82 years ago, 617 Squadron RAF took off bound for occupied Europe. Those that came back were known ever since as the Dambusters. #WW2 #Dambusters

Have you been to RIAT? They would like your help to mark their 40th year at RAF Fairford. #RIAT25 #Fairford40

A memorial to 800 British WW2 PoWs killed in Japanese cargo ship has been unveiled near Shanghai to remember the POWs onboard the Lisbon Maru. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #WW2 #LisbonMaru

The US WW2 Memorial in Washington DC is unveiled on this day in 2004. #Memorial #WW2 🇺🇸

Excellent news. Hopefully, they can be repaired and returned. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #Memorial

Happy birthday to the first Regiment of the U.S. Army formed on this day in 1784 the 3rd Infantry Regiment aka the Old Guard. Their roots date back to the Continental Army formed in 1755 (14 June).

#VJDay80 is just over 2 months away. Why not create a living memorial in the shape of a Ribbon of Poppies 🌸 🌎 🌸 to remember the debt we owe. #SowTheSeed of remembrance. Pledge for free to honour the deeds of those who never came home from the Far East. 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/ribbon-of-po…

#OTD in 1981, during Troopong the Colour, a young man fired at the HM Queen Elizabeth II as she turned from the Mall onto Horse Guards Approach Road on her horse Burmese. The shots turned out to be blanks and he was quickly apprehended.

Coming soon. To remember the "Greatest Raid of All", a new memorial for... #StNazaire #OpChariot #WWII royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/june…

#OTD In 1815, the Battle of Waterloo took place. It results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time. #WaterlooDay

#OTD in 1940 Sir Winston Churchill gave "Their finest hours speech". #WWII #Churchill

We had hoped to create a memorial stone at the site of this most impressive gathering of VC holders. The plan was to bring a little piece of the Crimea / Ukraine 🇺🇦 to Hyde Park, but sponsorship and the invasion put paid to it. #VictoriaCross #HydePark

It was on this day in 1924 the memorial to the Newfoundland Regiment was unveiled. #Canada #WWI

On this day in 1941, the Dolphin Junction rail crash occurred. A GWR passenger service and an LMS service collided due to a signalling error killing 5 souls. 3 of them were members of the Royal Navy Reserve on their way home for leave. Gone, but not forgotten. #Slough #Langley

Winners 🏆! Congratulations to the poppy partnership of The The Veterans Charity, RAF St Mawgan, VIVO Defence Services, and Gavin Jones Ltd for creating a living memorial across the Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 estate for the 80th anniversary of D-Day last year! 🌸 #CSRAward 🌸 #DDay80 The Green Org

Coming up next month (August) is a chance to see the REME Museum reserve collection up close and personal. Book here. rememuseum.org.uk/Pages/Events/C…