Defence Secretary, John Reid:
"The many heroic acts and sacrifices of our veterans and their families must never be forgotten. This is why we established the Veterans Badge in the first place. It has proved enormously popular, with over 100,000 issued to date.
"It has always been our intention that the Veterans Badge will be available to all veterans. To make the issuing of badges simpler, so far only applications from those who served during the First and Second World Wars have been accepted.
"I am very pleased that from today, fittingly on Remembrance Sunday,
I am extending this to include those who
joined before 31st December 1969 "
The HM Armed Forces Veterans Badge was launched in May 2004 with the intention it would be made available to all First World War veterans and the Second World War veterans who, under the Heroes Return scheme, travelled back to the battlefronts they had fought on. Because the badge was so popular, eligibility was quickly extended to include all Second World War veterans and today is extended again. Further extensions to the eligibility criteria of the Badge will be announced in due course.
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If you would like a badge please select one of the following download options to access the application form.
pdf file (Acrobat) or in Microsoft Word format
here
When completed, please sign and date it and either fax it back or return it by post. (Address and fax numbers on the form).
Other veterans from Falklands, NI, Gulf and Iraq will be issued badges in due course.
Veterans' Agency
