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Link to Boer War pagesTHE BOER WAR
Many Nottinghamshire men and their military units fought in the Boer War (1899-1902) which took place in South Africa ...

Link to English Civil War pagesTHE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
The civil war began in Nottingham on 22 August 1642 when King Charles I had the royal standard flown within the precincts of the castle.

Link to World War One pagesTHE MINERS' STRIKE (1984-5)
The 1984-85 Miners’ Strike was one of the most divisive conflicts of the 20 century; it divided families, communities and the UK ...

Link to World War One pagesTHE GREAT INFLUENZA OUTBREAK 1918-19
1918 is notable not only for marking the end of the First World War but also for a deadly pandemic...

Link to World War One pagesWORLD WAR ONE
Few people in Nottingham predicted that Gavrilo Princip’s assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie Duchess of Hohenberg ...

Link to World War Two pagesWORLD WAR TWO
Nazi Germany’s occupation of the Rhineland, Austria and Czecho-slovakia cast a cloud over what was otherwise a good summer in 1939...