In conjunction with the Centre for Bucks Studies at Aylesbury, the Trust’s secretary, Professor Ian Beckett, has received a grant of £11,955 from the ‘Gateways to the First World War’ Centre at the University of Kent for a research project based on...
Waddesdon Manor From 23 March 2016 onwards Around 100 letters have been discovered by an electrician laying new cabling in the roof of the Five Arrows at Waddesdon. They are believed to have been sent between Eliza Turnham, the landlord’s daughter, and her...
February 2016 The actions at Fromelles (18-19 July 1916) and Pozieres (21-24 July 1916) are of significance to Australia as the first large scale actions of the Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front. They are equally important for Bucks for, directly...
by Ian F W Beckett An in-depth study of the impact of the conflict on Buckinghamshire between 1640 and 1660. Chapters: The Community and the Approach of War; The War and the County Community; The War and the Local Community; The Revival of the County Community. ...
Thursday 29 October 2015, 7.30 p.m. The Church of Christ The Cornerstone, Milton Keynes, MK9 2ES In aid of SSAFA [The Charity giving lifelong support to our Armed Forces and their Families] A combination of live performance and film describing the effect of music in...
Talk by Martin Brown 1 October 2015 at 7.30 p.m. Stowe School, State Music Room, Stowe, MK18 5EH Discover how archaeology, anthropology and science combine to help identify fallen soldiers in a presentation that takes the audience from the discovery of...
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