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DUNKIRK - A VETERAN'S ACCOUNT

John Hamilton was one of the speakers at the 2019 Chalke Valley History Festival and astonishingly, it was his debut as a public speaker....

THE ROYAL ARTILLERY MUSEUM AT LARKHILL

The contents of the Royal Artillery Museum are currently in storage across three sites in the UK while they wait for a new site to be...

GREENHAM COMMON PEACE GARDEN - THE STONE CIRCLE MONUMENT TO PEACE

Many will be familiar with the protests at Greenham Common which began in 1981 when thousands of women gathered to campaign for nuclear...

VISITING RAF COSFORD

The RAF Museum is home to over 75 historic aircraft, but you don’t have to be a military aviation expert to enjoy RAF Cosford: there is...

THE STORY OF MAURICE BLIK - BELSEN SURVIVOR

Maurice Blik is a world famous sculptor who was born in Amsterdam in 1939. Interned in Belsen for several years as a child, he recently...

WE HAVE WAYS FEST 2022

We Have Ways Fest is a three day festival of all things World War II which takes place in the beautiful Buckinghamshire countryside....

JOHN HAMILTON - DUNKIRK VETERAN AT THE CHALKE VALLEY HISTORY FESTIVAL

In 2019, Dunkirk veteran John Hamilton was invited to the Chalke Valley History Festival to talk about his experiences. Chalke Valley...

FIGHTING WITH THE FRENCH RESISTANCE – THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF JOHN JAMMES

The Chalke Valley History Festival is the biggest history festival in the UK, and runs for a week of lectures, talks, living history...

JACK MANN - SAS VETERAN AT THE CHALKE VALLEY HISTORY FESTIVAL

At the Chalke Valley History Festival today, former World War II SAS veteran talked about his experiences in World War II and his horror...