#onthisday 15 April 1800 – James Clark Ross was born (d. 1862)

Sir James Clark Ross was a British Royal Navy officer & polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, & four led by William Edward Parry, and,…

#onthisday 15 April 1989 – Hillsborough disaster.

The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal crowd crush at a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989. It occurred during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool & Nottingham Forest…

#onthisday 15 April 1945 – Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated the British 11th Armoured Division.

Bergen-Belsen, or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally…

#onthisday 15 April 1942 – The George Cross is awarded 'to the island fortress of Malta' by King George VI.

The George Cross was awarded to the island of Malta by King George VI during the Siege of Malta undertaken by Italy & Germany in the early part of World War II.

In a…

#onthisday 15 April 1941 – the Belfast Blitz.

Two hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing around one thousand people.

The Belfast Blitz consisted of three German air raids on strategic targets in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, in April & May…

#onthisday 15 April 1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours & forty minutes after hitting an iceberg.

RMS Titanic sank in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden…

#onthisday 15 April 1450 – Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.

Although its impact on the result is debatable, Formigny is thought to be the first…

#OnThisDay 15 April 1367

King Henry IV was born 👑

Henry was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire. His father, John of Gaunt, was the fourth son of Edward III & the third son to survive to adulthood, & enjoyed a position of considerable influence during much of the reign…

Happy 100th birthday to WW2 veteran, Peter Moore! 🎉❤️

Peter joined the RAF during WW2, at the age of 17.

'He wanted to fly on the bombers but he flew Spitfires and was on reconnaissance in Italy. He was 17 when he signed up and was one of the youngest training pilots.'

We…

Newly-arrived troops of the 2nd BEF move up to the front, June 1940.

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Men of the 1st Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment in a section of trench named 'Pudding Lane', 4th Division near Roubaix, 3 April 1940.

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#onthisday 14 April 2001 – Jim Baxter died (b. 1939)

James Curran Baxter was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left half. He is generally regarded as one of the country's greatest ever players.

He was born, educated & started his career in Fife, but his peak…

#onthisday 14 April 1578 – James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell died (b. 1534)

James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney & 4th Earl of Bothwell, better known simply as Lord Bothwell, was a prominent Scottish nobleman.

He was known for his marriage to Mary, Queen of Scots, as her third &…

#onthisday 14 April 1471 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick was killed during The Battle of Barnet (b. 1428)

Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl of Salisbury, known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was an English nobleman, administrator, landowner of the House of…

#onthisday 14 April 1738 – William Cavendish-Bentinck was born (d. 1809)

William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland was a British Whig & then a Tory politician during the late Georgian era.

He served as chancellor of the University of Oxford (1792–1809) &…

#onthisday 14 April 1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40 pm (ship's time) on her maiden voyage & sinks 2 h 40 min later on 15 April 1912.

RMS Titanic was a British passenger & mail carrying ocean liner, operated by the…

Please take a moment to remember WW2 veteran Reginald Webb, who died aged 97.🕯️🇬🇧

After his family home was bombed in 1942, Reginald joined the King's Royal Rifles. He fought in the Battle of Arnhem, helping paratroopers cross the River Rhine. Reg was hit six times by machine…

#onthisday 14 April 1471 – The Battle of Barnet (Wars of the Roses)

The Battle of Barnet was a decisive engagement in the Wars of the Roses, a dynastic conflict of 15th-century England. The military action, along with the subsequent Battle of Tewkesbury, secured the throne for…

#onthisday 14 April 1857

Princess Beatrice was born at Buckingham Palace & was the fifth daughter & youngest child of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert..

The birth caused controversy when it was announced that Queen Victoria would seek relief from the pains of delivery through the…

Remembering Lieutenant Edmund William Baldwyn Childe-Pemberton 🇬🇧

18th (Queen Marys Own) Hussars, attached to 11th (Prince Alberts Own) Hussars.

Death: 13 April 1917, Western Front.

Son of William S. Childe-Pemberton, Esq., & the Lady Constance Childe-Pemberton, of Kinlet…