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THE BATTLE OF Bramley END

Ordinary villagers fight back in an Ealing Studios masterpiece...

Churchill At Chartwellartwell

The famous home of Sir Winston Churchill at Chartwell, near Westerham...

HMS Sheffield Tragedy: Revealing Files Declassified

News Argentine ‘Super Es’. 3-A-202 attacked Sheffield,...

ST GEORGE’S DAY GALLANTRY

In his quest for images of both World Wars, Britain at War contributor...

GREAT WAR GALLANTRY December 1917

Throughout the First World War, the many announcements of British...

Zeppelin Down

The Zeppelin threat against Britain was perceived to be considerable...

Royal British Legion Scraps Support For Steam Locomotive

Oil Tanker Hauls Up Unwanted Surprise PLANS FOR a new steam...

The Lost Idol

Alexandra Churchill

The First World War took its terrible toll of lives regardless...

Alexandra Churchill

SOUVENIR GERMAN HELMET

The First WORLD WAR IN OBJECTS The M1916 German helmet...

IMAGE of WAR

NORTH SEA PATROL Between Rosyth and Scapa Flow, c. 1918 ...

THE HONOURED TRAITOR

At Brookwood CWGC Cemetery, under an inscription reading ‘Their...

‘Goodbye BOYS’

With this year marking the centenary of the Halifax Explosion,...

Returned ID Disc Leads to Potential Formal Identification of Remains

‘Tankies’ Victoria Cross Goes on Display AN AUSTRALIAN...

Ice!

Sometimes, Luftwafe night-ighters and antiaircraft ire...

Major Alexander Malins Lafone

LORD “AESRHOCORFOFT’S THE MONTH” ALEXANDER MALINS...

Bracelet Clue To British Officer’s Identity

Temporary Major Robert Donald Brown, DSO. AS BRITAIN at War...

FIELD POST

Balme’s Enigma Grab – Heroism in Perspective LETTER...

Churchill’s 100 Days

John Ash analyses the key events which shaped and defined Winston...

Churchill And The Middle East At Churchill War Rooms

BRIEFING ROOM Visit of the Army Council to the Rhine. F.M....

FIELD POST

The author of the Letter of the Month may select a book of their...

Captain Montagu Shadworth Moore vc

LORD ASHCROFT’S “HERO OF THE MONTH” ENDURANCE AGGRESSION...

Deadly COMBAT

Andy Saunders

By October 1940 the Battle of Britain was reaching its conclusion...

Andy Saunders

Resolution to Furore Over Display of ANZAC Soldier’s Skull

BRIEFING ROOM Soldiers of 4th Australian Division at Garter...

Own A Piece Of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall

WHAT ESTATE Agents Swoffers of Guernsey describe as ‘the ultimate...

THE REAL ENEMY is the SEA

The struggle between the convoy escorts and the U-boat wolf packs...

The Ultimate PINCH

Captain Peter Hore

In the Spring of 1941 one of the most significant British intelligence...

Captain Peter Hore

New Biography Of The First Head Of GCHQ Is Launched

BRIEFING ROOM THURSDAY 7 September was a special day at the...

IMAGE of WAR

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE 1ATF Base At Núi Đat, Phuoc Tuy, South...

Collecting AFS and NFS Items

Austin J Ruddy

They were the ’ordinary’ men and women doing an extraordinary...

Austin J Ruddy

Fearless Jack

When war hero Jack Sherwood- Kelly embarked on a rescue mission...