Theme Intriguing People
Gallant Little Belgium 1914
The resistance of Belgium against German invasion 1914
Read MoreThe First British Shot of WWI
First British shot of WWI
Read MoreDouglas 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 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 MoreBarnes Neville Wallis born 1887
The start of the Dam Busters…Ripley derbyshire
Read MoreMarie Curie Nobel Prize 1911 for Chemistry
A second Nobel Prize for Marie?
Read MoreMarie Curie Born in Warsaw 1867
Marie Curie born in 1867
Read MoreArtist John Constable 1832 Paints Waterloo Bridge
John Constable and Waterloo Bridge
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.
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