Caen, Cobra and Confusion by Andrew Harrison | Barnthorn Publishing 145 PagesISBN 978-1-917120-20-3B&W Images Eighty years on from the defeat of German forces in Normandy, General Montgomery's planning and leadership of that campaign continues to excite as much co...

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of Field Marshal B. L. Montgomery, or 'Monty' as he was known.

If you haven't already, you can read about his Normandy Legacy in Andrew Harrison's book:

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HEART ys the art of fierce hope.

For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of language, bold dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.

Fund higher educacioun yn the HEART disciplines:

H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching

Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
For a bettir future
Teach artes and humanityes

I am delighted to be working with Barnthorn Publishing to write my first book on the history of the 1940 Dunkirk Veterans’ Association.

Interested in objects as symbols of identity? Wanting to learn more about 2WW veteran identities? Check out this article by Harriet Beadnell: ‘The Only Time I Think I’m a Veteran is When I’m Dressed up’ – Medals as Symbols of Second World War Veteran Identity.

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Delighted to see my article exploring how Britons planned for retirement in the mid-to-late 20th century out in the world! It tries to capture the mixed feelings prompted by ageing & retirement whilst connecting those themes to wider histories of social democracy, selfhood & financialisation.

Front cover of book; civilian men queuing to become soldiers

Delighted to see that my book Joining Up is published today, a mere 11 years after I started writing it. You can read it for free here: doi.org/10.7765/9781...
@manchesterup.bsky.social

@smh-historians.bsky.social @sochistorywar.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @vahs.bsky.social
New Members: we are very happy to welcome @jasonhiggins.bsky.social and @hbeadnell.bsky.social to the Network. Check out their work via the Members' Page #milwelfhist

Thank you also for the info about records relating to pub owning ancestors. I am definitely going to try and find out more about my ancestors at the Wellington Inn in Bacup and the others.

I had a fantastic morning learning all about the historic pubs of York with @york.ac.uk Centre for Lifelong Learning at King’s Manor. Thank you to @joesaunders1.bsky.social for an informative and entertaining insight into the taverns, ale houses and inns of York through the ages.

1945/2025: Reflections on the Second World War A one-day colloquium at the University of Edinburgh marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 1945

REGISTRATION OPEN for our '1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War' colloquium @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @swwstudiesedin.bsky.social Audience places limited; £10 registration fee:
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Journal of Veterans Studies

New Affiliate: we are also very happy to welcome the Journal of Veterans' Studies as our newest Affiliate and look forward to collaborating with them going forward. Check out what they are up to at journal-veterans-studies.org

Thank you for the warm welcome, I am delighted to be part of the network @milwelfhist.bsky.social

New Member: we are very happy to welcome @hbeadnell.bsky.social to the Network. Check out more about her research on #veterans at york.academia.edu/HarrietBeadn...

I enjoyed sharing my research on the commemoration of El Alamein at #SAHR2025 @societyarmy.bsky.social conference in Leeds on Saturday. I have been inspired by so many fantastic papers. Thank you to the organisers for hosting such a well organised event.

Our 2025 Conference intends to provide an overview of all aspects of British soldiering, but also its development. Healthcare has come a long way in recent decades, and one of our panels demonstrates the impact of these changes on the British soldier of the 20th & 21st centuries

One of the last panels in our 2025 Research Conference, now only short weeks away, considers understandings of leadership and motivations in the years before, during, and after the #FWW. After all, what makes people actually fight, and what keeps them in the fight, is essential to military life

Conference: Land Forces of the Crown, c. 1660- c. 2000 The Society for Army Historical Research is pleased to host its next conference at the University of Leeds

Conference tickets are available at ahc.leeds.ac.uk/history/even...

So good from Joe Moran here on family history, voice and the unrecorded.

Thank you :)

‘The Only Time I Think I’m a Veteran is When I’m Dressed up’ – Medals as Symbols of Second World War Veteran Identity This article argues that the object of the campaign medal can deepen our understanding of British Second World War veterans’ sense of veteran identity and indicate how far they, as individuals, hav...

I am delighted to share that my journal article ‘"The Only Time I Think I’m a Veteran is When I’m Dressed up" – Medals as Symbols of Second World War Veteran Identity' has been published in the Journal of War & Culture Studies! doi.org/10.1080/1752...

The Iraq War at 20: Anniversary Journalism, British Cultural Memory, and the Politics of Closure War anniversaries are important milestones that enable certain understandings of the violent past to be naturalized in the present. This article is the first qualitative analysis of British press c...

🚨 An article I wrote with @chriskempshall.bsky.social & Gabriel Kupper @hass-cornwall.bsky.social is now available 📣 Open Access 📣 in the Journal of War & Culture Studies. It’s on journalism at the Iraq War’s 20th anniversary, cultural memory & political ‘overing’ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you're looking for a christmas present idea, why not give the history nerd in your life an amazing February weekend in Leeds?

Tickets for the @societyarmy.bsky.social research conference available now!

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