The Chalke History Festival, founded in 2011 and held in the Chalke Valley (Wiltshire), has arguably become the UK’s leading history festival, attracting hundreds of thousands of history buffs over the years, and more than 18,000 schoolchildren since its launch.
Read moreFollowing last year’s successful launch of ‘fireside chats’, SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity has announced the new season for 2023, which gets underway on Thursday, March 2 at the Western Club, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow.
Read moreComplemented by 100 photographs and illustrations taken and drawn by PoWs, as well as the German instructions for camp evacuation published for the first time in English, this book provides a fascinating insight into the last days of the Second World War.
Read moreA new podcast has launched exploring the history and legacy of the Guinea Pig Club, a group of airmen who suffered life-changing burns and injuries during the Second World War.
Read moreA military history group has penned a book of war stories, with the royalty proceeds going to military charity Blind Veterans UK.
Read moreSecond World War Veteran Tom Davidson survived many daring bombing raids over Germany, whilst helping to defend our country and free Europe from the Nazis.
Read moreTo celebrate Living History UK reaching 10,000 followers on TikTok, the organisation have teamed up with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Living History Society to raise money for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Read moreA new 40 minute film has been made by The Royal Scots reflecting on the Regiments history.
Read moreVeterans Urged to Come Forward and Tell Their Stories
Following the MOD’s announcement that the Royal Military School of Music is to vacate its historic home at Kneller Hall in South West London, veterans’ charity The Legasee Educational Trust has been commissioned to chronicle over 160 years of military music tradition at the celebrated Grade II listed institution.
Supported by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and teaming up with local schoolchildren from Chase Bridge School in Twickenham, the Legasee Educational Trust will explore the illustrious history of The RMSM at Kneller Hall and examine the importance of music to the military effort.
Read moreA team of five Army Reservists have reached the end of their 1,100-mile crossing of Antarctica, after 67 days on ice, making them the first British Army team in history to do so.
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