Warfare in News

Posted on Monday 7th November

The Royal Air Force Museum have an online Book of Remembrance which visitors are invited to contribute to via the website .

Website users are given the opportunity to post an online memorial, including a photograph, commemorating the life of family member who was a former member of the Service.

When your message has been posted online by the Museum, it will be able to be viewed by visitors to this online exhibition. If you would like to upload a story but do not have a photograph, the museum will include a special 'RAF Poppy', as pictured.

Of further interest...

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ARMISTICE AND REMEMBRANCE DAY

Mon 14th November

A remembrance of those who gave their lives so we could live ours. Read article...

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Disabled Veterans remember the Fallen

Fri 18th November

Disabled veterans from The Royal Star & Garter Homes paid tribute to the Fallen at several Remembrance events, in the centenary year of the Battle of the Somme and the Charity’s own Centenary. Read article...

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Pilots of the Caribbean

Thu 17th April

A description of the RAF Museum London's latest exhibition 'Pilots of the Caribbean' by curator Peter Devitt, delving into the stories of black volunteers across two World Wars. Read article...

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Wittmann versus Ekins

Wed 17th May

With the opening of the Tiger exhibition at the Tank Museum in Dorset it was inevitable that the discredited TV theory that tanks of the 27th Sherbrooke Fusiliers knocked out the German panzer ace Michael Wittmann would resurface somewhere. Read article...

Dates in History

Coronation of Edward IV

28th June 1461

With the support of his cousin, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ("The Kingmaker"), Edward defeated the Lancastrians in a succession of battles during the Wars of the Roses. And whilst the Lancastrian Henry VI and his militaristic queen, Margaret of Anjou, were campaigning in the north of England, Warwick gained control of the capital and had Edward declared king in London on 28th June 1461.

Further Reading

Edward IV and the Wars of the Roses
(Hardback - 208 pages)
by David Santiuste

Indisputably the most effective general of the Wars of the Roses, Edward IV died in his bed, undefeated in battle. Yet Edward has not achieved the martial reputation of other warrior kings such as Henry V - perhaps because he fought battles against his own people in a civil war.… Read more at Pen & Sword...

Only £19.99 at Pen & Sword Books.

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