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    HMS Prince of Wales Commissioned

    The 2nd Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier, HMS Prince of Wales was commissioned in Portsmouth today, 10th December 2019. A poignant date, the...
    Thread by: aghart, Dec 10, 2019 at 2:01 PM, 0 replies, in forum: Latest News
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    Memorials

    Monday, 27th May 2019, Weymouth, UK. The Bournemouth, Poole & District Branch, Royal Tank Regiment Association, took part in the annual US Memorial...
    Post by: aghart, May 27, 2019 in forum: Memorials & Cemeteries
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    Memorials

    The 75th Anniversary of the Disaster at Slapton Sands (Exercise Tiger) was held on 28th April 2019
    Post by: aghart, Apr 29, 2019 in forum: Memorials & Cemeteries
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    Memorials

    ANZAC day was again commemorated in Weymouth, UK
    Post by: aghart, Apr 25, 2019 in forum: Memorials & Cemeteries
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    US Tank veteran's memories

    John Howell ex 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry was cremated today. He survived WWII but succumed to Cancer age 95
    Post by: aghart, Apr 20, 2019 in forum: Veterans' Histories/Stories
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    Memorials

    This morning the Bournemouth, Poole & District Branch, Royal Tank Regiment Association, remembered Pte Joseph Barnes Russell, 18th Bn Tank Corps. Pte...
    Post by: aghart, Feb 24, 2019 in forum: Memorials & Cemeteries
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    Rudolf Hess really was Rudolf Hess

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46964928 So another conspiracy theory bites the dust, but I'm sure some people will not accept it
    Thread by: aghart, Jan 22, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: Latest News
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    Memorials

    On Sunday 4th November 2018, a wreath was laid and a service held at the grave of Pte Frank Skuce, a Canadian Soldier wounded in action, evacuated to...
    Post by: aghart, Nov 5, 2018 in forum: Memorials & Cemeteries
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    Memorials

    A few new discoveries in London
    Post by: aghart, Jun 11, 2018 in forum: Memorials & Cemeteries
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    Memorials

    Today 28th May 2018, there was the annual service of commemoration at the US monument in Weymouth, England. The monument commerates the American...
    Post by: aghart, May 28, 2018 in forum: Memorials & Cemeteries
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    Memorials

    Today, 26th May 2018 was the 100th anniversary of the death of Private Harry Ward, Tank Corps. Harry is buried in Poole Cemetery and the Bournemouth...
    Post by: aghart, May 26, 2018 in forum: Memorials & Cemeteries
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    Why only infantry were sent in the first wave at Normandy landings?

    In April 1944, King George VI, Winston Churchill, General Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery all visited Fort Henry at Studland, Dorset. They...
    Post by: aghart, May 20, 2018 in forum: World War 2
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    Memorials

    [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The annual Memorial Service for Operation Tiger, at Torcross,...
    Post by: aghart, Apr 29, 2018 in forum: Memorials & Cemeteries