I'm delighted to share that I'm starting today as Principal Curator (Modern & Contemporary) at the National Museum of the Royal Navy!.

Over to you @RMBandService !.

An afternoon walk over the back of Portsdown Hill, lots of animals and some D-Day history #DDay #Monty #WW2 #PortsdownHill

Is anyone any good on Royal Marines band matches? I can't quite place this one.

Me: it's important to switch off at the weekends, take time out from work. Me at the weekend:

Completely gutted to hear the news about Ozzy. He was my route into heavy metal, watching him and at the Jubilee in 2002, he was having more fun than everyone else put together. So much came from that - playing guitar, so many friends and crazy times. A Working Class Hero 😢🤟🏻🦇

More highlights from @armyflying Wallop Wings and Wheels yesterday @RAFFalcons @NavyWingsUK

An insanely hot day talking at @armyflying Wallop Wings and Wheels!

OTD in 1944 US Base Section No1 published its plan for Op Beneficiary. The plan was based on capturing St Malo and the logistics plan was critical. It included a huge shopping list to get the port operating #DDay81 #DDay #WW2 #Brittany #Normandy #StMalo #Arnhem #Arnhem81

I'm delighted to be part of the line up for the speakers tent for Wallop Wheels and Wings this year! Saturday 12 July, still tix available @armyflying.

The Airborne Corps not being up to the job didn't just happen in September, the roots go back much further. .

Recent plans for airborne ops in Brittany would have required a corps HQ, and Browning argued that his was the only feasible option. He also asked for a corps signals staff, which did not exist #DDay81 #DDay #WW2 #Normandy #Brittany #Arnhem #Arnhem81.

OTD in 1944 the Commander Airborne Troops at 21st Army Group, Lt-Gen 'Boy' Browning, wrote to Monty's Chief of Staff, Maj-Gen Freddie De Guingand. He explained that his HQ was not currently staffed as a fully operational corps HQ #DDay81 #DDay #WW2 #Normandy #Brittany #Arnhem

It was a complicated plan, including an airborne operation, a seaborne landing, naval and air bombardment, and tons of logistics. Basically, a mini D-Day #DDay #DDay81 #WW2 #Airborne #StMalo #Brittany #Bretagne.

OTD in 1944 the planning staff at the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces held a conference to discuss Op Beneficiary, a plan to capture St Malo in Brittany #DDay #DDay81 #WW2 #Airborne #StMalo #Brittany #Bretagne

I've got the plans, DZs and objectives for Wild oats if anyone is interested. Enemy picture is somewhat sketchier. .

I've never really been interested in wargaming, but I wonder how 1st Airborne and Hill 112 during Wild Oats would work out? #wargaming #Epsom #WW2 #Hill112.

On this day in 1944 the British 1st Airborne Division's Operation Instruction for Operation Beneficiary was published. Beneficiary was a plan to capture the port of St Malo in Brittany #WW2 #DDay #DDay81 #Arnhem #Arnhem81 #Normandy #Normandie #Brittany #Bretagne #Airborne

I've been spending some more time going through the collection of photos of my great-uncle, Leading Stoker Tommy Daly, and his shipmates on HMS Enterprise, 1940-2. Including a run ashore in neutral Buenos Aires #WW2 #RoyalNavy #HMS