HistoryFare 💙
@FareBrian
Independant Melton Mowbray tour guide, RAF veteran, military historian & genealogist. Member of @GuildofBG @CWGC speaker. All views expressed are my own.
Join me on Saturday 2nd August 2025 for my Royal Melton walking tour. Starts 10am outside council offices. Only £6/person Book online via historyfare.co.uk/events/royal-m… #meltonmowbray #localhistory #RoyalHistory #AwardWinningTours #guidedtours #walkingtour #DogFriendly
Have you seen the Sikh Troops War Memorial at #Leicester? It is sited near the De Montfort Hall and the #VictoryArch in Victoria Park. The design is based on a soldier who served with the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs Regiment. He is stood to attention with his rifle by his side…
Wow - absolutley delighted to receive a Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Award 2025! 🎉 This means HistoryFare is ranked in the top 10% of attractions worldwide! Following on from my Leicestershire Tourism & Hospitality Award last year, this is an exceptional honour and that I’m…
With the recent news that #HMSNottingham has been found, Ernest Brotherhood a distant relative of my wife Amanda Fare was one of those who was lost when the ship was sunk when it was sunk by a torpedo from a German u-boat. He left behind a wife and 2 young children. He is…
Pas-de-Calais: Farmer hits shell, young people exposed to phosphorus gas - #WW1 #FWW courrier-picard.fr/id646559/artic…
The Canadian memorial at Bolderwood in the New Forest was erected by men of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps on 14th April 1944. See the #LiberationRouteEurope link for more details. liberationroute.com/pois/2068/cana… One of those commemorated is 18 year old Private Fred Vincent…
Shocking this: The diary of Sapper Storey has been taken from the Pegasus Museum on June 6th this year. This unique document was a recent addition. to the museum. Fortunately the family still have the original documents, but are distressed that it has been taken.…
Called in at the Bovington Training Area today and managed to see an Ajax AFV going through its paces. Delivery to the British Army began in January this year.
On 4th July 1940, HMS Foylebank, a requisitioned merchantman that had been converted for anti-aircraft duties, was attacked by Stuka dive-bombers in Portland harbour and sunk with heavy loss of life. Leading Seaman Jack Mantle already had a reputation, being at that time one of…
The lovely art deco Riviera Hotel at Bowleaze Cove in Weymouth which is now closed, was used for much of #WW2 as the Riviera Residential Council School for ‘evacuated physically defective children’, most of whom came from special schools run by London County Council. They were…
The secret Army Museum at Beaulieu tells the story of the 3,000+ SOE agents who were trained in the dark arts of warfare at Beaulieu before undertaking daring and dangerous missions behind enemy lines. As part of the exhibition, it focuses on 2 agents who were trained at…
RAF Beaulieu in the New Forest today is largely overgrown apart from a small part of the runway which is used by the local model aircraft club. After being home to several RAF squadrons, the airfield became AAF Station 408 part of the US 9th Air Force becoming home to the 84th…
Balmer Lawn Hotel in the New Forest was requisitioned for miltary use and became the Headquarters of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division whose troops were mustering in Marshalling Area B in the build up to D-Day and Operation Overlord. These troops crossed the channel and landed…
