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The organisation of the British Army and how it divides its personal is interesting and complex. From doing an approx. search it could be loosely classed as the following if anyone knows any more detail please add to the comments. Category Amount of Soldiers Division 10,000-20,000 Brigades 1000’s Battalion 500-1000 Battery 100-200 Squadron 2 or …
The corps of the British Army Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps The Infantry COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT Corps The Adjutant General Corps The Royal Logistics Corps Queen Alexandras Royal Army Nursing Corps The Army Medical Services The Royal Army Veterinary Corps The Royal Army Chaplains department The corps of Army Music The Royal Electrical and …
The seven ages of the British Army is to compile the evolution from the seventeenth century when Britain had a standing army to today. The author of the original book is Field Marshall, Lord Carver, author of the book “The Seven Ages of the British Army” Wars since 1982 2009 Boko Haram Insurgency 2007 Operation …
The 1st Anniversary of the Start of WW1 took place at intercession day at St Pauls in 1915. Only the British could hold a gathering on the one year anniversary of the start of War, while the War was still on. It was not so much a remembrance of those lost in battle, from one …
On the 11th Hour of the 11th Month, the guns fell silent across the battlefields of the Flanders, the killing machine of war stopped its killing and destruction. For it was on this day, that Ferdinand Foch, the French Field Marshall, the allied supreme commander alongside the First Sea Lord, Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss signed the …
The Return of Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Wartime leader returned to being Prime Minister a second time after the Conservative party one the 26th October 1953 General Election, defeating Clement Attlee at 77. The slogan of the election the Conservatives ran on was a ‘Strong and Free’ Britain. Conservatives …
26th October 1953 Churchill returns as Prime Minister Read More »
The 1st Battle of Ypres, World War One on the 19th October 1914 Première Bataille des Flandres, Erste Flandernschlacht Ypres The First World War, the war to end all wars, was fought on a monumental scale, in terms of people and materials in many theatres of war. Some of the biggest battles on the western front in …
Ypres and the most famous memorial on the Western Front, The Menin Gate Read More »
1939 Evacuation of children and pregnant women
Blackout Regulations also started on this day
1940 The Hardest Day: WW2 Battle of Britain
1931 at 7 pm the Airship Graf Zeppelin LZ127
In the month of Remembrance Sunday, we take a look at some of the most notable London remembrance plaques, statues and decorations. From the Polish RAF memorial at the RAF church of St Clement Danes to HMS HOOD plaque by the Tower. Take a day to yourself and explore the snippets of history left around. …
London’s Secret Air, Sea and Land War Memorials and plaques You Must See Read More »
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