Category: Records and research Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: A trooper in YpresFriday 31 October 2014For today’s blog post, I would like to share the wartime experiences of my...Records and researchLetters from a grave new worldFriday 31 October 2014Halloween may traditionally be considered to be the time of the year when the...Records and researchHappy 350th anniversary Royal MarinesTuesday 28 October 2014Today marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Marines. It is an achievement that...Records and researchDeath of a PrinceMonday 27 October 2014On 27 October 1914 at Zonnebeke in the Ypres Salient, Prince Maurice of Battenberg,...Records and researchMy Tommy’s war: a history through photosFriday 24 October 2014I knew very little about my grandfather: Alfred Thomas Avis, 1884 -1936. When the...Records and researchSpies and scandals in MI5 filesFriday 24 October 2014Spies, scandal and Marxist historians. Not a combination that usually goes together, but today’s...Records and researchTelling Tommies’ talesTuesday 21 October 2014Today we’re breathing a happy sigh of relief, having sent our competition Telling Tommies’...Records and researchThe Hollywood battalion – part twoMonday 20 October 2014In the first part of this blog post we learnt that four well known...Records and researchRemembering our TommiesTuesday 14 October 2014You may not have noticed, as you pass through the reception area here at...Records and researchAda Lovelace dayTuesday 14 October 2014Ada Lovelace day is an opportunity to celebrate women in science, technology, engineering and...Records and researchThe Brighton bombMonday 13 October 2014Thirty years ago, at 2.54 am on 12 October 1984, an IRA-planted bomb ripped through...Records and researchInventions that didn’t change the worldMonday 13 October 2014The nineteenth century saw amazing advances in science and technology. Many inventions – such... « 1 … 84 85 86 87 88 … 115 »