In January 1940, the destroyer HMS Exmouth was hit by a torpedo, and sank with the loss of all crew on board. Now, thanks to ...

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John was then later stationed at HMS Daedalus where he trained with his troop and fought to provide protection against the Luftwaffe. Roseanna said: “Having pieced together John’s story I am ...

Falklands' veterans from HMS Spartan gather at Sunderland's War Memorial to honor their fallen colleagues Some thirty former crew members of Swift-sure Class nuclear submarine HMS Spartan gathered ...

Put yourself in the shoes of a soldier in the trenches in the First World War, or imagine waking up on a sunny morning in Pompeii hours before annihilation. That is the experience that hundreds of ...

The first day of the Battle of the Somme, in northern France, was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army and one of the most infamous days of World War One. On 1 July 1916, the ...

Around 650,000 Canadian soldiers fought in WW1. In the east, the Russian Army was able to mobilise more quickly than the Germans had anticipated and began advancing towards Germany’s borders.

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Here is the update for my Daedalus portfolio for January 2025. If work is not too busy, I will try to provide an update where possible. I explain how I constructed this portfolio in Deconstructing ...