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Read MoreF.A.N.Y Women’s Transport Services Cap Badge 1933 – 1939
Do you have any women in your family tree that served in the military during WWI and WWII? If so, then the story of the women who served in the Women’s Transport Service will be of great interest as they became the parent company for women involved in espionage work in WWII.
Read MoreQueen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps Cap Badge 1918 – 1920
After WWI, the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was renamed the Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps between 1918 – 1920. It was disbanded in 1921.
Read MoreRights of Women to Play Football 1894 – 1921
Women and football? Oh yes and when they were good they were very very good……
Read MoreCharles Dickens Jr Writes on the Victorian Sport of Boxing
A fantastic insight into the Victorian boxing world from Charles Dickens Junior’s dictionary, ‘Dickens London Dictionary’
Read MoreLady Florence Dixie journalist and feminist 1856
Lady Florence Dixie was an insightful and inspiring writer, journalist and liberal thinker. She championed equality for women and was outspoken in her support for Irish Home Rule.
Read MoreFirst Anglo Afghan War 1839 – 1842
The Afghan wars of the C19th were of critical strategic importance
Read MoreWiltshire Regiment Cap Badge 1954
The Wiltshire Regiment cap badge is part of the intriguing collection of military cap badges and related history. If anyone in your family tree was serving in any of the major wars in the last 250 years then you will this of interest.
Read More1841 British Census and the wider world
Put the 1841 British census in a world wide context, by taking a look at some of the global events that had an impact on the lives of our ancestors, see how your family history connects to the past.
Read MoreGallipoli Campaign 1915 – 1916
Every battle of WWI, reveals unimaginable horrors but the Gallipoli Campaign, is somehow more haunting, when the ill judged decisions taken by those in command are considered. Gallipoli forced Churchill out of office and established Turkey’s leader in the eyes of the world
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