Not sure where to post this, but here goes. Is there a place in either France or Belgium where they have held a ceremony every evening since the end of WW2, giving thanks for their salvation from the...
I know that in a war situation no side is blameless. But how the Japanese, who seem such a calm, respectful people, were capable of such appalling actions seems incomprehensible.
How did the geography of the English Civil War evolve? Battles were fought out west, up north, down south - I know there wasn’t a fixture list, but as it must have beeb a major problem shifting...
Looking for ideas from ye learned folk! We are a newly established small, village based local history group, who organise lectures on a monthly basis. We are in a position to get funding from a bigger...
Always thought my great grandfather was in the Royal Horse Artillery (the RHA), but recently found a record saying he was in the Riding House Establishment, which seems to be a part of the Royal...
Hoping this works, Mr F's family state that this is Mr F's Dad, 1906 to 1971, I know very little of this sort of thing, but this uniform and the picture in general looks much too old to be him. Any...
I've been asked to edit a biography of a lady now dead. She wrote:- ... but I do recall that we had lunch in a café on Greenwich Common and afterwards walked across the Common to visit some major...
Was there an area of Great Yarmouth called 'Lynn'? Any Norfolk residents out there? I know there is now a Lynn Grove school, but I wondered whether there was originally a village/suburb whatever known...