LONDON, May 16 (UPI) -- One way for a government to present bad news is to sell it as good news. The British government has done just that with its planned drastic cuts in the country's infantry.

LONDON: The debate over whether there should be a Sikh regiment in the British armed forces has resurfaced but the ministry of defence (MoD) insists there are no such plans. The debate was triggered ...

A Challenger 2 tank of the Royal Welsh Battle Group on Exercise Prairie Storm at the British Army Training Unit Suffield in Canada. As part of a sweeping reorganization, the British Army plans to cut ...

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 ...

A hundred years to the day after the event, a service of remembrance will take place in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, on Sunday afternoon to mark the centenary of the disbandment of six Irish ...

The Regiments were later involved in the War of 1812, both on the Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, taking part in the British attack on New Orleans. In 1800 there were 12 battalion-sized ...