"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
The first tank-versus-tank battles took place on 24 April 1918. It was an unexpected engagement between three German A7Vs and three British Mk. IVs at Villers-Bretonneux.
We think that this terrific painting captures the atmosphere of the event really well and illustrates a poignancy over what the tank was to later become in WW2.
The first tank-versus-tank battles took place on 24 April 1918. It was an unexpected engagement between three German A7Vs and three British Mk. IVs at Villers-Bretonneux.
We think that this terrific painting captures the atmosphere of the event really well and illustrates a poignancy over what the tank was to later become in WW2.
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, August 2018
Email: blighty-at-war@outlook.com
Email: blighty-at-war@outlook.com