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Background picture: Rorkes Drift Mission Station, Natal Provence, 1879.
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In preparation, our new article about the heavy British coastal guns that opposed the giant German Batteries around Sangatte for control of the Dover Straight. Here troops of the Royal Marines Siege Regiment pose on the barrel of a 13.5in railway gun. One of four such weapons capable of lobbing a shell onto French soil.
In preparation, our new article about the heavy British coastal guns that opposed the giant German Batteries around Sangatte for control of the Dover Straight. Here troops of the Royal Marines Siege Regiment pose on the barrel of a 13.5in railway gun. One of four such weapons capable of lobbing a shell onto French soil.
Picture Of The Month
McCudden's Triple Victory. A superb painting depicting the moment that Air Ace James McCudden shot down three German aircraft within minutes of each other on January 13th 1918. James McCudden VC died in an air accident on the 9th July 1918; he was 23 years old.
McCudden's Triple Victory. A superb painting depicting the moment that Air Ace James McCudden shot down three German aircraft within minutes of each other on January 13th 1918. James McCudden VC died in an air accident on the 9th July 1918; he was 23 years old.
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?
Copyright Steve Sullivan, June 2018
Email: blighty-at-war@outlook.com
Email: blighty-at-war@outlook.com