Royal Engineers Historical Society 2020 WEBINAR SERIES“Captain George Landmann RE in the Peninsular War “with Dr Mark S Thompson On Monday 21st December at 7:30pm UK time in the final of our 2020 series, Mark will present on this charismatic Sapper Officer.  Often described as th

I have included a brief mention of this book because it will make a superb Christmas present for anyone who served in BAOR during the Cold War. John Russell gives us a detailed, exciting and beautifully mapped and photographed account of the battles fought by the British 2nd Army betw

This issue was published on 25 November 2020. http://bjmh.gold.ac.uk/issue/view/112 This download will take you to the complete issue whilst the URL above will enable you also to select individual articles and reviews. EDITORIALAlthough not our usual kind of ‘special issue’, this edit

A clutch of BCMH Members have been involved in Stephen Petty's book about the Peninsular War which is aimed at children. The late Sir Christopher Wallace inspired it, Stephen Petty has written it, Dick Tennant and Philip Haythornthwaite have assisted in various ways as, doubtless, hav

Report as at 17 November 2020 I am pleased to announce that the independent committee for the BCMH’s Student Covid Support Grant has now met. The committee consisted of Prof. Anne Curry, Dr Aimée Fox, and our own Prof Marco Wyss. In all we had eight applications, of which seven were a

Sir Michael Howard Centre Annual Lecture 2020 18 November, 18:00 - 20:00 The Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War at King’s College London invites you to the first Annual Lecture since the death of Sir Michael Howard. This year it is presented by Professor S

BCMH Member Patrick Crowley asks me to notify you of his latest book, a study of The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.   All money raised goes to Regimental Benevolence. Order Form: Infantry Die Hards: The Anatomy Of A RegimentPatrick Crowley "The least spectacular arm of the Army,

3rd December 2020 7pm (UK time) The Centre for War and Diplomacy at Lancaster University in association with Lancaster Military History Group invites you to our third research presentation of the 2020-21 Academic Year The event is free and will be online, pre-registration is

BCMH Member Dr Ismini Pells is delivering a series of virtual talks for Members and Patrons of the National Army Museum (NAM). Some of you will remember the excellent Conference "Russet Coated Soldiers" on operational aspects of the English Civil Wars that Ismini organised for us at N

Please see the latest Women in War Newsletter featuring articles on female military leadership and a signaller at Arnhem, medical aspects of Sir Winston Churchill and the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). Image Queen Aethelfleda with her nephew, Aethelstan Tamworth Heritage Trust