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HERO OF THE MONTH

Lord Ashcroft

Temporar y Lieutenant Jack Maynard Cholmondeley Easton GC ...

Lord Ashcroft

From the Editor

Brigadier Douglas Kendrew, Major-General Mike West, Lieutenant-Colonel...

70 year first for RM Commandos

its 41 Commando forebears more than 70 years ago IMAGES: ROYAL...

IMAGE OF WAR

LIFESAVING LANCASTER A&AEE Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, circa 1948...

IMAGE of WAR

Redlynch, Salisbury Plain, March 1941

IN PLAIN SIGHT Although a mainstay of any modern military,...

Redlynch, Salisbury Plain, March 1941

Airman silhouettes honour dam raiders

The International Bomber Command Centre has installed a new tribute...

Work progresses on Whirlwind replica

Crikey!Alex Bowers meets the creators behind a full-size replica...

SAVIOURS of the LOST ART

John Ash

One of Britain’s newest military units has the complex task...

John Ash

ADAP TABLE ANIMAL

WEAPONS OF WAR When British brain met American automotive brawn,...

‘Little ships’ mark coronation

RIIS 1, at 103 the oldest craft at the rallySIMON MURDOCH London’s...

Hell on the Hook

Michael Kelly

BATTLE OF THE SAMICHON RIVER In the final hours of Korean War,...

Michael Kelly

Bombs& Botany

Craig Moore burrowed deep into the archives to unearth how the...

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Inside Your Magazine

Next Month August 2023, Issue 196On sale July 27 Britain...

FAA ‘top gun’ who flew 40 types dies

Rear-Admiral Ray Rawbone, who led a Fleet Air Arm squadron during...

SAS : Rogue Heroes S2 starts shooting

BBC/KUDOS Filming for the second series of wartime drama SAS:...

RAF Biggin Hill Museum & Chapel

It’s a poignant dedication to one of the most important historic...

FRON BASRA TO BAGHDAD

Following his advance to Basra as an armed escort to a BBC News...

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Britain’s KFOR mission extended to 2026

The British military is to continue its contribution to the NATO...

Despatches

An incredible grouping once belonging to a Belgian and Royal...

THE NEARST GUARD

Christopher Joll goes back in time to find out

Those watching the recent coronation may have noticed the Princess...

Christopher Joll goes back in time to find out

CHINA CRISIS

Austin Ruddy

MILITARIA A respected British industry faced serious challenges...

Austin Ruddy

Britain at War July 2023

The full issue in page-turning format

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Australia finds ‘Hellship’ wreck

Explorers have located the Montevideo Maru, a Japanese cargo...

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Malta memory

Britain at War regularly fills gaps in my knowledge, but the...

THe Dberusel 18

THE FIRST GREAT ESCAPE On June 1, 1941, a long-planned mass escape...

From Mons to Mali

It is the middle of 1916 and future RAF heavyweight John Slessor...

From the Editor

A 601 SQUADRON AIRACOBRA AT RAF DUXFORD, AUGUST 1941. THE RAF'S...

Somme crucifix to be returned

BRIEFINGS NEWS • RESTORATION • DISCOVERIES • EVENTS...

Predannack

CollectionsAnti-Aircraft Battery & Museum Tom Baker visited a...

The Commanders

Lloyd Clark

BOOK OF THE MONTH The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard...

Lloyd Clark