Library at Naval & Military Club

08/10/2015

The lost rivers that lie beneath London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29551351

Dozens of rivers and canals were buried beneath London's streets more than a century ago. What do they look like today?

25/09/2015

Remembering the Battle of Loos : 25th September 1915
courtesy of the Imperial War Museum:

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205092033

Q 28986. Battle of Loos 25th September 1915. Ruined buildings in a street in Loos 30th September 1915. The famous Tower Bridge can be seen.

16/09/2015

In case you are interested in tracing your family history, you can Try Findmypast for FREE this weekend:

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/

Trace your ancestry and build a family tree by researching extensive birth records, census data, obituaries and more with Findmypast

09/09/2015

We have just had this book: Secret Letters from the Railway - the remarkable record of Charles Steel - a Japanese POW, donated by his daughter Margaret Sargent.

She also has the original letters, drawings and other documents which she is willing to share with interested members.

19/08/2015

Two new books on individual testimonies during World War Two. Both come highly recommended!

06/08/2015

New to our shelves for the family historians among you:
My ancestor was in the British Army, how can I find out more about him?
An extremely useful guide from the Society of Genealogists

22/07/2015

New in this week: Emma Sky's 'the Unraveling: high hopes and missed opportunities in Iraq'
Sky was a 35-year-old British Council worker with a dysfunctional family background, an Oxford degree and a passion for the Middle East, when she ended up in Iraq in 2003 becoming one of a handful of British volunteers to join the western reconstruction effort.

15/07/2015

Three new books to tempt you this Summer: Jacki Moggeridge's Spitfire Girl; Caroline Moorehead's Village of Secrets (defying the N***s in Vichy France); and Jonathan Schneer's Minsters at War - Churchill and his War Cabinet

10/07/2015

The Blitz: rare colour photographs – in pictures - Blitzed Brits is at IWM North, Manchester, from 11 July to 10 April 2016


http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jul/10/the-blitz-rare-colour-photographs-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_fb

On the 75th anniversary of the Blitz, these beautiful and striking pictures show the famous bomb sites, the tin helmets, the victory rolls and the carry on spirit

03/07/2015

Free Webinar from the National Archives:
Webinar - How to find your First World War military ancestors, 14th September. Details here

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-how-to-find-your-first-world-war-military-ancestors-tickets-17426019694?aff=email&utm_campaign=5868086_What%27s+On+July+2015&dm_i=MAN%2C3HRUE%2CGL57QJ%2CCKEW7%2C1&utm_medium=email&utm_source=The+National+Archives&utm_content=ww1webinar

Our collection of First World War records is one of the largest in the world. It includes, amongst many other documents, service records, letters, diaries, maps and photographs. During the centenary we are opening up this collection and hosting a variety of events and exhibitions engaging in key deb…

17/06/2015

New in today: Born of the Desert - with the SAS in North Africa
Written by the SAS's Medical Officer Malcolm James, it is the first book about the regiment and - some say - the best

One of his descendants is a current member of the Club!

21/05/2015

The Wellington Archive at the University of Southampton forms the core of a free Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on the Duke of Wellington and the Battle of Waterloo.

The course has been created by Chris Woolgar, Professor of History and Archival Studies, and Karen Robson, Head of Archives, at the University. Commencing on 8 June, over three weeks the course will cover events from the French Revolution to the decisive battle that finally defeated Napoleon, the significance of the conflict, the ways in which it changed Europe forever and how the battle and its heroes have been commemorated. It will use the Wellington Archive at the University to provide an insight into these momentous events from the early nineteenth century.

To enrol go to: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/wellington-and-waterloo/

Mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo in 2015 and explore the Duke of Wellington’s archive with this free online course.

20/05/2015

New in this week:
Gallipoli - the Dardanelles disaster in soldiers' words and photographs

14/05/2015

One in six: the South Asian contribution to the First World War. Talk from the National Archives

http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/one-in-six/?utm_medium=Social+%28SocialSignIn%29&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=%23FWW100

Podcast of a talk given at the Voices of War and Peace event, April 2015

13/05/2015

New in this week: two very different aspects of the First World War

- Eugene Rogan's the Fall of the Ottomans and
- Lucinda Gosling's Knitting for Tommy

11/05/2015

1941: House of Commons Chamber destroyed in last major Blitz raid on London. Drawing of the damage
https://twitter.com/I_W_M/status/597678836667588608/photo/1

“ 1941: House of Commons Chamber destroyed in last major Blitz raid on London. Drawing of the damage ”

07/05/2015

Some amazing tales from World War Two survivors
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/may/07/a-portrait-of-world-war-ii-veterans-around-the-globe-tell-their-war-stories

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06/05/2015

Quick plug for RCN exhibition: Those who served: remembering First World War nurses. On until September

https://www.rcn.org.uk/development/library_and_heritage_services/whats_on/exhibitions

Exhibitions