During the four long and traumatic years of the Great War, only one individual was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) and Bar – the equivalent of two VCs. The recipient of this exceptional double honour was not even a frontline soldier: Captain Noel Chavasse, a bishop’s son, was a medical officer...
Posted: Oct 4 2013 | Tags: War, History
Nadezhda Popova, who has died aged 91, was a member of an elite corps of Soviet women — known as the “Night Witches” — who fought as bomber pilots in the air war against Germany, and the only one to win three Orders of the Patriotic War for bravery.
Posted: Jul 10 2013 | Tags: War, History
Hell in a Lancaster! Or why an updated version of The Dambusters could never be made in these puritanical times. And this is without even mentioning the name of Guy Gibson's dog.
You know Eric Coates's theme music so hum along.
Modern day sin I: Dog left in car.
Modern day sin II: Ill prepared bathing. Wading without a buoyancy aid or distress flares.
Posted: Jun 3 2012 | Tags: Films, War