Fabian Ware: a man who lived for the deads
1914, during the First World War Britain saw a huge devastating loss of its human resource. The civilians as volunteers together with the British arm…
WWI Soldiers bedroom maintained for 100 years
After Hubert Rochereau lost his life fighting for his country during WWI, his devastated parents kept his bedroom exactly the same as the last time…
The discovered artefacts of WW1 at Helens Bay, Co Down
The Department of Environment has finished their discovery for artefacts of First World War at the Grey Point Fort, Helens Bay, Co Down. And they…
RAINY STREET STORIES – Review by Mark Barnes
I find myself in something akin to unknown territory with this one. The author contacted us to request a review and I am more than…
Commonwealth Leaders Received Ceramic Poppies from British PM During G20 Summit
British PM David Cameron gave one ceramic poppy to each of the Commonwealth leaders attending the G20 summit which ran from November 15 and 16 in Australia.…
Bernard Green: From Ypres, Somme and Passchendaele to the Great Escape
Get to know Bernard Green, a man who served in some of the Great War’s most brutal battles and was able to survive The Great Escape. Bernard…
The Civil War Trust announces Campaign 1776
It has been 240 years since the first shot was fired in what would later be named the Revolutionary War. This war represented a turning…
Fury, Hetzer, Combat Dealers & Bruce Crompton
SUFFOLK PUNCH In the wake of the success of Combat Dealers and the impact of Fury, Mark Barnes spends a day with Axis Track Services…
How a Group Of researchers are helping locate lost heroes from the Second World War
The western Pacific islands of Palau were a popular battle ground throughout the Second World War. Both the allies and the Japanese sought after the…
Leyte Gulf Landing Celebrates Its 70th Year
70 years after WWII General Douglas MacArthur, along with over 100,000 Allied troops, landed at the Red Beach, Palo, Leyte, the country and dignitaries from other nations marked…
FIRE AND MOVEMENT – Review by Wayne Osborne
It is my Royal and Imperial Command … that you address all your skill and all the valour of my soldiers, to exterminate first, the…
Lost WWI Medal Turns Up on eBay After 77 Years
Son couldn’t believe he’ll find his father’s WWI medal he lost some 77 years ago auctioned off in eBay recently. When Ben Eggleston lost his father’s…