World War I
Arthur James Balfour Prime Minister 1902-1905
Arthur James Balfour was a Prime Minister cut from the old aristocratic mould, an intelligent man who perhaps lacked emotional intelligence to match. Educated at Eton and Cambridge, nephew of Lord Salisbury, his mother’s brother. He would serve in coalition during WWI alongside Lloyd George more than strange bed-fellows. It was then that his now infamous Balfour Declaration would be declared and continues to cited as the root cause of the troubles between the Arab and Zionist causes in Palestine. and modern Israel. Unsuccessful Prime Ministers can be even more important it would seem than those that succeed and the failures may also be greatest when they are no longer in the top job.
Read MoreCodes and Deciphering that Changed the Course of History
The work of code makers and code breakers has had an enormous impact in determining the course of history.
Read MoreLast Remnants of British Colonial Rule
British Colonial rule. What will the release of the ‘Migrated Archives’ available for examination at The National Archive, tell us about the final demise of the British Empire. Quiet waters or turbulent currents beneath the surface?
Read MoreGreat Royal Naval Battles from Sulys to the Falklands
Battles fought at sea have long been the defining point of many wars, from as early as 1340, to the Falkland War of thirty years ago, Britain has maintained a history of Naval supremacy
Read MorePals Battalions WWI
Pals Battalions in WW1. The devastating consequences of the decision to raise ‘Pals’ Battalions, was realised after the Battle of the Somme, when whole communities suffered the terrible shock that a generation of their young men would not be coming home
Read MoreSir Alfred Munnings Flower Loft Lamorna Cove Cornwall
Flower Loft and some important years in Lamorna Cove for Sir Alfred Munnings friend of War Horse Inspiration Major General J E B Seely and his horse Warrior…
Read MoreCap Badge King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
The cap badge of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, as worn on the pagri
Read MoreRoyal Defence Corps Cap Badge
Royal Defence Corps Cap Badge, a circular disc of brass with GRV and the Kings Crown at it’s centre
Read MoreNorfolk and Edith Cavell
Norfolk is the birthplace of one of Britain’s most courage humanitarians, Edith Cavell, executed by German forces in WWI
Read MoreCap Badge Royal Guernsey Light Infantry 1939 – 1947
Cap badge of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry 1939 – 1947 part of the military cap badge collection at capbadges.net
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