In many accounts of the Rising those forces opposing the rebels are simply referred to as ‘the British ... Despite being at home, these Irishmen were involved in the fighting in Dublin ...

The British convoy travelled to the nations in a "hefty undertaking", British Army Second Lieutenant Alex Coleman told the PA news agency, that will show what the military and NATO "are capable of".

The number of British Army combat troops has dropped from 104,000 at the height of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 15 years ago to around 74,000 today, and it is continuing to fall. Analysis by The ...