Time to reveal what's on the way in the first half of 2024 for my From Reason to Revolution series from Helion & Company Ltd, beginning with Jacqueline Reiter on a certain naval officer that you may have heard her mention once or twice. helion.co.uk/military-histo…

Looking forward to reading this!

Amazing photos.
I was on the spot last Wednesday with an RAF Staff Ride from RAF Division, JSCSC.

Okay, so this is getting real now amazon.co.uk/British-Army-1…

OTD in 1945 a ceremony was held in Tarbes as 3 and 4 French SAS passed from British to French command. Brig Mike Calvert, OC SAS Brigade, oversaw the parade, even presenting the hats worn by Wellington and Napoleon at #Waterloo (© Imperial War Museums B 15789) iwm.org.uk/collections/it… #SWW

A good week taking RAF officers around the battlefields of the First World War, looking at the development of air power.

- 1st Ypres 1914
- Neuve Chapelle 1915
- 2nd Battle of Artois 1915
- The Somme 1916
- Vimy Ridge 1917
- 100 Days Offensive 1918

It’s amazing how part of an archive can transport you hundreds of miles as well as back in time by hundreds of years

Map of the assault on Badajoz, 6th April 1812.

Drawn by a veteran officer in 1826. Part of the Bodleian library’s Napier papers.

Vs the site of the carnage.

Really looking forward to this!

Today for #HeritageOpenDays the object store tour gets to see the Royal Waggon Train officer’s Coattee that was taken off display at The Royal Logistic Corps Museum to prevent light damage

A reminder, the next talk for Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras is Dr. John Peaty talking about Wellington's Map Makers and Cartographers.

At 7pm UK time on 26 September 2023. register with [email protected]
NOTE DATE CHANGE ABOVE

The last volume of the Light Division trilogy out 30 september. amazon.co.uk/Riflemen-Welli…

Yesterday I also popped into the recently moved and sadly reduced Royal Warwickshire Regiment museum. Not much on display from the Napoleonic period but they did have a nice 6th Foot officer’s coatee.