THEME Wars, battles and campaigns
Barnes 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 MoreThe Corn Laws 1815
The implementation of the Corn Laws 1815 had a profound effect on the people of Britain, how did families cope with the hardship they found themselves in?
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 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.
Read MoreVolunteer Rifle Corps 1859
Formation of the Volunteer Rifle Corps 1859
Read MoreHealth of the population 1904
In 1904, the Interdepartmental Committee on Physical Deterioration, wrote a report to look at the overall health of the UK population, particularly in respect of nutrition. The report was written following a document from the Director General of the Army Medical Services, in which he states his concern, that recruitment for troops for the Boer…
Read MoreFirst and Second Opium Wars 1856-1860
First Opium War Britain defeats China (1839-1842 and Second Opium War 1856-1860 British and French occupy the forbidden city Beijing.
Read More1795 Sterilization process for preserving food introduced
‘An army travels on it’s stomach’, so Napoleon said and seeing so many of his troops suffering from diseases that had more to do with hunger and scurvy than with battle wounds, he determined to do something about it. The French government offered a prize of 12,000F to the person who could invent a method…
Read MoreCrimea War 1854-1856
A short reflection on the Crimean War and it’s aftermath
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