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Irish war graves rededicated

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

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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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Churchill’s General

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

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Ma Deuce

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

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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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Faux fur future for bearskins?

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

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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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Heugh Battery Museum

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

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Inside Your Magazine

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

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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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‘DEATH-TRAP’ HARBOUR MM FOR SBS RAIDER SOLD

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

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‘Borkum beat up’

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

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Nine Lives

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

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From the Editor

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

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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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The Stuntman and Storrar

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

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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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SYMBOLS OF OCCUPATION

Austin J Ruddy

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

Austin J Ruddy
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First Pitting Medals awarded

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

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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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Boer to Brum

Christopher Joll

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

Christopher Joll
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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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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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Diver locates lost RAF Marauder

An RAF Marauder III has been found off New Providence island...

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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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Britain, the Blue, and the Gray

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

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IMAGE of WAR

Trench Knights Plickem Ridge, Ypres, circa August 1917 As...

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HERO of the MONTH

Lord Ashcroft

Warrant Officer Class 1 Barry Johnson GC PHOTO: VC&GC...

Lord Ashcroft
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Hunt for Foxtrot 4 is on

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

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Was Olympic medallist a sniper?

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