The History of Britain Magazine
Welcome to the History of Britain! The home nations share a varied and shared history unlike anywhere else, so we thought it only right to create a section dedicated to our mutual heritage.
Churchill and the Armoured Train Incident
The armoured train incident. The capture of Winston Churchill by Boer forces on November 15th 1899 during the Second Boer War…
The Boer Ultimatum
On 11th October 1899, the Second Boer War broke out between the British Empire and the two Boer states, the Republic of Transvaal and the Orange Free State…
Africa’s Contribution to World War One
All Gave Some, Some Gave All. World War One Military Museum and Memorials in Kenya. World history has virtually forgotten Africa ‘s contribution…
The Jarrow March
“Jarrow as a town has been murdered.” These were the words of MP Ellen Wilkinson as she addressed a crowd in Hyde Park in 1936 following the end of what became known as the Jarrow March…
Grace Darling
The daring and bravery of lighthouse keeper’s daughter Grace Darling made her a national heroine. On 7th September 1838, she and her father ventured out into a ferocious storm to rescue the survivors of the SS Forfarshire…
A 1950s/ 1960s Childhood
“It’s Friday, it’s Five to Five and it’s CRACKERJACK!”. Gob stoppers, The Dandy, the sixpenny rush and hiding behind the sofa from the Daleks: memories of childhood in the 1950s and 1960s…
The Coventry Blitz
The Coventry Blitz on the night of 14 / 15 November 1940 lasted 11 hours and was the single most concentrated air raid on a British city during the Second World War…
The Sons of Africa
The Sons of Africa were a abolitionist group formed in the late 1700s by freed slaves in London. They worked closely with The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, founded by Granville Sharp and Thomas Clarkson…
