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Florence Nightingale: a pioneer of hand washing and hygiene for health
Richard Bates, University of Nottingham Florence Nightingale, who was born 200 years ago, is rightly famed for revolutionising nursing. Her […]
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Royal Navy sailors were appalled by conditions on slave ships, but those they ‘rescued’ rarely experienced true freedom
Mary Wills, University of Hull Britain was once among the most enthusiastic of slave-trading nations. But just over 200 years […]
The Sad Tale of the Amsterdam’s Demise
Article republished with permission of The Maritime Executive By Hans van der Ster 02-12-2020 06:23:27 During my holiday trip in […]
Navy remembers legendary Norway raid 80 years on
Sailors past and present will march through West Sussex next month to remember one of the few naval highlights of […]
A history – the Royal Navy’s Falkland Islands patrol vessels
This article first appeared on the Save the Royal Navy website on 1st November Today HMS Forth (P222), sailed from […]
A Para in Palestine: Part 2. Daily life.
By Vince Leonard We were up at 0600 hrs. every morning and allotted jobs to do in the Barracks but […]
Remembrance Day: the enduring nature of the first two-minute silence
Daniel McKay, University of Cambridge At 11am on November 11 1919 a great silence fell over the British Empire. Everywhere […]
Remember the Flag Tours in East Berlin?
On the Forces Network website there is a fascinating article about the work of the Allied Military Missions which spent […]
HMS Hardy veteran dies after Norwegian honour
A REMINDER of the timeliness of recognising and remembering the sacrifices made by the WW2 generation is provided by former […]
A Para in Palestine
In 1920, after the Versailles Treaty was agreed, Britain assumed responsibility for Palestine under a League of Nations Mandate. By […]
K13 plinth unveiled at Helensburgh museum
Navy press release Veterans and serving submariners joined members of the local community in Helensburgh on Wednesday to witness the […]
RAF Odiham commemorate airmen killed 75 years ago.
RAF press release On 2nd September, servicemen from RAF Odiham attended the unveiling of a memorial dedicated to the memory […]
Original Hawk moved to a new home in Old Sarum
RAF press release Aircraft of all shapes and sizes are a fairly familiar sight over Salisbury, however uniquely on the […]
Who won the war? We did, says everyone
Nick Chater, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick Ask any of the few remaining World War II veterans what they […]
Royal Air Force bomber crew remembered at Memorial event
RAF press release 19th Aug A Memorial Service was held in Devon last weekend to commemorate the crash of a […]
AVREs, Terrapins and Buffalos: Part 3 of Joe Inghams story.
In Part 2, Joe told us about his experiences during the D-day landings. Now we can read about life in […]
Silver Spitfire leaves UK on worldwide flight
RAF Press release dtd 6th Aug. Two intrepid aviators – Matt Jones and Steve Brooks – have left Goodwood Aerodrome […]
AVREs at D-Day: Part 2
In Part 1, published on TMT on 5th July, Joe Ingham wrote about his experiences upon joining the new 79th […]
An AVRE at D-Day: life in a 79th Armd Div assault sqn
Joe Ingham’s account of preparation for D-Day and his experiences as a Churchill AVRE crewman in 79th Division as Montgomery’s […]
RAF Personnel Cycle 1600km to mark 75th Anniversary of The Great Escape
RAF Press Release dated 01 Jul 2019 March 24th 2019 was the 75th Anniversary of the Great Escape, seventy-five years […]