Recces
Events
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Guild Recce: the Faulds Explosion
Staffordshire , United KingdomMembers are invited to a Guild recce, at Faulds, close to Lichfield in Staffordshire, to look at the site of the 1944 RAF Faulds bomb dump explosion that killed 70 and remains Britain’s largest terrestrial explosion. We’ll look at the supply chain for the RAF, why the explosion happened and we have exclusive access to […]
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Guild Recce: Bavaria
This will include Battlefield of Blenheim , the German Great War Museum at Ingolstadt and Dachau Concentration Camp. Note that April 1 is a place marker in the calendar rather than the actual start date which is to be advised For more information contact the organiser John Cotterill via the Guild Secretary, or via the […]
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Guild Recce – Easter Rising, Dublin April 1916
Dublin Dublin, IrelandIn France in 1916, plans were being drawn up to relieve the pressure on Verdun; in Dublin plans were being finalised for an insurrection. The Easter Rising would see ordinary men and women become national heroes who would shape Ireland’s destiny. Join me in Dublin on May 1st to 3rd 2026 as we look at […]
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Operation Frankton/Operation Chariot Recce (dates tba)
THE DATES ARE MERELY A PLACE SAVER AND ARE TO BE CONFIRMED. Operation Frankton was the famous WW2 raid on German blockade running shipping in Bordeaux, France. The raid was carried out by the Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (RMBPD), which was part of Combined Operations. Inserted by the submarine HMS Tuna, five folding kayaks, […]