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Eden Camp Modern History Museum Honoured with Silver Status in Ministry of Defence’s Employer Recognition Scheme

26th Jun 2024

Eden Camp Modern History Museum is proud to announce that it has been awarded the prestigious ‘Silver’ status by the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Yorkshire and the Humber (RFCA YH) as part of the Ministry of Defence’s Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS). This esteemed award acknowledges the museum’s outstanding commitment to supporting the Armed Forces community through fair treatment of veterans, reservists, families of serving officers, and cadet forces adult volunteers.

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A first hand account of D-Day 80 years on

3rd Jun 2024

On June 6th, 1944, the Allies attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, with over 156,000 Allied forces landing on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the coast of France’s Normandy region.

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Eden Camp Veterans Raise £2387 for the Great Tommy Sleep Out!

7th May 2024

As part of the Great Tommy Sleep Out, four Eden Camp Veterans slept out in the cold for one night raising £2387 to help support RLBI’s efforts to support vulnerable veterans, who sadly often find themselves homeless.

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Forgotten Friday – Archive Donations: Stalag XXI-D

3rd Apr 2024

It’s #ForgottenFriday! Today, we are looking at some of the fantastic donations we received at the museum, which mention a POW camp named Stalag XXI-D.

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Forgotten Friday – Thankful Villages By Trish Wade

20th Mar 2024

From 1914 to 1918 communities across the world suffered atrocious losses due to their young men leaving home to fight in the First World War. Over 700,000 British subjects alone died in this conflict. There was hardly a city, town or village that wasn’t affected by the loss, hardly a family who didn’t suffer heartache.

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