Public records (Maintenance and repairThe article discusses the joint project of the British National Archives and the Ancestry.co.uk where service and pension records of 2.5 million soldiers of the British army of World War 1 will be available on the Internet. These historic war records are of...
External links are added for (online available) service records, papers, biographies & obituaries.Column 2 A date & place of birth are given when known, a question mark when not known, and a year with question mark when guessed. A date of death is given when known. Place of death is ...
Two things are well known about Powell and Pressburger’s 1943 epic about the life of an old-fashioned ex-army officer serving in the Home Guard during World War II: Churchill disliked the whole idea of it, and may have thought it was about him, and the Blimp character, over-fed and ...
The British Commonwealth of Nations consists of the United Kingdom, the Dominions (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Ceylon), the Colonies and Protectorates, and the Territories under Trusteeship.
Military service requires individuals who are free from ill-health and who are physically and mentally robust, and throughout history those who have become unfit for service have been discharged on medical grounds. This paper uses published historical records to examine trends in the rate of dischar...
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As Marcus Rediker notes ‘it took a small army of workers to build a slave ship, especially one of average size, two hundred tons’.[8] Lancaster’s ropemakers, joiners, anchorsmiths and sailmakers, would have all played a role in making and fitting out the ‘Trafalgar’. The hive of...
This Week in London – Life in the Roman army explored; clockwork treasures from China; and, Kew Gardens’ Orchid Festival… February 1, 2024 •A major new exhibition on life as a Roman legionary opens at the British Museum today.Legion: Life in the Roman armyshares stories of real legi...
United Kingdom (1942-1943) Semi-Amphibious Cargo Vehicle – 3 Prototypes Built The Hexonaut’s story began between 1942 and 1943. Operating in Burma (now Myanmar) during the Second World War, the British ‘Forgotten Army’ – the 14th Army – had as much of an enemy in the harsh ...
million square miles and owed its existence to its military might. By promising citizenship to those without it, the Roman army – the West's first modern, professional fighting force – also became an engine for creating citizens, offering a better life for soldiers who survived their service....