Author: Stephen Wynn

Durham was, and still is, one of the country's oldest and best-loved cites. The very name was synonymous with dedication, dependability and determi...

Situated on the south coast of England, geographically and strategically, Dover more than played its part in the First World War. It was from its h...

Chatham played a very important part in the nation's Great War effort. It was one of the British Royal Navy's three 'Manning Ports', with more than...

In the early months of the war, for most people Scarborough was just another town somewhere in northern England, where exactly, they weren't entire...

With the outbreak of the First World War, it was not surprising that a number of individuals who were of German decent, and who lived in Hartlepool...

Joachim Peiper held the rank of Obersturmbannfuhrer in Nazi Germany's fanatical Schutzstaffel, more commonly referred to as the SS. He spent the fi...

Operation Dynamo, the successful evacuation of Belgian, British, Dutch, French and Polish troops from the beaches at Dunkirk between 27 May and 4 J...

Winston Churchill is undoubtedly one of the most respected and best-loved characters the nation has ever known. However, much of how people view hi...

The First World War was only a matter of days old when Barking placed itself firmly on the map, after Driver Job Henry Charles Drain of the 37th Ba...

Romford in the Great War tells the remarkable story of Romford and its surrounding areas from the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, to the long-aw...

Before the outbreak of the First World War, the Channel Islands were viewed as they are today; scenic, sunny and relaxing holiday destinations, whe...

Walter Tull would have been a remarkable individual no matter when he had been born, but to achieve what he did, during the time that he did, makes...

A History of the Royal Hospital Chelsea looks at the hospital's beginnings, with its Royal patronage and heritage which dates back to King Charles ...

A History of the Royal Hospital Chelsea looks at the hospital's beginnings, with its Royal patronage and heritage which dates back to King Charles ...