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The British Army Cap Badge: A Collectors Guide to Identification
Key Reform Childers Reforms, 1881 Contents Introduction What Is a Cap Badge? History and Development Materials and Manufacture Design Elements […]
The Victoria Cross: Britain’s Highest Military Honour
11 Mar 2026 · 10 min read
The Guards Division: Britain’s Elite Household Troops
8 Mar 2026 · 9 min read
D-Day: 6 June 1944 — The Normandy Landings
4 Mar 2026 · 16 min read

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The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, including Trafalgar, Waterloo, and the Peninsular War.

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The age of Empire: Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, Zulu War, and colonial campaigns across Africa and Asia.

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1880 – 1902

The First and Second Boer Wars in South Africa, a defining conflict of the late Victorian era.

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1914 – 1918

The Great War: trench warfare, Gallipoli, the Somme, Passchendaele, and the birth of modern warfare.

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The years between the World Wars: mechanisation, colonial policing, and the build-up to WW2.

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The Royal Navy: History & Collectables
The Senior Service The Royal Navy is the oldest of Britain’s armed services and, for over three centuries, was the […]
20 Mar 20264 min read
Regiment Profile
The Parachute Regiment: History & Collectables
Ready for Anything The Parachute Regiment — “the Paras” — is one of the youngest regiments in the British Army […]
20 Mar 20264 min read
Feature ArticleNapoleonic Wars (1799–1815)
The Peninsular War: History & Collectables
Wellington’s War in the Peninsula The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the crucible in which the British Army was forged into […]
20 Mar 20265 min read
Feature ArticlePre-1800
The English Civil War: History & Collectables
Britain’s Great Civil War The English Civil War (1642–1651) was the defining conflict in British history — a war that […]
20 Mar 20264 min read
Feature ArticleModern Era (1990–Present)
The Falklands War 1982: History & Collectables
Britain’s Last Colonial War The Falklands War of April–June 1982 was the last significant conventional military operation conducted by British […]
20 Mar 20265 min read
Feature ArticleWorld War II (1939–1945)ww2
The Burma Campaign 1941-1945: History & Collectables
The Forgotten Army The Burma Campaign of 1941–1945 was the longest and arguably the most gruelling campaign fought by the […]
20 Mar 20265 min read
Feature ArticleWorld War II (1939–1945)ww2
The Battle of Arnhem 1944: History & Collectables
A Bridge Too Far Operation Market Garden — the bold attempt to seize bridges across the great rivers of the […]
20 Mar 20265 min read
Feature ArticleWorld War II (1939–1945)ww2
The Battle of El Alamein 1942: History & Collectables
The Desert Fox Meets the Desert Rats The Battles of El Alamein — First Alamein in July 1942 and Second […]
20 Mar 20264 min read
Feature ArticleWorld War I (1914–1918)ww1
The Battle of the Somme 1916: History & Collectables
The First Day: 1 July 1916 The Battle of the Somme is the defining tragedy of British military history. On […]
20 Mar 20265 min read
Feature ArticleWorld War I (1914–1918)ww1
The Gallipoli Campaign 1915: History & Collectables
The Dardanelles Disaster The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915–1916 was one of the most ambitious and costly failures of the First […]
20 Mar 20265 min read
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