The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Twitter Facebook Youtube The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) honours the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First and Second World Wars, and ensures they will never be forgotten. The organisation was established as the Imperial War Graves Commission by Royal Charter inContinue reading “Group Profile: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission”
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The Falklands War
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Taken in the latter part of 1982, the image above shows a busy Falklands Islands Thanksgiving Service on the Hoe. Argentinian forces invaded the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982. Located in the South Atlantic, the islandsContinue reading “The Falklands War”
My Plymouth History
Today’s entry is an important book belonging to Jo Tatam, created by Doug Stivey, her mother’s father. He was an inventor, he worked for Radio Rentals and had been accepted into the magic circle in his youth for his escapology. He lived on Watts Park Road, which is where he heard the bombs hitting theContinue reading “My Plymouth History”
Crossing at Tangemünde
Rosemary Babichev Eight years ago I made a series of recordings of Plymothian Zofia Kulka speaking about her childhood in Poland and experiences in Germany as a forced labourer during the Second World War. I made them into a short biography that was handed out at her funeral in 2015, but while writing up theContinue reading “Crossing at Tangemünde”
Robert Borlase Smart
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Robert Borlase Smart was born in Kingsbridge, Devon in 1881. During his early life he attended Plymouth School of Art and Plymouth College of Art. From 1900-01 he attended the Royal College of Art, training as aContinue reading “Robert Borlase Smart”
Plymouth’s Great War
From 2014-2018 the world marked 100 years since World War I, with key anniversaries here in the UK linked to the outbreak of the war (1914), the Gallipoli campaign (1915), the Battles of Jutland (1916), the Somme (1916) and Passchendaele (1917), and Armistice (1918). The start of ‘the war to end all wars’ was particularlyContinue reading “Plymouth’s Great War”
Captain Andrew Henry VC
Alan Bricknell, Ford Park Cemetery Email 01752 665442 Facebook The second of two profiles of Victoria Cross recipients whose graves can be found at Ford Park Cemetery. Captain Andrew Henry was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery during the Battle of Inkerman. This battle was part of the Crimean War and took place inContinue reading “Captain Andrew Henry VC”
George Hinckley VC
Alan Bricknell, Ford Park Cemetery Email 01752 665442 Facebook The first of two profiles of Victoria Cross recipients whose graves can be found at Ford Park Cemetery. George Hinckley was awarded the Victoria Cross during the Taiping rebellion in southern China, a massive civil war from 1850 to 1864, against the ruling Manchu-led Qing (Ching)Continue reading “George Hinckley VC”
Plymouth History Festival 