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Kathleen was one of the founder members of the War Widows Association. In 1971 she began her successful campaign to exempt tax on the War Widows’ pension. In 2007 she was awarded the MBE for her services to the War Widows Association.

We are delighted to have been re-elected to the Cobseo Executive Committee.

Thanks to Tara Cunningham for representing us at the RBL Annual Somme Ceremony of Remembrance and Wreath Laying at the Irish National War Memorial Gardens in Dublin on Saturday 8th July.

Widows who will be awarded a one-off payment to compensate for losing their military pensions want it tax-free.

Armed Forces Day Exhibition in Liverpool

OC Abi did us proud. BZ Abi.

The War Widows Teddy is at home on a farm in Cornwall resting before his big week end in Falmouth for Armed Forces Day.

Our Secretary attended yesterday, 6th June 2023.

It was an honour to attend the Scottish American Memorial Day Service in Princes Street Gardens, and in such beautiful weather” WWA Hon Secretary.

Our Secretary was delighted to be invited to represent WWA at the Legion Scotland Annual Conference

On Friday 26 May 2023 we had a very useful meeting with the senior MOD civil servant coordinating the ‘offer’ announced by the MOD on 17 May 2023

Our Secretary is at Legion Scotland conference in Perth. She is delighted to see our Cross on display. “LS staff are so supportive of us and we are very grateful

Baroness Fookes is a passionate supporter of horticulture, calling on Government for greater support to unlock the immense benefits it brings for society, young people and the environment. 

The following release has been sent to all major press outlets

WWA Committee statement on war widow pension lump sum announcement

A one-off payment of £87,500 for eligible spouses in recognition of those who forfeited their pensions prior to 2015.

Our peer-reviewed paper from the War Widows InTouch (WW.it) project is now published in the Frontiers in Psychology Journal.

We congratulate all this year’s finalists of the Soldiering On Awards.

We hope to run this event again in the future. Watch this space!

Theresa Davidson was just 25 when she lost her husband, Clark Mitchell, on the final day of the Falklands conflict.