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Fundraiser underway for Southend Vulcan

VULCAN XL426 ON THE APRON AT THE SOUTHEND JET CENTRE SIMON MURDOCH...

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French commandos reflect on Scottish roots

Fifty ‘Bérets Verts’ have joined their Royal Marine counterparts...

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CAMPERDOWN VETERAN’S MEDAL SELLS

A Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with Camperdown and Copenhagen...

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Boer to Brum

Christopher Joll

THE FIELD GUN COMPETITION The world-famous Field Gun Competition...

Christopher Joll
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THE MAN TO DEFEAT ROMMEL?

John Ash

REPUTATIONS Selected as the Eighth Army’s commander designate...

John Ash
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Nine Lives

Much like the written account of the same name by wartime fighter...

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Wycombe road honours Rawalpindi warrior

A road in High Wycombe has been rededicated to a British officer...

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Inside Your Magazine

Next Month September 2022, Issue 185 On Sale August...

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Irish war graves rededicated

The graves of two soldiers – Captain Hugh Travers DSO and Serjeant...

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IRON DUKE’S BLAST FROM THE PAST

Despatches The sale of a gun owned by Britain’s most famous...

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A face to the memorial

DAVID NICHOLAS It was interesting to see the letter in the July...

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IMAGE of WAR

Shadow Strike RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland, c.1991 First...

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1945: Victory in the West

Peter Caddick-Adams

THE END of World War Two in Germany is summed up in one cartoon....

Peter Caddick-Adams
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Britain at War August 2022

The full issue in page-turning PDF format

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Hunt for Foxtrot 4 is on

FOXTROT 4 LANDING VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT ONTO BLUE BEACH, PORT...

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UNIQUE GALLANTRY AWA R D MEETS UPPER ESTIMATE

One of only four ‘interim’ DSMs awarded to Royal Navy personnel...

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The Forgotten Flier

Philip Fullard displayed talent and maturity beyond his years...

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First in, first out

The veteran Hurricane played a small but important part in the...

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Holding the Barren Rock

HONG KONG: 25 YEARS ON On July 1, 1997, Britain transferred...

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The Fire of Venture Was in His Veins

This intriguing title explores a minor flashpoint of the Scramble...

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Military wows crowd at Windsor

IMAGE: SGT DONALD TODD/RLC/CROWN COPYRIGHT Centuries of equestrian...

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Militar y Histor y with Pete and Gary

No.4 We recently broadcast a podcast that took a look at the...

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Could Bronington go to sea again?

HMS ‘BRONINGTON’ SHORTLY BEFORE SHE SANK AT HER MOORINGS...

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Was Olympic medallist a sniper?

OLYMPIAN AND VC RECIPIENT PHILIP NEAME (LEFT) WITH ANTHONY EDEN...

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Britain, the Blue, and the Gray

BRITAIN IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR The American Civil War is traditionally...

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Pearson’s Holdouts

THE SIEGE OF ESHOWE Lost among headlinegrabbing battles, an unsung...

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Special Forces Brothers In Arms

War forges new bonds of camaraderie between those who fight in...

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HMS Gloucester wreck “recoverable”, says Lord

JULIAN BARNWELL (L) AND HIS BROTHER LINCOLN (R) WITH THE SHIP’S...

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OUR ANIMAL ALLIES

Austin J Ruddy

World War Two may have been a conflict between the human species,...

Austin J Ruddy
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Newark unveils EOD memorial

HOWARD HEELEY/DOWN TO EARTH PROMOTIONS Notts-based Newark Air...