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Lieutenant-Colonel Mahmood Khan Durrani GC

Lord Ashcroft

HERO OF THE MONTH Mahmood Durrani GC TRACES OF WARDurrani’s...

Lord Ashcroft

Venturer gets first crew

A Junior Rating’s cap with HMS Venturer cap tally, ahead of...

Despatches

A unique Boer War honour for a Ladysmith nurse, a VC with a difference...

The Milling Life Guard

Christopher Joll

JOHN SHAW’S SKULL It’s said that boxerturned-hero John Shaw...

Christopher Joll

Forgotten Heroes of the B attle of Britain

Dilip Sarkar MBE

Author: Dilip Sarkar MBE Publisher: Pen & Sword/ Air World (pen-and-sword....

Dilip Sarkar MBE

Royal Navy restores memorial to forgotten massacre

Sailors from HMS Tamar came ashore to refurbish a memorial dedicated...

IMAGE of WAR

Britain’s big gun compromise Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay,...

THE NUMBERS GAME

BLETCHLEY PARK BY NUMBERS Although secrecy over the workings...

FANGED FIGHTER

WEAPONS OF WAR Eighty years after its first flight, Chris Gibson...

Wildcat sharpens claws on new target

Martlet furnishes Royal Navy ships and Wildcat helicopters with...

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Free database unlocks MGC history

Researchers have a new resource to scour courtesy of the Vickers...

THE LOOTING OF FORCE ‘Z’

The plundering of British warship wrecks and the maritime graves...

Me 262: Hitler’s Jet Plane

Mano Ziegler (translated Geoffrey Brooks)

BOOK OF THE MONTH Originally published in German in...

Mano Ziegler (translated Geoffrey Brooks)

Military History with Pete and Gary

No.18 Major-General Charles Townshend was notorious for his command...

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New home promised for King’s ship

The National Museum of the Royal Navy has announced it will welcome...

FIELD POST

YOUR VOICE Forgotten sacrifices WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ BRITAINATWARMAG...

Than a true brave

A 2nd Life Guards trooper, Thomas Playford, knew Shaw and was...

Allied Tanks at El Alamein 1942

William E Hiestand

Author: William Hiestand Publisher: Osprey (ospreypublishing.co.uk)ISBN:...

William E Hiestand

Britain at War September 2023

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From the Editor

Control of Gibraltar was vital to Mediterranean operations, its...

Falklands map honours liberators

Three Falkland Islanders have completed a map commemorating those...

A ROCK and A HARD PLACE

GIBRALTAR BY NUMBERS Gibraltar’s unique position has made it...

Best of five… on leadership

AT EASE Tobias Clark selects his top five books on military...

Herculean send-off

The RAF bid farewell to its long-serving Hercules fleet as three...

Despatches

A macabre executioner’s notebook turns heads, while an unassuming...

The Lascaris War Rooms

Tom Baker reports

CollectionsA testament to Maltese resilience, the Lascaris War...

Tom Baker reports

Spitfire Photo-Recce Units of World War 2

By Andrew Fletcher Latest in this long-running series is...

Norman Franks, 1940-2023

VIA GRUB STREET Britain at War is saddened to share news of the...

Seafire swansong

An 800 NAS Seafire FR.47 launching from Triumph, September 1950...

Duty Done

Allan George

REPUTATIONS: JAMES SOMERVILLE One of the Royal Navy’s greatest...

Allan George