The Volturno Affair – 15th October 2011

[box_light]15th October 1943 Following the success of the breakthrough on the Volturno Line by the British 8th Army on 6th October by the US 5th Army on 12th October the Allies are re-grouping to prepare for the push North. Generalfeldmarshall Albert...

Blanco – it ain’t that difficult

First, a bit of history Joseph Pickering & Sons were a company that produced polishing compounds and rouges for the cutlery trade of their home city of Sheffield and beyond. John Needham Pickering, a Volunteer (predecessor of the Territorial) thought his family...