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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
EATURES THE SEABORNE OBSERVERS Only one body of men had the knowledge and experience to help identify aircraft accurately and so, on D-Day, the Royal Observer Corps went to sea. SLAUGHTER ON THE SOMME The story behind one of the many killed on the Somme a€ Captain Lionel Crouch a€" who lost his life during an attack on German trenches in July 1916. TYPHOONS OVER THE BEACHES The lead up to, during and after D-Day was an extremely hectic period a€" as Mark Hillier discovered from the flying log book of one Typhoon pilot, Pilot Officer Brian Spragg. WW1 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN On 21 October 1914, Driver James Bell enlisted in the Australian Army and embarked for service overseas. Little would he have known that he would eventually return home under the most unusual circumstances. THE FUNERAL PYRE Sitting majestically on the South Downs near Brighton is the Chattri Memorial. Dedicated to Hindu and Sikh soldiers who had died in the First World War, Peter Hibbs reveals how it was damaged in the Second World War. ROUGH JUSTICE Though Operation Pedestal succeeded and Malta was re-supplied and saved, writes Brian Crabb, some of those involved were brought before Courts Martial. SHOT BY A SNIPER Trooper Robert Wright survived the D-Day landings and the subsequent fighting during the battle at Villers-Bocage unscathed a€" that was, he recalls, until the following day. Shot by a German sniper, he was duly presented with an unusual memento. LORD ASHCROFTa€ S a€ HERO OF THE MONTHa€ In the latest instalment in a series examining his a€ Hero of the Montha€ , Lord Ashcroft details the remarkable story of Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Archer GC, OBE, ERD. BATTERED BY THE BLITZ The night of 10/11 May 1941 saw the final great Luftwaffe raid on London. Amongst the 5,000 buildings that were destroyed or damaged that night were the Houses of Parliament. REGULARS V for VALOUR Staff officers were a much-maligned part of the British Army during the First World War. However, when the landing on Gallipolia€ s V Beach was thwarted on 25 April 1915, it was a small group of a€ Red Tabsa€ who helped turn the tide, as Steve Snelling relates. BRIEFING ROOM News, Restorations, Discoveries and Events from around the UK. FIELDPOST Your letters. TANK TIMES The latest edition of Tank Times from the Tank Museum at Bovington. IMAGE OF WAR 21 September 1944 a€" Mustangs Behind Enemy Lines. DATES THAT SHAPED THE WAR We chart some of the key moments and events that affected the United Kingdom in June 1944. RECONNAISSANCE REPORT A look at new books and products. WHAT I WOULD SAVE IN A FIRE Elizabeth Scott, Exhibitions Manager at the Imperial War Museums, explains that, in the event of a disaster, she would attempt to save HMS Belfasta€ s shipa€ s bell.
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