Mainly concerning my wargaming hobby, with a bit of reenactment thrown in as it happens. A bit of to and fro.

A History Blog Specializing In American History. For more information, please read below. A surprising number of us have at least one noble ancestor. And the first recognised coat-of-arms in France belonged to the Count of Toulouse and incorporated a Cros.

Monday, August 10, 2015. HENRY CYRIL PAGET, 5TH MARQUESS OF ANGELSEY. Viv Gardner, Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Manchester, is recognized as an expert on the life and times of the 5th Marquess and so we turn to her article on the subject that appeared in The Guardian. In 1898, Paget married his cousin, Lilian Chetwynd.

Unearthing the Unusual and Excavating the Extraordinary. Despite sometimes being labelled as a flying rat, the humble pigeon has often proven itself a worthy weapon of war. Yet the Pigeons greatest moment was still to come, because during WW2 the american behaviourist B. F Skinner decided to invent a Pigeon Guided Missile. Yes You read that right. Perhaps a tiny pigeon sized cockpit for the winged avian to gently slide into, grip the controller .

Author and Historian of British Military History. The Manipur Expedition of 1891. Manipur, its People and History. The British expedition to Manipur setting off from Shillong. This edition of the bo.

I am forever fasicinated by the strange and often mysterious twists and turns of fate upon which the hinges of history ultimately rest. By land or sea from the town ton.

Gold for the price of silver.

Duty and Daring in the Heyday of Empire. Friday, 14 August 2015. Looking out across Penang harbour today. Penang in early 19th Century. Note Fort Cornwallis is top right corner. Seaward-facing bastions of Fort Cornwallis. The moat has long been filled in. A number of Napoleonic-era cannon-barrels have been set in the embrasures. This weapon had a very col.