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This is very good. Would have loved to have been at this one. Robert Lyman 🇺🇦 We Will Remember Them, by Robert Lyman 🇺🇦 open.substack.com/pub/robertlyma…

For every retweet of this post, I will donate £1 to the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association up to £50,000. Time is running out following Imperial War Museums’s decision to close the Lord Ashcroft Gallery. Visit while you still can, to honour the bravery of those who risked so much to protect our great nation.

It’s a Bank Holiday Weekend! The museum will be open on MONDAY 25th August. 11am - 4pm. Children go free. #radarlove

25 NOVEMBER 2025: FREE ONLINE LECTURE I will share the compelling story of two critical British Secret Service intelligence networks operating behind enemy lines during the First and Second World Wars. Central to MI6’s wartime efforts were La Dame Blanche (the White Lady) and

POWs recently freed from Japanese captivity are helped down from an RAF Douglas Dakota at Kallang Airport in Singapore, 1945. Film: IWM ABY 167

#WorldSuicidePreventionDay2025

The story of the Polish Flying Training School during the Second World War is one of evolution, adaptation, and dedication. It began on 14 February 1940, when the Polish Training and Grading Flight was formed at Redhill. This early unit served to assess and train Polish pilots

Only just caught this. Ever day is a school day! Paul Reed Despatches: Tales of Tyne Cot oldfrontline.co.uk/2024/01/10/des… via Old Front Line Podcast

The Mark Long Trust will officially launch on 10 January 2026. To mark this milestone, we're hosting a private launch event and auction - a moment to thank those who've supported us so far and to welcome future partners into the fold.

This is very much a long shot, but if anyone reading this might know where the sign for the former RAF Tangmere is now, then I’d be very grateful for any leads. It was once at Tangmere Museum, but is not there now. (No, they don’t know where it is either!) It is believed to be

The decision by Imperial War Museums to close the Lord Ashcroft Gallery was truly heartbreaking, but the stories of bravery told there must live on. I am delighted to announce the launch of a new virtual tour so you can see the Gallery for yourself 👇👇👇 👀 lordashcroftmedalcollection.com

300 French army officer cadets (EMAC) singing the 🇫🇷 anthem 'la Marseillaise' in the Douaumont Ossuary, eastern France. This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WW1 soldiers. #WW1 #France #Verdun

My VC & GC collection is my pride and joy, each award telling an individual story of remarkable bravery and sacrifice. Imperial War Museums may have closed the Lord Ashcroft Gallery, but you can now take a virtual tour of it here 👉 lordashcroftmedalcollection.com

I'm not a cricketer but I can relate to this. A fabulous country that has always welcomed me.

Can anyone point me in the direction of a good account of Monty in the Bulge? Not Monty’s own account for obvious reasons.

Another fascinating revisit of a story we think we know, but when examined in detail reveals things that have gone unnoticed despite often being quite obvious. I'd posit the only reason it's controversial is because it's challenging an established story. theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/…

We are back!🎄 110 years after the First World War Taff opens the batting, once again, with some natty pieces of 1915 headgear and introduces #HutVent2025 (With grateful thanks to Ramsey Green) youtu.be/7na3SWTP_Jg

The fighting at Cambrai was reaching a peak #OTD in 1917, especially around the village of Gouzeaucourt. Discovered more on the Old Front Line Podcast Channel: youtu.be/D_RrLJ4uirA

Kids at Sholing Junior School in Southampton are trying to raise enough money to place a memorial in the city to James Nicolson, the only Battle of Britain VC, plus Martyn King, youngest Battle of Britain pilot KIA... both events taking place over the skies of Southampton. 1/2