The new REME Museum at MOD Lyneham is now open. The Museum tells the story of the Corps of REME and those who served in it since its formation in World War II. Opening days will be Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 4:30 pm. In addition to the Museum displays there is a… Read More REME Museum at RAF Lyneham
Dewfall-hawk is pleased to be a sponsor for Japan Day 2017 organised by the Bath-Beppu Friendship Association BBPFA Come and see Olympic Gymnast Lynne Hutchison perform at 15.50 outside the Assembly Rooms. Japan Festival 2017 Programme
Deep in the Tuscan countryside, the medieval hilltop village of Civitella had lived peacefully for centuries, until war ripped the community apart. The events of 29 June 1944, left 116 men and boys dead and three quarters of the houses destroyed or burned as reprisal for the shooting of three off-duty German soldiers in the… Read More The Road to Civitella 1944: the Captain, the Chaplain and the Massacre
Nothing prepares a man for war and Private Charles Waite, of the Queen’s Royal Regiment, was ill-prepared when his convoy took a wrong turning near Abbeville and met 400 German soldiers and half a dozen tanks. He lost his freedom that day in May 1940 and didn’t regain it until April 1945 when he was… Read More Survivor of the Long March, Five Years as a POW, 1940 – 1945
THE LITTLE BOOK OF WILTSHIRE is a compendium of fascinating information about the county, past and present. Contained within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Wiltshire’s famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its towns and countryside, history, natural history, literary, artistic and sporting achievements, agriculture, transport, industry and royal visits. A reliable reference… Read More The Little Book of Wiltshire
Civitella in Val di Chiana, 1920 Keith Morgan writes: ‘I am really excited that The Road to Civitella 1944: The Captain, the Chaplain and the Massacre is finally out. It’s wonderful to read about my father Capatin John Morgan and his friend the Passionist chaplain Father O’Shea and what happened during their time in Italy… Read More Italy 29 June 1944 – a father’s story finally told
