Lenny Warren
In June 2004 I travelled with a bus load of D Day veterans to visit Normandy for the D Day 60th Anniversary. It was a very special trip, a mixture of respect for the veterans and overall a very thought provoking trip.
Secret Bunker. An innocent looking farmhouse conceals the entrance to Scotland’s best kept secret. Scotland’s Secret Underground Nuclear Command Centre, near St Andrews. From it’s top secret Command Centre to dormitories, broadcasting studio and CND Room and learn how the elite survived the Cold War. 100ft underground is RAF Troywood, an “R3” style ROTOR bunker built by the RAF in 1953 in response to the threat of Nuclear War with the USSR.
Lest We Forget. Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War in 1919 to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. The day is also marked by war remembrances in several other non-Commonwealth countries. In most countries, Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of First World War hostilities.
Wartime Orkney Part 1. Churchill Barriers, the Italian Chapel, relics from the German High Seas Fleet and HMS Tern. Orkney’s wartime history is characterised by tales of bravery, camaraderie, tragedy and indomitable human spirit. The islands played a pivotal role in both World Wars and poignant reminders of these turbulent periods are etched across our landscape in the shape of the gun emplacements, searchlight stations and concrete bunkers that can still be seen today.
Cobbaton Combat Collection is an amazing military museum and tourist attraction. This North Devon collection has tanks, trucks, armoured cars, guns, helmets, artillery and grenades. From bombs to Home Front ration books, gas masks, ARP and Home Guard and blackout lamps, mostly World War Two and the years 1939 – 1945. Exhibits cover from the Boer War, WW1, the Falklands,right up to the First Gulf War, with kit from the British Army – plus Canadian, American and Russian Forces.
Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, located in Cosford in Shropshire, is a museum dedicated to the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force in particular. The museum is part of the Royal Air Force Museum, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and a registered charity. The museum is spread over two sites in England; the other site is at the Royal Air Force Museum London at Colindale in north London. www.rafmuseum.org.uk/midlands
The Militaria Shop Youtube yes that’s right we have one of those Youtubes. 😉 Named after our main website… www.youtube.com/@MilitariaCollectorsNetwork
We got mittens too. During WW1, sometimes the German trenches and British trenches were so close together that they could shout to each other. Private Wilf Readman of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and his friends heard the Germans shouting “Gott mit uns!” (God with us). Wilf and his friends put their gloves on the end of their rifles, waving them over the top of their trench shouting back, “We’ve got mittens too!”
RZM M4 Buckle Codes M4/1 Ferdinand Hoffstätter, Bonn M4/2 M. Winter, München M4/3 Kallenbach, Meyer & Franke, Luckenwalde M4/4 Gustav Emil Ficker, Beierfeld M4/5 Leistner & Co., Lüdenscheid M4/6 C. & W. Meindel-Scholer, Klingenthal M4/7 Hermann Sprenger, Iserlohn M4/9 Albert Winges, Trusen M4/10 Bernhard Haarmann, Lüdenscheid M4/12 Mathias Kutsch, Attendorn M4/13 Paul Schuhmacher, Lüdenscheid M4/14 Otto Fechler, Bernsbach M4/15 Paul Meybauer, Berlin M4/16 Robert Tummler, Dobeln M4/17 Ernst Meissner, Hohenlimburg M4/18 Julius Bauer & Söhne, … Read more…
Imperial War Museum North is a museum in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. One of five branches of the Imperial War Museum, it explores the impact of modern conflicts on people and society. It is the first branch of the Imperial War Museum to be located in the north of England. Purpose-built to tell the powerful stories of over a century of war, IWM North makes full use of its extraordinary exhibition space to deliver an award-winning immersive experience.