https://reminiscences.uk/contact/2025-08-04T11:43:09+00:00weekly0.6https://reminiscences.uk/about/2023-03-09T15:34:36+00:00weekly0.6https://reminiscences.uk/reminiscences-magazine/https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/travellersmockupcover.jpgtravellersmockupcover2021-01-25T12:18:09+00:00weekly0.6https://reminiscences.uk/2018/02/12/stanley-david/2023-02-21T19:15:11+00:00monthlyhttps://reminiscences.uk/2017/09/20/alan-tyler/https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/alan_tyler2x1.jpgAlan_Tyler@2xhttps://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/spithead-review.jpgSPithead review 1953https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/plym.jpgPlymHMS Plym at anchor in the Bunsen Channel off Trimouille Island, a 1,450 ton ship holding a 25,000 ton bombhttps://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/hms_plym.jpgHMS PlymHMS Plymhttps://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/atomic-test.jpgatomic-testOct. 3, 1952: 'Operation Hurricane' mushroom cloud rises above Trimouille in the Monte Islands - Photo: Wikipedia, others. 2560. Contained in the hull of the frigate HMS PLYM and detonated almosty 3m below the surface of the sea, Britain's 25kt explosion was of about the same size as Nagasaki.    The ship was used due to Cold War fears that Britain could be attacked by a nuclear weapon smuggled into a strategic poirt by a ship.https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/pan-crescent.jpgPan-Crescenthttps://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/scharnhorst-survivors.jpgScharnhorst-survivorsScharnhorst Survivors at Scapa Flow, 2 January 1944 Blindfolded SCHARNHORST survivors, in merchant seaman rescue kit, walking down a gang-plank on their way to internment.https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/exodus-1947-refugee.jpgBritish soldier leads refugee from Exodus 1947British soldier leads refugee from Exodus 1947https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/exodus-1947-after-british-takeover.jpgexodus-1947-after-british-takeoverhttps://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cyprus-internment-camp.jpgI Attch here a picture from camp 65.This was a children detention camp.Internment camp Cyprus2019-05-03T09:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://reminiscences.uk/2017/09/19/milton-brazil/https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/milton-brazil2x2.jpgMilton Brazilhttps://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/hrow-1946.jpgHeathrow 1946https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/halifax-975.jpgHandley Page Halifax MkIIhttps://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/pegu-pow-750.jpgLiberated POWs at Pegu © IWMhttps://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ss-athenia-9751.jpgSS Athenia in Montreal Harbour © National Archives of CanadaMore details SS ATHENIA seen in Montreal Harbour - 1933 Credit National Archives of Canadahttps://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tarrant-rushton-975.jpgtarrant-rushton-975IWM caption : Operation MALLARD : aircraft prepared for the reinforcement of the British airborne assault, assembled at Tarrant Rushton, Hampshire, on the afternoon of 6 June. On the runway are General Aircraft Hamilcar heavy lift gliders, preceded by two Airspeed Horsa troop-carrying gliders, while parked on each side of them are Handley Page Halifax glider-tugs of Nos. 298 and 644 Squadrons RAF.https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bombers.jpgAvro Anson, Armstrong Whitley, Handley Page HalifaxL-R Avro Anson, Armstrong Whitley, Handley Page Halifaxhttps://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/albert-rd-academy.jpgalbert-rd-academyhttps://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/milton_brazil_uniform1.jpgMilton_Brazil_Uniform2020-11-08T17:24:33+00:00monthlyhttps://reminiscences.uk/2017/09/18/geoffrey-rothband/https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/geoffery_rothband2x2.jpgGeoffery_Rothband@2x© 2015 MikeStone +44 (0) 7721 844 380 mike@mikestone.co.uk No reproduction permitted without advance written consent from Mike Stonehttps://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/gondar-prisoners.jpgItalian prisoners marching through Gondar under escortItalian prisoners marching through Gondar under escorthttps://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lansfusiliers.jpg5th Batallion Lancashire Fusiliers. Geoffrey Rothband Centre right. C. 19625th Batallion Lancashire Fusiliers. Geoffrey Rothband Centre right. C. 1962https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/kalewabridge1944.jpgkalewa+bridge+1944A view of the 1,100ft bailey bridge across the Chindwin River as it nears completion, less than 12 hours after the 14th Army captured Kalewa, 2 December 1944https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/chindwin-headline1.jpgFront page article from THE MAPLE LEAF 6th Dec 1944Front page article from The Maple Leaf 6th Dec 1944https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/kalewa-bridge-builders.jpgKalewa-bridge-buildersAdmiral Lord Louis Mountbatten with the Royal Engineers who built the first Chindwin bridge at Kalewa, 1944 (c). Photograph, World War Two (1941-1945), Far East, 1944 (c). In early December 1944 the engineers of 11th Division were tasked with establishing a bridgehead across the River Chindwin in Burma. After the Japanese had been driven back from the river they constructed what was then the longest floating 'Bailey Bridge' in the world during 28 hours of continuous assembly. This was despite regular Japanese air-raids. The pre-fabricated bridge parts had been ferried across the Brahmaputra and transported by train to the railhead at Dimapur. Here they were loaded on lorries for the 300 mile journey over mountain roads to Kalewa. From an album of 190 photographs relating to the 11th East African Division and the King's African Rifles. NAM Accession Number NAM. 1982-06-58-113 Copyright/Ownership National Army Museum, London Location National Army Museum, Study collection Object URL http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1982-06-58-113https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/gondar.jpgGondarSoldiers of the 4th Kings African Rifles in Abyssinia, 1941. Photograph, World War Two, East Africa, 1941. The East Africa campaign was fought between the British with their allies, including the exiled Emperor of Abyssinia Hailie Selassie, and the Italians, between June 1940 and November 1941. Although the Italians enjoyed numerical superiority and some initial successes, the geographical isolation of the region, which made supply and re-enforcement difficult, coupled with poor equipment, leadership and moral led to their total defeat in the face of a determined and well co-ordinated British invasion. The King's African Rifles played prominent role in this campaign, several battalions formed parts of 11th and 12th African Divisions and together with 1st South African Division they advanced into Italian Somaliland on 24 January 1941. The invasion force swept rapidly through Italian territory and by 3 April 1941 they had captured the Abyssinian capital Addis Ababa. In just 53 days a remarkable advance of 1725 miles had been achieved. Co-ordinating their efforts with another invasion force from the north the last Italian pockets of resistance capitulated between April and November. An Italian Army of more than a quarter of a million men had been destroyed, the Emperor Haile Selassie was reunited with his throne and the Italian colonisation of the region was brought to an end. NAM Accession Number NAM. 1996-08-388-25 Copyright/Ownership National Army Museum, London Location National Army Museum, Study collection Object URL http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1996-08-388-25https://reminiscences.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/chindwin-crossing.jpgChindwin crossingCrossing the River Chindwin, Burma, 1944. Photograph, World War Two, Far East, 1944. In December 1944 the 21st Brigade crossed the river in 36 hours to establish a beachhead on the far side. In this photograph a complete platoon of 4th (Uganda) Battalion, The King's African Rifles, make their way across on makeshift boats. On 16 December 1944 the 2nd Division moved out of the Chindwin bridgehead. From an album of 608 photographs compiled by Colin Campbell of the King's African Rifles. 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