by Summer Obrien | Jun 28, 2024 | Forgotten Friday, News
Forgotten Friday – The Channel Island Occupation by Trish Wade In this weeks #ForgottenFriday, our fabulous Archive Assistant Trish has written about the Channel Islands being occupied during the Second World War! On the 28th of June 1940 an air raid over St....
by Luke Hudman | Jun 26, 2024 | Featured, News
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)....
by Luke Hudman | Jun 3, 2024 | News
June 6 2024: 80th Anniversary of D-Day Read a first hand account of the trepidation surrounding the turning point of WW2. 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...
by Luke Hudman | May 7, 2024 | News
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. The sleep out took place in the grounds of Eden...
by Summer Obrien | Apr 3, 2024 | Forgotten Friday, News
Forgotten Friday – Stalag XXI-D Artefacts! 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. Some of the donated items include original documents belonging to...
by Summer Obrien | Mar 20, 2024 | Forgotten Friday, News
Forgotten Friday – Thankful Villages By Trish Wade 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. ...
