The Countess of Wessex was reduced to tears yesterday after unveiling a memorial to 48,000 miners who helped keep Britain fighting in the Second World War reports the Daily Mail. The Bevin Boys monument in Staffordshire was officially dedicated in glorious spring sunshine in what had been a long-awaited moment of recognition to the former coal miners, both living and [...]
The Guardian Reports: A German historian has installed a new plaque commemorating one of the Dambuster bombers after locating the spot where it crashed. Of all the commemorations marking this month’s 70th anniversary of the Second World War’s most famous bombing raid, it is perhaps the most poignant. A new plaque has been unveiled in a German field where one [...]
‘‘remembering the work of the Land Army with a lasting memorial’’ During the Great Wars, with the men away fighting, it was up to volunteer girls to work our rural lands, to help feed the war effort and the nation as well as helping to maintain wood supplies, hence the references to these young girls as Land Girls and Lumber [...]
Oak trees were planted on the grounds of the 1898 Douglas County Courthouse after World War II to memorialize the 23 Douglas County residents who died in the war. The trees were seriously affected in 1956 when the Courthouse burned and very few remain due to the fire effects, disease, and other reasons. One of the memorial trees, a large [...]
The Daily Mail reports: Kurtis Green has tended to the Dersingham memorial since he was seven He was questioned by police for two hours after installing the water pipe For 12 years, Kurtis Green has diligently tended the war memorial in his village, cleaning up rubbish and planting bulbs at its base. In January, the Queen congratulated the 19-year-old for [...]
A campaign has started to raise funds for a memorial for women who worked at munitions factories in World War II. The campaign is being led by Stoke-on-Trent South Labour MP Rob Flello, whose constituency neighbours the site of one the factories. The 20,000 workers at ROF Swynnerton became known as the Swynnerton Roses. Across the UK, about 1.5 [...]
A 67-year-old woman has won her fight to have her great-uncle’s name spelt correctly on a village war memorial. Pte George Samuel died aged 20 in World War I, but his name was misspelt as “Samuels” on the memorial at Shepreth, Cambridgeshire. Alison Corfield, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, said the misspelling had caused his parents “great distress” after the war ended. [...]
The LST-325 was launched on 27 October 1942 and commissioned on 1 February 1943, with Lieutenant Ira Ehrensall the commanding officer. On February 17, during her shakedown cruise, Lt. Ehrensall was transferred to the USS LST-391 and Ensign Clifford E. Mosier replaced him. Mosier would remain the ship’s commanding officer until June 1945. At the completion of her shakedown cruise [...]
THE service of 253 Australians who lost their lives flying in Sunderland squadrons in World War II has been remembered with the dedication of a new wall at Rathmines Memorial Park. President of the RAAF Association NSW Sunderland Squadrons branch Peter Jensen, 91, said his organisation had overseen the creation of memorials around the world to fallen comrades from 10 [...]
A 99-year-old Battle of Britain veteran hit out at airport chiefs today after they banned him from a memorial ceremony for his hero brother who was killed in World War Two – because he hasn’t got a passport. Charles Crowther, of Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, was desperate to attend the unveiling of the memorial at Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBIA) in West [...]
Dambusters celebration ‘hijacked by Nazis’: Outrage as visitors to WWII remembrance event defy ban on SS uniformsMay 20, 2013
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WWII Weekend – ‘Dig for Victory’- 1st/2nd June 2013May 20, 2013
Visitors flout ban on wearing Nazi uniforms to WWII eventMay 20, 2013
Periscopes Are Returned To WWII Submarine In GosportMay 20, 2013
Admiral Sir John Bush, who has died aged 98, was one of only a score of officers to win three Distinguished Service CrossesMay 20, 2013
The Man with the BOMB – Why Robert Oppenheimer haunts us stillMay 20, 2013
WWI U-Boat in Lake MichiganMay 20, 2013
Iwo Jima: “…A Beachhead On Hell”May 19, 2013
The English soldier who deserted, became an ‘Irishman’ – and received the Victoria Cross in WWIIMay 19, 2013
Battle Of Hamburger Hill During The Vietnam WarMay 19, 2013
70th Anniversary of B-17F “Memphis Belle”May 19, 2013
Another TANK from a FOUND! A T34/85 is pulled out of a former training ground!May 19, 2013
Willow Run Bomber Plant could be a new home for the Yankee Air MuseumMay 19, 2013
REVIEW: THE DEFENCE OF THE DARDANELLES by Mark BarnesMay 19, 2013
Poland begins search for WWII mass gravesMay 19, 2013
Nazi uniforms ‘not welcome’ at Haworth’s 1940s WeekendMay 19, 2013
Calls for WWII prisoner camp to house Ryder Cup 2014 volunteersMay 19, 2013
Keep calm and eat like a granny: Nutrition advice given to Britons during WWII could be the key to improving diets todayMay 19, 2013
Czech Republic nuclear bunker turns Cold War museumMay 19, 2013
