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Next Month October 2022, Issue 186 On Sale September 29 We return...

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So long Sentry

ANDREW THOMAS A year after it was retired, the RAF bade farewell...

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Despatches

A harrowing account of the Charge of the Light Brigade sells...

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IMAGE of WAR

JOHN WARWICK BROOKE/OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH

Everything but the kitchen sink Bailleul, Nord, France,...

JOHN WARWICK BROOKE/OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH
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Viking Mosquitos

MOSQUITOS OVER SCANDINAVIA A Norwegian squadron was the first...

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The Facemaker

LINDSAY FITZHARRIS

One Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World...

LINDSAY FITZHARRIS
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Britain at War September 2022

The full issue in page-turning PDF format

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From the Editor

CRAIG MOORE'S FEATURE SCRAP MOUNTAIN REVEALS THE FATE OF THOUSANDS...

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SYMBOLS OF OCCUPATION

Austin J Ruddy

From the giant Battery Moltke to paper ID cards, the legacies...

Austin J Ruddy
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Colours presented to RAAF squadron

BEAUFIGHTER MK.IC A19-15 ‘O’ WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DELIVERED...

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Faux fur future for bearskins?

IMAGE: P GEORGE/MOD The British Army’s iconic bearskins could...

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Medals for the WATU Wrens?

I found the article Winning The War From Floor Boards by Ellie...

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Scrap mountain

Craig Moore

A series of rediscovered photographs shows how surplus British...

Craig Moore
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LAUGH OR CRY:'TOMMY'IN THETRENCHES

LAUGH OR CRY: PART IIIIn part three of their series exploring...

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British Cavalr yman versus German Cavalr yman

It is perhaps overshadowed, given the years of stalemate that...

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First Pitting Medals awarded

BRITISH DEFENCE SECRETARY BEN WALLACE WAS INVITED TO PRESENT...

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Militar y Histor y with Pete and Gary

No.5 We have just got back from a ten-day trip to Gallipoli –...

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‘Black Battalion’ gets overdue honour

More than 100 years after it served on the Western Front, Canada’s...

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‘DEATH-TRAP’ HARBOUR MM FOR SBS RAIDER SOLD

The medal group awarded to SBS sergeant smashes its estimate...

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War on the ‘Roof of the World’

The invasion of Tibet in 1903 was a bizarre chapter in British...

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Churchill’s General

REPUTATIONS William ‘Strafer’ Gott, Churchill’s designated...

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The Traitor of Colditz

Colditz, the infamous Oflag IV-C camp, played host to a game...

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‘War Detectives’ lay seven dead to rest

MEMBERS OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND REGIMENT CARRY THE REMAINS OF PRIVATE...

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HERO of the MONTH

Lord Ashcroft

Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean George Schmid GC PHOTO: COURTESY...

Lord Ashcroft
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Victorian fort for sale

FORT GILKICKER IN GOSPORT, HAMPSHIRE, WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE...

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Spear & Fury: Will UK adopt next-gen rifle?

Recent news that the US Army has selected a replacement for the...

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The Stuntman and Storrar

YOUR VOICE Field Post 'Britain at War' Magazine, PO...

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‘Borkum beat up’

FIGHTER COMMAND’S FIRST OFFENSIVE A daring raid against minelaying...

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Heugh Battery Museum

Collections Britain’s only World War One battlefield combines...

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Ma Deuce

How does a century-old machine gun still prove relevant in the...