it easier for members of the armed forces community to find flexible employers and improves employment pathways between the forces and the private and public sectors |
| 21 October | Trafalgar Day | Commemorating the victory of the Royal Navy against the French and Spanish naval forces at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 |
| 25 October | St. Crispin and Crispinian Day | A feast day for Christian saints that is synonymous with the English victory at Agincourt, over 600 years ago, in 1415, during the Hundred Years’ War |
| 10 November | Remembrance Sunday | A day to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military, and civilian servicemen and women, in the two World Wars and later conflicts |
| 11 November | Armistice Day |
Armistice Day is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany which took effect at 11am 'The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month' |
Last updated 05 February 2024