Knowledge: united kingdom
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- regional → europe → united kingdom → society and culture → history
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Links
- The Battle of Winwaed, 655AD
http://www.winwaed.com/history/winwaed/winwaed.html - An attempt to collate available information about the Battle of Winwaed (655AD), and derive its probable location. Winwaed marked the defeat of the last credible pagan force in England.
- Forgotten Soldiers
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/9460/index.html - Dedicated to the monuments and graves of British soldiers in Bangalore that have been forgotten because they died so long ago.
- Regiments of the British West Indies
http://website.lineone.net/~bwir - Information and history about the regiments of the British Army that were raised or saw service in various parts of the world.
- Patrick O'Rourke
http://homepage.eircom.net/~scotsgreys - The brief memoirs of Patrick O'Rourke(1917-1996), one of the soldiers in the Royal Scots Grey.
- British Battles
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/battles/ - Profiles the major battles fought on British soil, with accounts of the conflict, who was involved, and why the battle occurred.
- Victoria Cross Awards Prior to WWI
http://www.antiquesatoz.com/stephenherold/vc/ - The pre-WW I recipients of the highest decoration for valor and conspicuous gallantry given by the United Kingdom.
- True Loyals
http://www.geocities.com/lightackack/ - History of a British mobile light anti-aircraft regiment in the second World War, fighting from D-Day to VE-Day.
- The Black Watch Archive
http://www.blackwatch.50megs.com - Dedicated to the history of Scotland's famous Black Watch regiment. Includes casualty rolls, descriptions of battles, badges and uniforms.
- The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
http://history.farmersboys.com - A history of the regiment from its establishment in 1959 through to amalgamation in the 1990s.
- Special Air Service
http://home.hccnet.nl/22.sas/ - Covers the exploits of the SAS Regiment from the origins in the desert in 1941 up to the Gulf War.
- Roll of Honour
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/ - Detailed information about war memorials and regiments within Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Fenlands and Huntingdonshire. Includes photographs, regimental details and personal details of those who died.
- Britain's Small Wars (1945-2002)
http://www.britains-smallwars.com/ - Photographs, stories, background information, and other resources on British participation in conflicts in South Asia, Malaya, the Cold War, Kenya, Cyprus, Aden, Suez, Boreno, Vietnam, and elsewhere.
- Bunkertours
http://www.bunkertours.co.uk/ - An extensive photodocumentary of numerous mothballed and redundant underground military installations in Britain and France, including photographs of ROTOR sites, the Maginot Line, and Cold War sites. Also provides reports from physical visits.
- 19th Century British and Indian Armies
http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/ - Site explores the 19th Century British and Indian Armies and their soldiers. It presents various photographs, campaign medals, and the biographical studies of the soldiers represented by these items.
- National Archives: Trafalgar to Korea
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/battles/ - Web exhibition that describes how and why Britain was at war in the battles of Trafalgar (1805), Crimea (1854), Egypt (1882), D-Day (1944) and Korea (1951), using documents, pictures and text.
- William Hodson
http://www.geocities.com/hodson_of_hodsons_horse/ - Information on this distinguished Victorian cavalry commander of two famed regiments: the Corps of Guides, and Hodson's Horse.
- Soldiers of the Queen
http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/ - An online museum of authentic Victorian-era British military photographs.
- Officers Died
http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/memindex3.htm - Details of British officers killed in various wars between 1750 and 1999.
- United Kingdom Land Forces
http://regiments.org/nations/europe/uk.htm - Detailed history of the British regimental system including a listing of regiments and corps between 1705 and 1995. Massive collection of links as well.
- John's Military History Tour of Britain
http://johnsmilitaryhistory.com/britain.html - Includes panoramic photos and explanations of a number of military and naval sites, including battlefields, arsenals, dockyards, castles, and forts.
- British Military History Web Ring
http://l.webring.com/hub?ring=britmil - Limited to 20th-century history.
- Captain James Cook: The World's Explorer
http://www.cptcook.com/ - site contains in-depth biography, images, news, discussion forum, FAQ.
- Civil Defence and Emergency Service Preservation Trust
http://website.lineone.net/~civildefence/ - Committed to preserving Britain's Cold War heritage and emergency service items. Information about their collection and activities.
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