I was playing with Google and “Solent Overlord” and came across a photoset by Mark Rutley on flickr I asked if I could  link to it  and he kindly agreed, there was also one image of  the man that makes OVERLORD such success that I particularly liked and that is reproduced here:

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  •  July 27, 2011

Overlord 2011

 

A selection of galleries from a range of photographers on one theme: the successful Overlord 2011 Military Spectacular held for the first time at the Lawns, Denmead.

Select from the tabs in the title bar or from the links below. If you have pictures of the event you wish to see featured on this blog please contact the webwright by clicking this link

Pictures from SOE members are listed below, the list will grow as I manage to wrest images from them. There are also links to external sites with some fine pictures from our visitors and from our exhibitors, we hope to improve facilities for photographers for 2012 so make sure you come along to OVERLORD 2012 with plenty of batteries and memory cards or film!

 

Katie Lamsdale’s People

The webwright’s Post War Vehicles

Ron Bossingham’s View

External Sites:

Rambo’s report on the Historic Military Vehicles Forum

Kev Shaw at UK Airshow Review

Colin Lacey (SOE member) on Facebook

Mark Rutley’s portraiture set on  flickr

514th Q.M. Trucking Regt. (Red Ball Express)

Paul Morgan’s pictures at HMVF

Barry James Wilson on flickr

C and A images (pictures for sale)

 

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Amidst all the hoo-hah surrounding the wedding and the ending of the world hide and seek championship the death of the soldier and historian Professor Edwin Richard Holmes CBE seemed escape the news. Indeed it was only through my regular newsletter from the Army Rumour Service that I read, with a sense of deep regret, about his death on 30th April 2011. Continue reading »

  •  May 5, 2011
Apr 192011
 

I got a mail from ARRSE today which had a link to the Big Curry site  which read: “ Great opportunity to combine two favourite activities; eating curry & raising money for a good cause!”  So of course I had to click the linky and go and have a look

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  •  April 19, 2011
 

We are returning after a couple of years to the fascinating, friendly and personal museum run by Tony Oliver and his family.

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  •  January 25, 2011
Jan 092011
 


This week I have been reading Tommy by Richard Holmes. It is a hefty paperback that examines the lives and actions of the men who fought the Great War in both broad and minute detail. Continue reading »

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  •  January 9, 2011
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