Historic Naval Building Gets Rescue Grant Worth Nearly £500,000
Plymouth's Melville building, a location for ITV's 'Hornblower' series, has received almost £500,000 to continue pre-COVID rescue work.
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LGBTQ Sexuality And The Role Of LGBTQ Armed Forces In WW1
Did The First World War Spawn The Modern Day Gay Rights Movement?
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History Channel Islands: Life On The Only British Territories Under German WWII Occupation
The Channel Islands were brought to the brink of starvation while occupied by German forces between 30 June 1940 and 9 May 1945.
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WWII The Deadly WW2 Parachute Mine: How 2,200lb German Bombs Devastated London In The Blitz
One of WW2's deadliest bombs - and its connection to TV sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart
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Feature Bayonet Fighting: All Of The Gen
The bayonet is described as 'the last seven inches of failed foreign policy'.
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History The Western Front Way: Turning No Man’s Land Into A Place Of Peaceful Reflection
How one man's dream is being turned into a reality, more than 100 years on
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WWII PM Hears 'Powerful' Stories From Holocaust Survivor And WW2 Veteran
Second World War veteran Ian Forsyth wept during the video call as he recalled arriving in Bergen-Belsen in 1945 to liberate the survivors.
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Naval History Rare Spanish Armada Maps To Stay In UK After Fundraising Campaign
A last-ditch campaign to keep the maps in the country raised £600,000 in just two months.
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Gulf War "They were getting a bloody good bombing. It was horrible."
A Gulf War veteran describes the conflict, 30 years on …
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RAF Museum Of RAF Firefighting In Danger Of Closing For Good
The museum's founder said vehicles from the collection are being stored outside in a field, with the hunt now on for another new home.
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History What Caused The Gulf War?
Thirty years on, take a look at the events that brought about the conflict.
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History Op GRANBY: The Stories Of Those Who Were There
Hear from those who experienced the operation first hand
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Feature Gin and tonic: Its military history and the origins of Dutch courage
How G&T saved soldiers' lives and strengthened the Empire
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News New Book Marks 100 Years Of NAAFI
Former NAAFI employee Sue Lowe researched and wrote the book, NAAFI By Land and Sea, to explain its stories, origins and history.
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Gurkhas Gurkhas – The Origin Story
How the Anglo-Nepalese War happened, and how the Nepalese became British Army soldiers
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WWII Lost Second World War Letter Reaches Family After 76 Years
The letter was found inside a second-hand book and thanks a schoolgirl for knitting items for British soldiers fighting overseas.