On 15th December 2022 a graveside service was held in West Lulworth, Dorset, UK. The service was to remember Sgt Jack Stephens, Royal Tank Regiment,...
Located in a wood near the village of Moreton in Dorset, UK, is a memorial bench dedicated to Sgt R Essex of 50th Royal Tank Regiment. Sgt Essex was...
Pilot Officer Cecil Hight of New Zealand, was a Spitfire Pilot serving with No 234 Squadron Royal Air Force. On 15th August 1940, his was one of 20...
The 2nd Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier, HMS Prince of Wales was commissioned in Portsmouth today, 10th December 2019. A poignant date, the...
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
On this day in 1939 the Royal Armoured Corps was formed. This new Corps brought together the Royal Tank Corps (which was renamed the Royal Tank...
The 1st Royal Tank Regiment spent a year in Korea during the conflict. To commemorate this, the Regiment made a bell out of some of the thousands of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Flers–Courcelette On September 15th, it will 100 years to the day that Tanks were used in action for the...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/12141620/Australia-accused-of-banning-British-families-from-World-War-One-c...
On 30th December 1941, the 4 day battle of Kampar in Malaya began. Virtually unheard of, this battle was Japan's first reversal in Malaya. The...
10th December 1941. The battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers off the coast of...
Before reading the Railway Man, I am reading this book, only 154 pages, so likely to be a "tabloid" version of the battle. Published by the History...
On Saturday August 2nd 2014 the 1st & 2nd Royal Tank Regiments amalgamated to form a single Regiment The Royal Tank Regiment. The Parade was held at...
This is a film I am looking forward to see. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Railway_Man_(film) The true story of a British POW, captured at...
Dear members, you will be aware that the site has been swamped recently by a plague of spam messages from supposed new members. I have been made a...
Many people ask what the Royal Navy was doing during 1942 due to a lack of activity against the Japanese. As usual the Mediterranean sea was viewed...
I am secretary of the Bournemouth, Poole & district branch, Royal Tank Regiment Association. At our latest branch meeting our guest speaker was the...
A tale of Argylls and Marines. The story of the 2nd Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders during the campaign in Malaya 1941/42. First hand...
[ATTACH] 10th December 1941. the battleship HMS Prince of Wales & battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk off Malaya by Japanese land based torpedo...
This division orginally bound for the North African desert was diverted to Singapore when Japan entered the war. One brigade (53rd) was sent on ahead...
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