Medal News
Bridge 277
/ Phil Mussell
On the shoulders of giants RECENTLY, we have decided to have a bit of a clear out. We’re closing one of our storage units and, in the process of sorting, came across the entire Medal Tracker archive, stretching back decades, and thought “these may as well go too”. It was a logical decision, a...
Read more"If I should die . . ."
/ Karen Needs
At the movies WHEN I ask people why they collect British medals I generally get one of two answers—either the collector has medals themselves, they served in the military or in the police usually and collect related to their own service, or they have an overall interest in military history....
Read moreBombardment when war hits home
/ Karen Needs
Far too fussy WORD, it seems, has got out about my new theme and I was recently offered a pair of memorial plaques to brothers from Exeter. Whilst they were not cheap (what is these days?), the price wasn’t unreasonable, but I turned them down, ostensibly because they were from the “wrong side...
Read moreWe will remember them
/ Karen Needs
We will remember PERSONAL remembrance is easy—we will never forget John, his photographs are everywhere, his presence and influence touched many lives and those who knew him will carry his memory for years to come. For the vast majority of us, collective remembrance is a different thing. When we...
Read moreDefending the colours
/ Karen Needs
John William Mussell 1942–2023
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