Today marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of Field Marshal B. L. Montgomery, or 'Monty' as he was known. If you haven't already, you can read about his Normandy Legacy in Andrew Harrison's book: www.barnthornpublishing.co.uk/product-page...

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I am delighted to be working with Barnthorn Publishing to write my first book on the history of the 1940 Dunkirk Veterans’ Association.

Interested in objects as symbols of identity? Wanting to learn more about 2WW veteran identities? Check out this article by Harriet Beadnell: ‘The Only Time I Think I’m a Veteran is When I’m Dressed up’ – Medals as Symbols of Second World War Veteran Identity. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Delighted to see my article exploring how Britons planned for retirement in the mid-to-late 20th century out in the world! It tries to capture the mixed feelings prompted by ageing & retirement whilst connecting those themes to wider histories of social democracy, selfhood & financialisation.

Delighted to see that my book Joining Up is published today, a mere 11 years after I started writing it. You can read it for free here: doi.org/10.7765/9781... @manchesterup.bsky.social

@smh-historians.bsky.social @sochistorywar.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @vahs.bsky.social New Members: we are very happy to welcome @jasonhiggins.bsky.social and @hbeadnell.bsky.social to the Network. Check out their work via the Members' Page #milwelfhist

I had a fantastic morning learning all about the historic pubs of York with @york.ac.uk Centre for Lifelong Learning at King’s Manor. Thank you to @joesaunders1.bsky.social for an informative and entertaining insight into the taverns, ale houses and inns of York through the ages.

REGISTRATION OPEN for our '1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War' colloquium @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @swwstudiesedin.bsky.social Audience places limited; £10 registration fee: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/19452025-r...

New Affiliate: we are also very happy to welcome the Journal of Veterans' Studies as our newest Affiliate and look forward to collaborating with them going forward. Check out what they are up to at journal-veterans-studies.org

New Member: we are very happy to welcome @hbeadnell.bsky.social to the Network. Check out more about her research on #veterans at york.academia.edu/HarrietBeadn...

I enjoyed sharing my research on the commemoration of El Alamein at #SAHR2025 @societyarmy.bsky.social conference in Leeds on Saturday. I have been inspired by so many fantastic papers. Thank you to the organisers for hosting such a well organised event.

Our 2025 Conference intends to provide an overview of all aspects of British soldiering, but also its development. Healthcare has come a long way in recent decades, and one of our panels demonstrates the impact of these changes on the British soldier of the 20th & 21st centuries

One of the last panels in our 2025 Research Conference, now only short weeks away, considers understandings of leadership and motivations in the years before, during, and after the #FWW. After all, what makes people actually fight, and what keeps them in the fight, is essential to military life

Conference tickets are available at ahc.leeds.ac.uk/history/even...

So good from Joe Moran here on family history, voice and the unrecorded.

I am delighted to share that my journal article ‘"The Only Time I Think I’m a Veteran is When I’m Dressed up" – Medals as Symbols of Second World War Veteran Identity' has been published in the Journal of War & Culture Studies! doi.org/10.1080/1752...

🚨 An article I wrote with @chriskempshall.bsky.social & Gabriel Kupper @hass-cornwall.bsky.social is now available 📣 Open Access 📣 in the Journal of War & Culture Studies. It’s on journalism at the Iraq War’s 20th anniversary, cultural memory & political ‘overing’ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you're looking for a christmas present idea, why not give the history nerd in your life an amazing February weekend in Leeds? Tickets for the @societyarmy.bsky.social research conference available now! ahc.leeds.ac.uk/history/even... #18c #c18 #19c #c19 #20c