The new exhibition, ‘A Well Regulated Militia: Citizen, Soldier, and State’ at Fort Ticonderoga Museum, New York State, focuses on the history of the American militia in the colonial period, Fort Ticonderoga is using examples from its collections to illustrate the trans-Atlantic connections to the English militia. One exhibit is one of the two Bucks cannon purchased by the museum in 1926 at the sale of Stowe, these being originally presented to the Royal Bucks King’s Own Militia by county subscription in 1794. Usually, both are displayed on the ramparts of the reconstructed fort but one has been brought inside for the exhibition. It is shown alongside a copy of the watercolour of the artillery attached to the Bucks militia – in this case a government-supplied cannon – executed by Sir William Young in 1793. The original of Young’s watercolour is in the British Library whilst the story of the Bucks cannon at Ticonderoga was told in ‘A Tale of Two Guns’ in Bugle and Sabre 2 (2008).

For details of the Ticonderoga exhibition, see

Sunday 15 August 2021

2.50 – 5.00 p.m.

A service to commemorate Wing Commander George Laurence Bazett Hull DFC, buried at Oving, who was killed when his Mosquito aircraft crashed in Leicestershire on 17 May 1946. It will also commemorate the 1942 crew of his Bristol Blenheim, the remains of the aircraft having been recovered by the Field Detectives group.

A Primrose Path: The Gilded Life of Lord Rosebery’s favourite Son by Martin Gibson is being republished by Arum Press. The Hon. Neil Primrose, second son of Lord Rosebery and Hannah Rothschild of Mentmore, was Liberal MP for North Cambridgeshire from 1910 until his death in 1917. He was briefly Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Office in 1915; and then Liberal Chief Whip in 1916 alternating parliamentary and active service in the 1/1st Royal Bucks Hussars, in which he was commissioned in 1909.

Primrose was killed in action against the Ottoman Turks at Abu Shusheh, Palestine on 15 November 1917 whilst serving with the regiment. Two days previously, he had taken part in the charge at El Mughar.

The result of extensive research, Martin Gibson’s book tells for the first time the story of this member of the Liberal political elite, including his friendship with a previous officer of the Royal Bucks Hussars, Thomas Agar-Robartes, briefly Liberal MP for Bodmin in 1906 and for Mid-Cornwall (St Austell) from 1908 until his death in 1915. Agar-Robartes transferred from the Royal Bucks Hussars to the Coldstream Guards in January 1915 and was killed in September that year.

Available in hardback @ £20 plus p&p direct from the publishers, www,arumpress.co.uk/books

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‘Known onto God’ Lost in the Battle of Arras (a WWI detective story)

Wednesday 17 February 2021

2000 hours Online Talk

Tom Shannon, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

Identifying an unknown officer of the 5^th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry lost at Arras in May 1917 whose remains were found in 2013

Please register your interest by emailing:
secretarybucksha@gmail.com

Price: free for members, donations welcome

Membership of the Buckinghamshire Branch of the Historical Association costs £12 annually from October each year.

Monday 18 January at 1900 hours

In the opening hours of D Day – 6 June 1944 – a small glider-borne coup de main force from the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry seized key objectives in Normandy ahead of the main landings which marked the start of the invasion of Europe.  This is the story of the men in this operation, what happened when they hit the ground, how they took on their German enemies and why their actions that day will always be remembered in that part of France.

This lecture is one of the Army Flying Museum’s Lockdown Lecture series and was created in partnership with the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

Just visit the website and watch online using your web browser (Google Chrome recommended).

There is no ticket charge or pre-registration required for this event, but please consider donating if you enjoy the talk–

www.armyflying.com or sofo.org.uk

BRINGING HISTORY HOME: 12-13 SEPTEMBER 2020
Curated by Buckinghamshire Archives

Dad’s Army in Bucks: The Local Defence Volunteers and Home Guard

By Professor Ian Beckett

Sunday 13 September 2020

6 p.m.

This year, the popular annual history fair is going all-digital, in response to the challenges of COVID-19. In collaboration with local museums, libraries, and cultural organisations, there is an exciting, varied programme for all ages. Sign up for email updates, or follow on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

https://buckshistoryfestival.co.uk/

Stone Local History Group

Sunday 10 November 2019

Exhibition in Stone Village Hall

1130-1730

Refreshments

James Holland, ‘A New Look at Normandy’

Advance Notice

Friday 11 October 2019, 7 p.m.

Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Second Space

Tickets £22 from:

www.atgtickets.com/aylesbury and 0844 871 7615

Royal British Legion

Whitchurch and District Branch

Tuesday 8 October 2019, 7.30 p.m.

Whitchurch Church Hall

Refreshments and signed copies available