Great war ribbon bar

When gossip and rumour led to the trial of two Prussian pastors

Early on 8 November 1942, Adolf Hitler’s special train was en route from Berlin to Munich when it was stopped at a small station in the Thuringian Forest to receive an urgent message from the Foreign

LECHFELD, BAVARIA 10-12 AUGUST 955

HEROES OF THE VICTORIA CROSS

Q This is a photograph of my grandad, Owen Lloyd Owen (1913–1983), taken during the Second World War. I know nothing about his time in the Army, and wonder if you can tell me anything from his uniform

We’re going to start our coverage of the Army, at the time of the War of the Three Kingdoms, or as it is colloquially known The English Civil War (1643-1651). (It wasn’t only English units involved an