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All Saints Church East Meon
Do you have a family history connection to East Meon in Hampshire? If so, then the church of All Saints, sitting on a rise above the village with Park Hill rising behind it, is as good a place as any to start. Find out what your family connection might be to this beautiful Hampshire village.
Read MoreHome Guard WWII
Many people in your family history will have served in the services in the last two World Wars but how many others did their bit in the Home Guard and how do we go about tracking them down. Use local museums and archives as a starting point to finding out about those one million volunteers.
Read MoreR.E.M.E Cap Badge 1942 – 1947
The R.E.M.E cap badge belongs to a unit whose role in WWII exposed it to front line service in every major theatre of operation, from the D-Day landings to Palestine
Read MoreArmy Cyclist Corps Cap Badge
The Army Cycle Corps Cap Badge illustrates the great versatility of the bicycle in the C19th and C20th. Not only did the bicycle find it’s way onto the battlefields but it had a powerful impact on women’s rights as well. Quite an achievement for the humble bicycle
Read MorePrincess Mary’s Gift Box 1914
The Princess Mary brass tin, handed out to troops in Christmas 1914, when hopes were up that the war would be over soon
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
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