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Forgotten Friday – The MKI Tank

12th Sept 2023

The idea of a moving vehicle which could provide the military with firepower and protection was not a brand-new concept. However, during WWI the increasing availability of the internal combustion engine, continuous track and armour plate combined the need to produce the ‘Tank’.

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Forgotten Friday – Private Thomas Highgate

7th Sept 2023

Private Thomas James Highgate was born on 13th May 1895 he was a British soldier during the First World War. Thomas was the first British soldier to be convicted of desertion and was executed by a firing squad on the Western Front.

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Forgotten Friday – 1st September 1939

30th Aug 2023

This forgotten Friday we are delving into the start of the Second World War – The war began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland on 1st September 1939 and raged across the whole globe until 1945.

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Forgotten Friday – The arrest of Anne Frank

3rd Aug 2023

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Forgotten Friday – 70 years later.. The Korean War

27th Jul 2023

The Korean War started on 25 June 1950 and ended on 27 July 1953, after the signing of an armistice agreeing that the country would remain divided.