Jack Beckett

Jack Beckett has been editor since 2012. Huge fan of war history and rural history and a motorbike rider.

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Articles by Jack Beckett:

“My Heart Refused Such Sinister Grandeurs” – The Fall Of The Last Napoleon

It was a turbulent time in Europe. The year was 1870, and the Kingdom of Prussia held the reins of power. Prussia’s king, Wilhelm, was…

The King Comes Back To Claim His Own – Last Battle of the Viking King

It was the age of the Great Mongol Khans. It was the age of Byzantium, of the Holy Roman Empire. The wars of the Reconquista…

Wounded, He Sacrificed Himself to Clear the way for his Platoon – James Stokes, VC

Private James Stokes’ thirtieth birthday was February 6th, 1945. On the 1st of March, less than one month later, he came to the end of…

Constantinople: Holding The Walls At All Costs

At dawn, the leaders of the defence gazed out west from the walls of Constantinople. The two Byzantine commanders, Bonus and Sergius, did not speak…

TANKFEST 2017 is SOLD OUT we are Looking forward to Seeing you all There

TANKFEST 2017 is now  SOLD OUT  however make sure you visit the museum this year to see a world first, The Tank Museums Tiger Tank exhibition…

Wounded, He Sacrificed Himself to Clear the way for his Platoon – James Stokes, VC

Private James Stokes’ thirtieth birthday was February 6th, 1945. On the 1st of March, less than one month later, he came to the end of…

The End of an Era – The Sack of Rome

Rome, the city that had ruled the world, was in chaos. To the north-west, a great pillar of dirty smoke rose skywards from the Gardens…

TANKFEST Sunday Tickets Only – Saturday Now Sold Out

TANKFEST is an advance ticket only event, there will not be any tickets for sale on the day. You must have the appropriate TANKFEST ticket to…

Wonderful Colorized images of D-Day

Taken over 73 years ago – now we take for granted the modern day image – we have more on our smartphones than ever before. Now…

The beginning of the end for the Teutonic Knights, Grunwald 1410

For more than two hundred years the might of the Order of Teutonic Knights had been steadily growing. It was forged in 1190, in the…

Commander Rudder (2nd Rangers) 10 years later – I Took My Son to Pointe Du Hoc and Omaha Beach

FROM HISTORIES OF THE NORMANDY LANDINGS PREPARED BY THE ARMY HISTORICAL DIVISION. –  By W. C. HEINZ Thank you to our friends at OldMagazineArticles.com for…

Constantinople: Holding The Walls At All Costs

At dawn, the leaders of the defence gazed out west from the walls of Constantinople. The two Byzantine commanders, Bonus and Sergius, did not speak…