Clive Holden
@cliveinkentDefence heritage historian, author, researcher, & history book lover. Chair of the Kent Defence Research Group 🇬🇧🏴
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An absorbing story of the famous Order of the Knights Templar. @dgjones takes the you from its origins as a small group of warrior monks dedicated to the protection of Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land, to it zenith as a fabulously wealthy military order. @books2cover
Flail tanks filmed in action during the Glasgow Highlanders’ advance to break through the Siegfried Line defences at Groesbeek, the Netherlands, January 1945. Film: IWM A70 237-8
A rare survivor- the airfield compass platform at the former RAF Detling in Kent. A circular concrete pad, marked out in degrees, to assist with the calibration of an aircraft’s compass. Probably almost 80 years since it last saw any use
A Short Sunderland flying boat of RAF Coastal Command takes off from the coast at Calshot, England, ahead of Exercise Mariner, a NATO naval exercise conducted in 1953. © NATO (IWM, NAT 1398) <1/2>
(1945.) The Cromwell tank, combined high speed from a powerful and reliable engine and reasonable armour. Served in armoured reconnaissance regiments. 4,016 were made. #WW2 #HISTORY
Another good walk around the site of the old RAF Detling airfield recording wartime structures for the Maidstone Borough Council survey
21 year old Winston Churchill in the uniform of the Fourth Queen's Own Hussars, 1895.
Buried among the kings: Ahead of this weekend's #RemembranceSunday commemorations, read the remarkable story of the Unknown Warrior and how, in 1920, his body was brought from the battlefields of northern France to be buried in the Abbey: westminster-abbey.org/history/explor…
A busy day at Wanstone Battery today draining the gun pit of rainwater and then removing old power cables that hadn’t seen the light of day for over 80 years
Coffin of the Unknown Warrior, Westminster Abbey, 7th November 1920.
Mortar teams from the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment's 'D' company filmed in action in a suburb north of 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, 25 October 1944. Film: IWM A70 183-5
The discovery of the largest intact mosaic in the world at 1,050 sq m, beneath the Antakya Museum Hotel in Turkey is a remarkable testament to the rich historical legacy of the ancient city of Antioch, now modern-day Antakya. Founded in 300 BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of…
A link to the 1st of two ITV television articles by @AbiBrackenITV (broadcast September 2024) Previous post features Abi’s 2nd article (broadcast 5.11.2024) and an earlier 2019 article by @derekjohnsonitv detailing our V2 rocket excavation at Platt, Kent itv.com/watch/news/exp…
Links to two recent ITV television articles about our September 2024 Westerham (Kent, UK) V2 excavation by excellent @AbiBrackenITV itv.com/news/meridian/… itv.com/news/meridian/… #archaeology
#onthisday 5 November 1688 Prince William III of Orange lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham. 👑 William was invited to invade England by a group of influential political and religious leaders in what became known as the "Glorious Revolution", on 5 November 1688, William landed…
Led a small but enthusiastic tour group around Dover’s Western Heights today, ending up at the much-neglected Farthingloe anti-aircraft gun battery site
An excellent and fascinating biography of Churchill’s wartime chief staff officer & military secretary and NATO’s first Secretary-General. #HistoryWriters
#onthisday 3 November 1534 – English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church. The 1534 Act declared King Henry VIII & his successors as the Supreme Head of the Church, replacing the Pope. This first Act was repealed during…
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