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The Battle of Winwaed, 655AD - An attempt to collate available information about the Battle of Winwaed (655AD), and derive its probable location. Winwaed marked the defeat of the last credible pagan force in England.

The Black Watch Archive - Dedicated to the history of Scotland's famous Black Watch regiment. Includes casualty rolls, descriptions of battles, badges and uniforms.

Britain's Small Wars (1945-2002) - Photographs, stories, background information, and other resources on British participation in conflicts in South Asia, Malaya, the Cold War, Kenya, Cyprus, Aden, Suez, Boreno, Vietnam, and elsewhere.

British Battles - Profiles the major battles fought on British soil, with accounts of the conflict, who was involved, and why the battle occurred.

British Military History Web Ring - Limited to 20th-century history.

Bunkertours - An extensive photodocumentary of numerous mothballed and redundant underground military installations in Britain and France, including photographs of ROTOR sites, the Maginot Line, and Cold War sites. Also provides reports from physical visits.

Captain James Cook: The World's Explorer - site contains in-depth biography, images, news, discussion forum, FAQ.

Civil Defence and Emergency Service Preservation Trust - Committed to preserving Britain's Cold War heritage and emergency service items. Information about their collection and activities.

The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A history of the regiment from its establishment in 1959 through to amalgamation in the 1990s.

Forgotten Soldiers - Dedicated to the monuments and graves of British soldiers in Bangalore that have been forgotten because they died so long ago.

John's Military History Tour of Britain - Includes panoramic photos and explanations of a number of military and naval sites, including battlefields, arsenals, dockyards, castles, and forts.

National Archives: Trafalgar to Korea - Web exhibition that describes how and why Britain was at war in the battles of Trafalgar (1805), Crimea (1854), Egypt (1882), D-Day (1944) and Korea (1951), using documents, pictures and text.

Officers Died - Details of British officers killed in various wars between 1750 and 1999.

Patrick O'Rourke - The brief memoirs of Patrick O'Rourke(1917-1996), one of the soldiers in the Royal Scots Grey.

Regiments of the British West Indies - Information and history about the regiments of the British Army that were raised or saw service in various parts of the world.

Roll of Honour - Detailed information about war memorials and regiments within Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Fenlands and Huntingdonshire. Includes photographs, regimental details and personal details of those who died.

Soldiers of the Queen - An online museum of authentic Victorian-era British military photographs.

Special Air Service - Covers the exploits of the SAS Regiment from the origins in the desert in 1941 up to the Gulf War.

19th Century British and Indian Armies - Site explores the 19th Century British and Indian Armies and their soldiers. It presents various photographs, campaign medals, and the biographical studies of the soldiers represented by these items.

True Loyals - History of a British mobile light anti-aircraft regiment in the second World War, fighting from D-Day to VE-Day.

Victoria Cross Awards Prior to WWI - The pre-WW I recipients of the highest decoration for valor and conspicuous gallantry given by the United Kingdom.

William Hodson - Information on this distinguished Victorian cavalry commander of two famed regiments: the Corps of Guides, and Hodson's Horse.