The Night Hunters: the Royal Navy’s Coastal Forces at War Open Wednesday to Sunday: 11:30am – 3:30pm The new permanent museum covering the Royal Navy’s Coastal Forces from inception in 1919 to the present day opened to the public in October 2021. Wholly funded by the Coastal Forces Trust, the museum dedicated to Lieutenant Commander… Read More Coastal Forces Museum – Gosport
The Museum of the Order of Liberation is dedicated to the order founded by General de Gaulle during World War II and to the Companions of the Order of Liberation. Its collections retrace the journey of Free French and Internal Resistance fighters and those who were deported for resisting Nazi oppression. https://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/en
The Museum was opened by a group of aviation enthusiasts in 1982 to promote public awareness of the United Kingdom’s military aviation heritage, to educate present and future generations in military aviation and to serve as a memorial to airmen and airwomen who gave their lives in the service of this country. https://tangmere-museum.org.uk/
Discover what military intelligence is, what it does, and how it is done. Learn the stories of the people who make it happen. https://www.militaryintelligencemuseum.org/
The Combined Services Museum at Maldon, Essex, includes among its displays several rare collections of material relating to SOE and British special forces. http://www.cmsm.co.uk/
During the Second World War, some 3,000 SOE agents were trained in conditions of great secrecy in a series of large country houses scattered across the Beaulieu Estate in the New Forest. This exhibition introduces visitors to the training schools, instructors and agents. The exhibition was opened by HRH The Princess Royal, patron of the… Read More The Secret Army Exhibition, Beaulieu, Hampshire
Scalloway Museum is owned by a charity, the Shetland Bus Friendship Society, formed in 2001 to establish a memorial to those who served and died in Shetland Bus operations during World War II. The memorial was unveiled in 2003. http://www.scallowaymuseum.org/home/
The work of spies, covert operatives and elite ‘secret soldiers’ is often hidden in the shadows but it is an important part of how Britain has fought conflicts and tackled threats at home and abroad for decades. Find out about the agencies, military units and individuals who have fought the ‘Secret War’ – and how… Read More The Imperial War Museum: Secret War digitised archives and documentation
After the National Archives, the Imperial War Museum is the world’s principal repository of SOE material. The IWM holdings range from equipment, uniforms, medals and weapons to dozens of collections of diaries, letters and unpublished memoirs. Its oral history archives contain hundreds of hours of interviews with former members of SOE and special forces. All… Read More The Imperial War Museum