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Mrs. Julia Chatterton MBE, FRSA, FRGS A forgotten female composer and musician Born in 1884 in Gosforth, Julia Cook Watson (who became Mrs. Julia Chatterton by marriage in 1914) was …

The Ghuznee Medal 1839 …. the beginning of a new medallic trend In 1838, when British and East India Company forces began what became a fairly disastrous invasion of Afghanistan, …

The Diary of a Royal Engineer Officer Afghanistan 1879-80. This diary was compiled by Lieut. Alexander Lechmere Mein, R. E., and covers his service in the Afghan War in 1879-80. …

The medal “To the Conquerors of the Bastille” The “storming of the Bastille” in Paris on 14th July 1789 has gone down as one of the most important moments in …

“What the Papers Say” : looking behind the medals. Service at Sebastopol – and elsewhere The Crimea medals (full size and miniature) illustrated here belonged to Lieutenant (later Vice Admiral) …

Odessa 1854 – the loss of HMS Tiger The Crimea Medal with clasps Inkermann and Sebastopol shown here was awarded to A.B. John Harfield and is named to him aboard …

The Destruction of Kola 1854 – HMS Miranda in the White Sea. During the Russian War of 1854-56, a major feature of the Anglo-French deployment of global sea-power was the …

A Musician at War – Dr. Henry Cope Colles Dr. Henry Cope Colles had nothing at all of the military about him and would no doubt have considered a military …