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- Go down into the central atrium of the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth, and one of the first things you see is the ‘Nery Gun’. […] The post 30 Years of Warfare: from the Nery Gun to the V2 first appeared on Stuff About London.
- Before decamping to Nine Elms, Grosvenor Square was the home of the US Embassy for the best part of a century, first at No. 1, […] The post The Eagle Squadrons Memorial in Grosvenor Square first appeared on Stuff About London.
- Portsmouth’s D Day Story is a small museum on the seafront a literal stone’s throw from the Tudor castle at Southsea (where Henry VIII watched […] The post The D Day Story and the Overlord Embroidery first appeared on Stuff About London.
- Saul has slain his thousands, but David his tens of thousands The inscription above, which is on the memorial to the Machine Gun Corps at […] The post “Saul has slain his thousands” | The Machine Gun Corps Memorial first appeared on Stuff About London.
- A coffee in the Onion Garden with the inestimable Vic Keegan – journalist, oenologist, poet and historian of London. His ‘Lost London’ column ran weekly […] The post Book Review | Vic Keegan’s Lost London 2 first appeared on Stuff About London.
- One of the lesser-visited galleries in the IWM is on Level 5 (the top floor), the Lord Ashcroft collection of Victoria Crosses and George Crosses […] The post The Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum first appeared on Stuff About London.