Normandy D-Day 1944

by Evelyn McKechnie The greatest sea-borne landing exercise in the world and the Liberation of France. “I came back to see you all” At my uncle's...

The Clydebank Blitz

by Evelyn McKechnie At 11.15 BST on 3rd September 1939, the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced that the British deadline for the...

WW2 French Resistance on the Somme

by Evelyn McKechnie During the Second World War, the skies above the Somme in France were filled with Allied bombers heading into the heart of...

‘The Hidden Somme’

by Evelyn McKechnie The Somme today is a place of great beauty and tranquility and a million miles removed from the horrors of the Great War 1914 –...

Coming home for eternal rest

The graves of over 1000 soldiers from 2 World WarsThe story of 3 VC recipients from WW1, Zulu Wars and the Indian Mutiny by Evelyn McKechnie In the...

Operation Overlord

The liberation of Europe Britain declared war on Nazi Germany on 3rd September 1939, and by 6th June 1944, the world had been at war for nearly five...