Monday 7th of December 1914 King George Meets King Albert and Reviews Belgium Soldiers King George’s historic visit to hisContinue reading “The Headlines on this Day…”
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Friday 27th November 1914 Loss of HMS Bulwark: British Battleship Blown up in Sheerness Harbour While Band Played: “Tragic Accident”Continue reading “The Headlines on this Day on…”
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Monday October 19th, 1914 Brilliant Naval Feat off the Dutch Coast: Victory for the Hero of the Amphion Glorious newsContinue reading “Rewind: The Headlines on October 19th in… (Part II)”
25th of October – On this Day Special
World War 1 25th of October 1917 VC Hero at Passchendaele The third battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) is now intoContinue reading “25th of October – On this Day Special”
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October 19th, 1940 ONLY 400 NEW CARS LEFT The manufacturing of new cars for civilian use has been suspended inContinue reading “October 19th – On This Day in…”
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Ajax Again – Sinks 3 Italians October 15th, 1940 HMS Ajax, the famous cruiser which battered the Graf Spee inContinue reading “October 15th – On this Day in…”
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RAF Strike by Day and Night October 12th 1941 After daylight sweeps over the channel in which RAF fighters shotContinue reading “October 12th – On this Day in…”
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October 11th, 1940 Navy Guns Nazi Port Big guns of the Royal Navy carried out a terrific bombardment of theContinue reading “October 11th – On this Day in…”
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St. Pauls Bombed 10th October 1940 In a show of defiance, Evensong was sung in the crypt of bombed StContinue reading “On this Day in…”
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R.A.F. Harassing Italians Mussolini’s Desert Problems 8th of October 1940 The RAF has pursued its harassing of the Italians inContinue reading “On this Day in…”
7th of October
One Fatality in Long Raid 7th of October 1940 – Liverpool Hit by Waves of Planes Liverpool suffered a bombingContinue reading “7th of October”