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

Edward IV dies, aged 40

9th April 1483

Edward IV died on 9 April 1483, aged 40, and is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. He was succeeded by his twelve-year-old son, Edward V of England. It is not known what actually caused Edward's death. Pneumonia and typhoid have both been conjectured, as well as poison. Some attributed his death to an unhealthy lifestyle, as he had become stout and inactive in the years before his death.

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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