THEME History of Organisations
Douglas Bader and comrade at RAF Duxford WWII
Douglas Bader based at RAF Duxford Cambridgeshire 1939-1945 and a great blog with an insight to the life and role of the men and women that were stationed throught two wars at RAF Duxford, with lovely original photographs well worth a look.
Read MoreDam Buster Raid 1943 WWII Germany
Dam Buster Mission 1943
Read MoreBarnes Wallis Assistant Chief Designer Vickers Aviation
2nd lead designer at Vickers during WWII, Barnes Wallis
Read MoreBarnes Wallis 1st Job Engineer at Supermarine
Barnes Wallis on the Isle of Wight 1913
Read MoreMarie Curie Nobel Prize 1911 for Chemistry
A second Nobel Prize for Marie?
Read MoreSpencer Perceval shot dead 1812
The death of Spencer Perceval, British Prime Minister shot dead in 1812 the year of the famous overture midst of the Napoleonic Wars and after the French Revolution.
Read MoreInternational Council of Women 1904
Women’s Suffrage 1904
Read MoreArch duke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated 28 Jun 1914 the domino effect for WWI
The assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand in Sarajevo triggers a series of events that spark what was to lead to world war and a tragic loss of life, surely this would be” the war to end all wars…”
Read MoreFirst Contagious Disease Act 1864 Why was it important and who was Josephine Butler?
Social crusade against the state regulation of vice in the 19th Century and founding principles of feminist campaigning…Josephine Butler Grey led the way born 1828 died 1906
Read MoreHerbert George Blondie Hasler 1914-1987 DSO OBE
Blondie Hasler credited with set-up of what became the SBS on the authority of Lord Louis Mountbatten.
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