The Government Says

'...ensure that the Ministry of Defence makes arrangements to inform all members of the armed forces that they must register annually to vote in elections, and that the attention of all servicement and women must be drawn to this fact, and it must be made

All service personnel now have to register annually in order to be able to...

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Troops-Votes/

seen at 17:46, 31 March in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions.

TGS