A Few Words about Juno Beach D_Day / Operation Overlord A 21 year old son of a WW1 veteran, the Kilted Tommy, finds himself part of the greatest invasion in history. He joined the Royal Marines and ended up commanding a Centaur tank for the Royal Marines Armoured Support Regiment as one of the first
A Few Words about WW2 Stories Bring memories to life. Let your clients enjoy revisiting their family life in the 1940s.. I tell the tales of my maternal grandparents in WW2. I tell as if I was my grandfather. I talk about what life was like on a daily basis, dealing with rationing, work, air
A Few Words about Kipling and the kilted tommy Kipling and the kilted tommy Bateman’s is a wonderful house and it was a privilege to take part in their WW1 weekend this year. The Kilted Tommy’s first battle was Loos in September 1915, as it of was John (Jack) Kipling. According to trench maps they
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A Few Words about Remmeberance Day Remembrance Day means different things to different people. Everybody’s feelings are coloured by their experiences and everyone’s experiences are different. Our Remembrance started after WW1. I’m sure other, earlier wars, resulted in people having the same feelings and the same needs which we now express on Remembrance Day. Two