The British Army is one of the oldest and most prestigious military organisations in the world, with a long and storied history dating back to the Middle Ages. The formation of the British Army can be traced back to the reign of King Henry VIII in the early 16th century when he established a standing […]
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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
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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
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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
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1939 Evacuation of children and pregnant women
Blackout Regulations also started on this day
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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.
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1941 During World War 2 Winston Churchill reinforces the V for Victory Campaign. BBC Radio broadcasts used the start of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony which is based on 3 short sounding notes and a long note. This follows the morse code pattern for V. dot, dot, dot, dash. Beethoven composed the 5th Symphony in 1808 the
In 1917 the Royal family in the UK were faced with a conflict as the uk were at war with Germany, but the British royal family had a German Surname. So King George V ordered that the name be changed from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Royal House of “Windsor” 1970 Edward Heath became the New Prime Minister
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