Achnacarry. Home of the Commando October 2024
I assist the Royal Marines Historical Society as their Armourer when they provide exhibitions around the United Kingdom. The theme in 2024 was Royal Marines …
History
The Battle of Culloden 16th April 1746
In October 2024 I was in Fort William with the Royal Marines Historical Society and thus had the chance to travel through the Great Glen …
Arnhem 80th Anniversary 18th -23rd September 2024
I was very fortunate to attend the 80th Anniversary commemorations for the Battle of Arnhem. My school granted a week’s holiday so I could attend …
80th Anniversary Normandy Beach Landings – D-Day.
As we are now in 2025, I felt that I needed to publish some details of my travels in the second half of 2024. My …
Waterloo April 2024 – Day Three.
Being with Zack for the last two days has taught me so much about this battle. Today was all about the Prussians. Zack had explained …
Waterloo April 2024 – Day Two.
We started the day at Hougoumont, where I was staying. Today was all about the 18th June 1815, the Battle of Waterloo. Tomorrow we would …
Waterloo April 2024
I was incredibly lucky to visit the Waterloo Battlefield and stay at Hougoumont Farm. They have an apartment which forms part of the farm that …
Fort Eben-Emael.
While staying at Waterloo this month I took the opportunity to visit Fort Eben-Emael located near the Belgium – Netherlands border protecting the Bridges of …
The Massacre at Le Paradis
After my visit to the Memorial Park at Wormhoudt which was the site of a German SS massacre of British and French soldiers on the …
The Massacre at Wormhoudt
During the retreat to Dunkirk in May 1940 certain infantry divisions were assigned positions to slow the German advance and to grant time for the …