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In a charming reversal, these pincushions were made by British soldiers ... featuring sweetheart pincushions last year, says that the tradition began in the nineteenth century with Queen Victoria.
The recent trial of "Soldier F", among others, for excesses perpetrated during the Troubles has re-opened old wounds for many. But the Troubles were not the first time a major British military ...
Eighty-two skeletons found in a mass grave in the Dutch city of Vianen were mainly British soldiers who died of illness in an 18th Century field hospital, archaeologists say. The remains were ...
The Kimbell Art Museum has acquired George Stubbs’ “Mares and Foals Belonging to the Second Viscount Bolingbroke,” one of the 18th-century British ... He spent most of his adult life helping ...
A British metal detectorist discovered a gold band with an engraved date-of-death in Norfolk.
A wooden door discovered recently on the upper floor of a French Revolution-era watchtower offers an intimate look at the lives of British soldiers ... the end of the 18th century forced a massive ...
Recent excavation of an 18th century ... by the British and New Englanders. Eventually, over its 45-year history, Louisbourg became more diverse in its population, accepting soldiers from the ...
When he returned to Mountain Ash in South Wales after the war, the young officer's parents discouraged his plans to marry his French sweetheart ... are shots of British soldiers and French ...