British Army puts 80-years of SOLDIER magazine online in free archive

Good news for researchers as an 80 year archive of the British Army’s in-house magazine, SOLDIER, has been digitised and is now available online for free.
SOLDIER magazine archive 1945-2025
The magazine, SOLDIER (yes, in capitals) was authorised by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery as a morale-boosting magazine for British Army troops fighting in Europe during the Second World War. Originally expected to close after WWII, the Cold War, and later conflicts gave it a refreshed requirement, an