Support our troops

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5 RIFLES have now deployed to Afghanistan on a seven month tour of duty. Casualties are sadly part of the job (the 3 RIFLES Battlegroup lost 30 soldiers and many more seriously injured).

 

The bottom line is that our soldiers risk their lives and bodies on our behalf and we need to do everything we can to support them and

In the short term the 5 RIFLES Wristband Appeal is used to provide much needed immediate support and assistance for the families, girlfriends and boyfriends of the dead and wounded in those devastating first hours and days after a tragedy. In the medium and long term excess funds are used by the Rifles Regimental Trust to fund meaningful projects for the wounded and their families.

You can help by:
  • Making a donation to the 5 RIFLES Wristband Appeal (click on the "Donations" link).
  • Proudly wearing the "Swift and Bold" wristband that we send you as a sign of that support.
  • Forwarding this website address onto as many people as you can.
  • Becoming a fundraiser and opening your own online fundraising page on the Virgin Money Giving website

So please click on Donations', make a dontaion and we will send you a 5 RIFLES wristband for you to wear thus showing your support and appreciation of their work done on our behalf.

With many thanks

Edward Watson
Web Donations Coordinator

PS You can watch a short video from Lt Col James de Labilliere, the Commanding Officer of 1 RIFLES talking about the 1 RIFLES mission in Afghanistan and their preparation for it by clicking here. You can also watch a short video from Col Nick Kitson the then Commanding Officer of 3 RIFLES BG in Sangin Afghanistan on the last Rifles tour of Afghanistan expressing his thanks for your generous support to 3 RIFLES and explaining why it is so important. Click here to watch his video.