Militaria Museums
Eden Camp
In March 1987, a most unusual museum opened its doors for the first time to the visiting public. Announced at the time as a ‘Modern History Theme Museum’ it has since gone on to win several prestigious tourism awards and continued to grow and expand its range of exhibits. The fou...
20 Jan 2023
Militaria Museums
Helmsley Castle
In the years following the Norman Conquest in 1066, castles were built across the country as symbols of power to subjugate the local populace. Permission to bui...
26 Sep 2022
Militaria Museums
Merville Battery
When the Germans began to build their coastal defences, known as the ‘Atlantic Wall’, in earnest from 1942, the Allied military planners observed its progress w...
20 Jul 2022
Militaria Museums
HMS Warrior
Arms races between nations are nothing new and there are plenty of examples to be found in history dating back millennia. Industrialisation took this struggle f...
22 Jun 2022
Militaria Museums
Pegasus Bridge Museum & Memorial
At around 06-30am on the morning of Tuesday, 6th June 1944, just as the first waves of Allied troops were approaching the Normandy coastline in their landing cr...
14 Jun 2022
Militaria Museums
Caldicot Castle
The Principality of Wales can boast having the greatest concentration of castles, for the size of the country, anywhere in the world. Indeed, there is hardly an...
20 Mar 2022
Militaria Museums
SS Great Britain
Before the advent of aircraft, the only way a country could deploy its army on overseas campaigns was by ship. In the 19th century, Britain had the largest merc...
19 Feb 2022
Militaria Museums
Royal Logistics Corps
For an army on a campaign to function well, it must be supported by a supply column that will keep it provided with food, fuel, ammunition and all the other ess...
23 Aug 2021
Militaria Museums
Battlefield of Marston Moor
The English Civil War spread out to affect communities the length and breadth of the country. From the large cities and big towns down to small villages, the ef...
24 May 2021
Militaria Museums
War Memorials
In the 1930s, a journalist and author, Arthur Mee, collated a list of villages in Britain that had been left untouched by the losses among the men and women who...
21 Apr 2021