Posts by Dr George Hay Archives and archivists‘By Sea, By Land’: Royal Marine attestation and discharge recordsThursday 13 June 2019With the help of volunteers, to whom we are extremely grateful, The National Archives...Archives and archivistsThe ‘Great Crusade’: D-Day, Operation Overlord and the invasion of occupied north-west EuropeThursday 6 June 2019Seventy-five years ago today, the largest air and seaborne invasion force in history crossed...Records and researchLaw enforcement in Britain before and after PeterlooFriday 2 November 2018This is the last in our series of blogs marking the release of the...Records and researchApocalypse Then: the Battle of Megiddo, 1918Friday 21 September 2018They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings...Records and researchThe Battle of Amiens: advancing to ArmisticeMonday 13 August 2018This is the last in our series of blog posts looking at the Battle...Records and researchThe Battle of Amiens: the beginning of the endWednesday 8 August 2018This blog post marks the centenary of the opening of the Battle of Amiens...Records and researchThe Battle of Amiens: the groundwork for victoryMonday 6 August 2018The British-led Battle of Amiens, fought between 8 and 12 August 1918, was a...Records and researchHess, hot dogs and haute cuisineThursday 20 July 2017We're looking at culinary episodes in the files: prison table manners in Spandau, haute...Records and researchThe Battle of Vimy Ridge: the assaultWednesday 12 April 2017This blog continues our series commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Arras. The...Records and researchThe Battle of Vimy Ridge: preparationsThursday 6 April 2017This blog continues our series commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge....Records and researchThe 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy RidgeThursday 30 March 2017Over the next month, Library and Archives Canada and The National Archives will be...Records and researchIn recognition of suffering: compensating victims of Nazi persecutionTuesday 21 March 2017These files offer an insight into the Anglo-German compensation agreement but also unlock personal... 1 2 »