Free exhibition marks Poole’s part in wartime history
Ahead of VE Day, Lighthouse is staging the ‘Poole At Dunkirk 1940’ exhibition, curated by Poole Maritime Trust until Tuesday 27 May.
Ahead of VE Day, Lighthouse is staging the ‘Poole At Dunkirk 1940’ exhibition, curated by Poole Maritime Trust until Tuesday 27 May.
Gwen Raggett served in the Women’s Land Army during the Second World War. Her story has been included in ‘Don’t Delay, Enrol Today’.
A grant of £131,122 has been awarded to the RNLI by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to research and share stories from the Second World War.
If you’re interested in history, then you may want to head to Fordingbridge Historical Society’s meeting on Monday 14 March.
After a two-year break, the Castletown at War event is back on Portland this weekend.
The letter from Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein to his brother Harold reveals much about the veteran soldier.
The WW2: War Stories exhibition will be presented online on 13 May ahead of the re-opening of the Tank Museum on 17 May.
The Tank Museum isn’t expected to open until 17 May, but when it does you will see the flags in the new ‘World War Two: War Stories’ exhibition.
A piece of aviation history has been celebrated with the unveiling of a display board at the site of the former Tarrant Rushton airfield.