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  • The Experimental Station in WW1- Dr. Philip MacDougall.

    Lewes Town Hall High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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    NB: AGM starts early at 1945, followed by talk! Philip writes: “Up to and during the First World War, the Royal Navy was at the forefront of developments in aviation: concerned not just with the use of military aircraft to defend the fleet, but also securing the homeland against Zeppelin raiders and undertaking tactical air […]

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  • Reverend G B Fairhurst, Padre of the 2/5th Queen's Regiment, talking to two of the men in his battalion and an American soldier in the Anzio bridgehead, 20-21 February 1944. IWM

    Courage Under Fire: The 2/5th Queen’s Royal Regiment, BEF: May 1940 – by Nigel Shearsmith

    Lewes Town Hall High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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    A talk by Nigel Shearsmith, guest speaker, whose grandfather, RSM Bacon, fought in this action nr Abbeville almost exactly 86 years ago. Nigel writes: “Join amateur historian Nigel Shearman for the dramatic story of how a territorial battalion from Guildford faced the might of Nazi Germany’s invasion of France. Poorly armed and minimal training, these citizen-soldiers […]

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