"Specialising In Military History Memories"
Background picture: Rorkes Drift Mission Station, Natal Provence, 1879.
Whats New:
It has so far been a great summer for re- enactment groups ranging in period from the Napoleonic through both world wars and more recent conflicts in the middle east and Afghanistan. In particular the Second World War theme seems to continually inspire many summer shows.
Here we have the 79th Cameron Highlanders demonstrating musketry at Eastbourne recently. An event not well attended by the general public for what ever reason!
It has so far been a great summer for re- enactment groups ranging in period from the Napoleonic through both world wars and more recent conflicts in the middle east and Afghanistan. In particular the Second World War theme seems to continually inspire many summer shows.
Here we have the 79th Cameron Highlanders demonstrating musketry at Eastbourne recently. An event not well attended by the general public for what ever reason!
Picture Of The Month
Dover and the famous white cliffs as seen from Cap Gris Nez, France on an extremely clear day in July. This toned Infra Red photograph clear shows Dover Castle, The Radar Station, Langdon Hole and Fan Bay. In the left foreground is Cap Gris Nez lighthouse. Though the English Channel is some 22 miles across at this point the telephoto lens has compressed the distance to just a stones throw away! Across this narrow stretch of water monstrous guns once hurled massive shells at each other, the Germans had 16 large calibre guns in secure concrete emplacements; we had just 4 in open emplacements. The area seen above was justifiably known as "Hell Fire Corner" for the constant pounding it received between August 1940 and September 1944.
Dover and the famous white cliffs as seen from Cap Gris Nez, France on an extremely clear day in July. This toned Infra Red photograph clear shows Dover Castle, The Radar Station, Langdon Hole and Fan Bay. In the left foreground is Cap Gris Nez lighthouse. Though the English Channel is some 22 miles across at this point the telephoto lens has compressed the distance to just a stones throw away! Across this narrow stretch of water monstrous guns once hurled massive shells at each other, the Germans had 16 large calibre guns in secure concrete emplacements; we had just 4 in open emplacements. The area seen above was justifiably known as "Hell Fire Corner" for the constant pounding it received between August 1940 and September 1944.
We are always receptive to new stories, particularly those that all to often start off as hearsay and finish up as terrific and long forgotten facts waiting to be rediscovered; so if our readers know of any stories that we should be covering then please get in touch.
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We acquire material for this website from a number of very different sources ranging from the interviewing of local people, the generosity of museum staff, the National Archives and extracts from relevant existing publications both long out of print and current. Where exact sources can be traced and identified we will always endeavour to credit accordingly; any omissions or lapses of this procedure are purely accidental and no malice is intended. Should a reader of this website feel that improper attention to the crediting of a source has occurred then please let us know immediately so that the oversight can be rectified?
We acquire material for this website from a number of very different sources ranging from the interviewing of local people, the generosity of museum staff, the National Archives and extracts from relevant existing publications both long out of print and current. Where exact sources can be traced and identified we will always endeavour to credit accordingly; any omissions or lapses of this procedure are purely accidental and no malice is intended. Should a reader of this website feel that improper attention to the crediting of a source has occurred then please let us know immediately so that the oversight can be rectified?
Copyright Steve Sullivan, September 2018
Email: blighty-at-war@outlook.com
Email: blighty-at-war@outlook.com
