Personnel of No 602 Squadron, 1940 The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust has launched a comprehensive database offering academics, authors and researchers fresh opportunities to find detailed information on the…
War medals and cash have been reported stolen in a burglary near Canterbury. Between 6.45pm on Thursday 29 September 2022 and 12.30am the following morning, a property in Hoades Wood…
Natalie Elphicke MP and Donald Hunter at the Merchant Navy ceremony in Dover Merchant Navy Day, 3rd September, is an annual day to honour the brave men and women of…
A Merchant Navy Day service and wreath laying ceremony is being held at the Merchant Navy War Memorial on Marine Parade on Dover Seafront at 11am on Friday 2 September.…
Dilip Sarkar MBE A nationwide search for untold stories about the Battle of Britain has been launched by renowned author and historian Dilip Sarkar MBE as he sets out to…
Ukrainian children are to receive a hug from a bear thanks to efforts from a Thanet Police Community Support Officer. PCSO Adrian Butterworth has collected a number of specially-made teddy…
Shorncliffe War Graves Cemetery The second ever War Graves Week starts on Saturday 21st May, with more events in more countries. War Graves Week is an annual awareness week that…
Kent veteran, Albert Figg The story of Kent veteran Albert Figg, who spent the last 30 years of his life creating a memorial to comrades killed in one of the…
Militaria Expert Mark Smith and Chris Shaw Photo: Shorncliffe Trust Following on from the donation of a First World War Archive Box to the Shorncliffe Trust which was opened in…
David Harvey’s ‘Sunflowers’ Ramsgate artist David Harvey wanted to do something to support the people of the Ukraine. On his wall was one of his large and beautiful paintings, of…
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