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Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day Celebrations.

Susannah 11/11/2020 0

Every year we as a nation unite to remember those who have fallen fighting for our country. This year celebrations will be a little different due to C...

75th Anniversary of VE Day

Susannah 30/01/2020 0

This year marks the 75th Anniversary of VE, or Victory in Europe Day. On 8th May 1945, Winston Churchill made an announcement on the radio at 3pm afte...

Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday 2019

Susannah 24/10/2019 0

Remembrance Sunday, will be held on Sunday 10th November. The National Service of remembrance will be held at the Cenotaph at Whitehall in London at ...

Operation Market Garden

Susannah 24/09/2019 0

This year, the 17th of September, marked the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden. This World War II mission was fought in the Netherlands from...

Chelsea Pensioners share their D-Day memories

Susannah 14/05/2019 0

Commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day will go ahead in June. The Royal Hospital Chelsea is asking their residents who took part in ...

Diver makes Great War Discovery and reunites family.

Susannah 10/01/2019 0

Roger Bennett, a police diver from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Marine Unit, was searching for a murder weapon at the bottom of the River Loxley ...

Dalton, Barton & Co Ltd.

Rosie 25/01/2018 0

Dalton Barton & Co was a textile manufacturing company founded near Coventry on the 16th of January 1852. The name Dalton and Barton corresponded wi...

The Bradford Pals

Susannah 04/01/2018 0

The Bradford Pals were the 16th and 18th Battalions of the West Yorkshire Regiment. The Pals regiments were units of men who lived, worked and sociali...

Royal Hospital Chelsea

29/08/2017 0

The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a nursing home and retirement facility for British Army veterans. The London-based Hospital is located on Royal Hospital...

The Royal Tank Regiment

08/03/2017 1

The Royal Tank Regiment or RTR is the oldest tank regiment in the world. The RTR was formed as early as 1916 during the Great War by the British Army....

Medal Ribbon

15/02/2017 0

Medals, Military Orders and Decorations are given to members of the armed forces to recognise and celebrate their personal accomplishments. Medal bars...

Remembrance Day 2016

02/11/2016 0

Britain will fall silent for two minutes to remember the end of the First World War on Friday the 11th of November. This tradition of holding a silenc...

Women In The Air Force

Susannah 19/10/2016 2

During the First World War, members of the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) and the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) worked on air stations. The ...

Women In The Military

26/09/2016 0

Women serving in the military has always been a controversial topic. As increasing numbers of countries begin to expand the role of women in their mi...

Remembrance Sunday 2015

Rosie 02/11/2015 0

This year Remembrance Sunday takes place on November 8th. Remembrance Day honours heroic efforts and sacrifices that were made in past wars. This day ...

The Military Medal Ribbon

Rosie 22/10/2015 0

The Military Medal (MM), created by King George V in March 1916, was a way to acknowledge the acts of bravery in war which were not consider...

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