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  • Military vehicles at Amberley Museum

    Home Front Weekend

    Amberley Museum New Barn Road, Amberley, near Arundel, West Sussex, United Kingdom
    Non-SMHS Event

    Amberley Meuseum are running another action-packed Home Front weekend on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May. This event is full of fascinating displays, talks and demonstrations by a wide range of World War II re-enactment groups, historic vehicle owners and demonstrators. This year, visitors will again get the chance to visit the American army encampment […]

  • 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
    Talk

    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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