"Many Photos" - Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt to attend event marking 50th anniversary of the start of the Troubles

DEFENCE Secretary Penny Mordaunt will attend the 50th anniversary of the start of the Troubles – in a victory for The Sun on Sunday.

Top brass will join her to pay tribute to the 300,000 members of the Armed Forces deployed and the 1,441 personnel who lost their lives.

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Penny Mordaunt will pay homage to those who lost their lives in the Troubles[/caption]

A commemoration of Operation Banner in Northern Ireland which lasted 38 years will be held next month.

Her attendance comes just a week after we told how Ministers were yet to sign up to the Royal British Legion event.

Funding for the event will come from a £1.5 million pot given to the charity to mark national events.

There will be a RAF fly-past over the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on August 14.

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt said: “So many of our serving and veteran community deployed on Op Banner, with all three services involved in supporting the police and civilian authorities.

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“Fifty years on, it is right we recognise their contribution and sacrifice while reflecting on this significant part of our history.

Bob Gamble, The Royal British Legion’s Assistant Director of Commemorative Events, said: “We are encouraging anyone who served with either the British Armed Forces or Civilian Services in

Northern Ireland to register their interest in attending the event through the Legion’s website.”

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British troops deployed during The Troubles in Northern Ireland in August 1976[/caption]

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