Posted on November 13, 2018
A Fitting Tribute
Visualising the design By Lesley Anne Harris When we began discussing the First World War commemorative poppy exhibit, our first...
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Posted on November 13, 2018
The Last Signal
Hostilities will cease at 11 hours. Everybody knows that the Armistice, ending The Great War, was signed on the 11th hour...
Posted on November 13, 2018
“Bright but cold”
The 11th November, as everyone knows, marks the end of the First World War, but it was also the culmination...
Posted on November 13, 2018
A Teenager’s Tribute
My Visit to The Front Line By Flower Sykes Recently I went on a week long school history trip to...
Posted on November 13, 2018
Where There’s Tea, There’s Hope
9th November 1989 – The Day The Wall Came Down In 1989 1LI (the 1st battalion of the Light Infantry)...
Posted on August 23, 2018
“The Old Contemptibles”
Battle of Mons 23rd August 1914 The 1st Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry was stationed at The...
Posted on August 7, 2018
The Cornwall Blitz, and the Bombing of Bodmin
August 7th marks a solemn date in our local history. It was the day WW2 came and made its everlasting...
Posted on August 1, 2018
The Minden Rose
August 1st marks Minden Day, which is a regimental anniversary celebrated by certain units of the British Army. Up to...
Posted on July 10, 2018
Vesting Day 1968 and a Party to Remember!
By Hugo White The old county regiment titles were officially dropped on Vesting Day; 10th July 1968. On that day...
Posted on May 8, 2018
Volunteer Profile | Trevor Jones
Trevor Jones of the 32nd Cornwall Regiment of Foot, interviewed by Sophie Hodge. Image from ‘Unseen Waterloo’ the Conflict revisited, by...