# british army (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover british army. Page: Feed: --- ## [The ongoing failure of South Africa’s education system](https://www.chrisash.co.za/2026/08/06/the-ongoing-failure-of-south-africas-education-system/) _2026-08-06 · Bulldog · Chris Ash – Author_ Based on many hundreds (thousands?) of conversations I have had since I first came to South Africa over 30 years ago, in my experience the average white South African would sum up the Boer War something along these lines: The Boers were peaceful, harmless people, who only ever wanted to be left alone. But the \[…\] ## [‘The Rise of Krugerism – a tacit conspiracy’](https://www.chrisash.co.za/2026/08/02/the-rise-of-krugerism-a-tacit-conspiracy/) _2026-08-02 · Bulldog · Chris Ash – Author_ We shall perhaps never know why it is that certain failed History Professors and online fanatics (plus their various toadies and hangers-on) squeal and scream that there is ‘no evidence’ that Kruger was in any way responsible for the war that he planned for and started. The very fact that he declared war and invaded \[…\] ## [Fight Club Monthly (July 2026 newsletter)](https://www.fightclubinternational.org/post/fight-club-monthly-july-2026-newsletter) _2026-08-01 · Rwizi Rweizooba Ainomugisha · Fight Club International LLC_ The latest updates from the leading global wargaming community “The object of wargaming is to afford a practice field for the acquirement of skill and experience in the conduct and direction of war, and an experimental and trial ground for the testing of strategic and tactical plans” – William McCarty Little Welcome to the July 2026 edition of Fight Club Monthly! HERE’S THE QUICK SUMMARY ·… ## [The National Army Museum version of the Boer War](https://www.chrisash.co.za/2026/07/22/the-national-army-museum-version-of-the-boer-war/) _2026-07-22 · Bulldog · Chris Ash – Author_ While we all know that nothing but myth-laden nonsense will endlessly spew out of certain South African universities, one really hopes for a little more from an august institution such as London’s National Army Museum. It was rather a shame, therefore, to see that whichever work experience trainee they got to write the page on \[…\] ## [The ‘Indian Reinforcements’, and understanding the timeline](https://www.chrisash.co.za/2026/07/18/the-indian-reinforcements-and-understanding-the-timeline/) _2026-07-18 · Bulldog · Chris Ash – Author_ ‘Independence means Dutch independence, of a Dutch-ruled State, in which the resident foreigner cannot become a citizen. Defence means defence of the rule of a privileged race. No aggression on the British power means no present aggression; only aggression at a favourable opportunity’.\[1\] Michael Farrelly, advisory counsel to the Transvaal government in the years prior \[…\] ## [Do More with Less? Why It’s Time to Repurpose the British Army](https://www.fightclubinternational.org/post/do-more-with-less-why-it-s-time-to-repurpose-the-british-army) _2026-07-05 · Fight Club International · Fight Club International LLC_ Nick Moran brings a rare depth of perspective to this problem. A 20-year British Army veteran, Moran’s career spans an elite SMU community, high-level NATO deployments, and operational service alongside the Royal Gurkha Rifles. Having spent two decades observing the friction between strategic ambition and operational reality, he has insights that cut straight through the institutional boilerplate… ## [Fight Club Monthly (June 2026 newsletter)](https://www.fightclubinternational.org/post/fight-club-monthly-june-2026) _2026-07-01 · Rwizi Rweizooba Ainomugisha · Fight Club International LLC_ The latest updates from the leading global wargaming community There’s a new sheriff… sorry …editor in town! Hi everyone, my name is Rwizi Rweizooba Ainomugisha. I’m a proud Fight Club member (Author Badge Silver) and the Editor-in-Chief at Wargaming Weekly. The Fight Club International board of directors has recently bestowed upon me the immense honor of taking over the curating, editing and… ## [20 Questions for the True Believers](https://www.chrisash.co.za/2026/07/01/20-questions-for-the-true-believers/) _2026-07-01 · Bulldog · Chris Ash – Author_ Ever since Kruger, Kommandos, and Kak was published back in 2014, I have always been amused by the hysterical rage it produced in certain quarters… mainly those quarters inhabited by people who resolutely refused to read it. This swivel-eyed panic continued with the release of Kruger’s War in 2016, with various entertaining characters dedicating hours \[…\] ## [The “10th Lancers” at Ladysmith?](https://www.chrisash.co.za/2026/06/25/the-10th-lancers-at-ladysmith/) _2026-06-25 · Bulldog · Chris Ash – Author_ It always amazes me just how little many of those who write about the Boer War know about military history in general, and the British army in particular. Pakenham, for example, had clearly never heard of the old ‘3 to 1’ rule-of-thumb needed for a successful infantry attack. Displaying similar ignorance, Prof Pretorius gleefully / \[…\] ## [How big is a handful?](https://www.chrisash.co.za/2026/06/14/how-big-is-a-handful/) _2026-06-14 · Bulldog · Chris Ash – Author_ We are constantly told – with thinly-disguised delight – that only ‘a handful’ of Boers ‘took on the British Empire’ (and, err, lost). Were the Boers outnumbered by the British army? Eventually, yes – though certainly not at first, as they actually enjoyed a significant numerical advantage over the small, scattered, and unprepared Imperial garrison. \[…\] ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5THIzn7PE2TD) _2026-06-14 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [‘Mobilisation is an act of aggression!’](https://www.chrisash.co.za/2026/06/11/mobilisation-is-an-act-of-aggression/) _2026-06-11 · Bulldog · Chris Ash – Author_ ‘The worst crime of war is to make war. To initiate a war of aggression is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime. It contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole’.\[1\] – and yet, an especially thick-headed True Believer has convinced himself that Britain mobilising reinforcements to South Africa, \[…\] ## [“So – Kruger should have just done nothing?”](https://www.chrisash.co.za/2026/06/06/so-kruger-should-have-just-done-nothing/) _2026-06-06 · Bulldog · Chris Ash – Author_ In a comment on a recent blog article, one person queried my analysis of the deeply flawed republican plan to attack and invade British territory, by (sarcastically?)\[1\] asking, ‘so, Kruger should have just done nothing?’ My response was to say: Well, if by ‘done nothing’, you mean: “not start a war”, then – obviously – \[…\] ## [Procurement: The First Battle](https://www.fightclubinternational.org/post/procurement-the-first-battle) _2026-06-03 · edwardfarren · Fight Club International LLC_ A development diary on turning defence acquisition into a playable contest of ambition, scarcity, institutional pressure, and uncertainty. Hi folks, This is the first in a short development diary about an awkward design problem: how do you turn the murky world of defence procurement into a game? That may not sound like the most obvious subject for play. Procurement has a reputation for paperwork,… ## [Could Botha ever really have eaten those bananas?](https://www.chrisash.co.za/2026/06/01/could-botha-ever-really-have-eaten-those-bananas/) _2026-06-01 · Bulldog · Chris Ash – Author_ ‘A double tide of armed men was now pouring into Southern Natal. From below, trainload after trainload of British regulars were coming up to the danger point, feted and cheered at every station. Lonely farmhouses near the line hung out their Union Jacks, and the folk on the stoep heard the roar of the choruses \[…\] ## [The Kill Web and the Classroom: Turning Multi-Domain Theory into Reality](https://www.fightclubinternational.org/post/the-kill-web-and-the-classroom-turning-multi-domain-theory-into-reality) _2026-05-17 · Fight Club International · Fight Club International LLC_ In the latest episodes of the Think. Fight. Learn. Repeat. podcast, we go beyond the buzzwords of modern warfare. Host Lex Luciak is joined by Colonel Elizabeth Pham, Director of Joint Plans and Operations at the NATO School Oberammergau, for an intensive two-part masterclass on Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). ## [George Barrington Milner (Royal Artillery)](https://www.belsen.co.uk/george-barrington-milner-royal-artillery/) _2026-03-19 · Belsen Online Archive · Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp_ My Grandad George Milner, 1908-1977. Royal Artillery 21st Army Group. 1939-1945. His war ended at Luneburg heath, may 1945, never spoke about what he heard and saw at Belsen. Enlisted 18th April 1939. 42nd AA Bn RE (TA) 451 total views ## [Gaming Incentives](https://www.fightclubinternational.org/post/gaming-incentives) _2026-03-15 · edwardfarren · Fight Club International LLC_ Many serious games model capabilities and processes well, but ignore incentives (also called politics). That creates a quiet failure mode in design. The game assumes every actor shares the same objective, so the system behaves like a perfectly coordinated team solving a problem as efficiently as possible. Real systems rarely work that way. Actors operate under competing pressures, and those… ## [War by Numbers: Grounding Wargames in Hard Data](https://www.fightclubinternational.org/post/war-by-numbers-grounding-wargames-in-hard-data) _2026-03-15 · Fight Club International · Fight Club International LLC_ In a recent session hosted by Fight Club International, Christopher A. Lawrence, Executive Director of the Dupuy Institute and author of War by Numbers, joined the conversation to pull back the curtain on the "science" of wargaming. As a historian by trade with decades of experience building massive combat databases, Lawrence offers a sobering look at how modern wargames—both professional and… ## [The Horror of a White Coat: the Clothes of Jane Austen’s Male Protagonists Imagined](https://www.historysymposium.com/2026/03/15/the-horror-of-a-white-coat-the-clothes-of-jane-austens-male-protagonists-imagined/) _2026-03-15 · Chris McKay · History Symposium_ ## [Vincent Michael Fay (British Army Chaplain)](https://www.belsen.co.uk/vincent-michael-fay-british-army-chaplain/) _2026-02-17 · Belsen Online Archive · Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp_ THE LIBERATION OF BERGEN-BELSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP, JUNE 1945. Father Vincent Fay, a British Army chaplain of 9th British General Hospital, christens a baby, Henji Dorochova, who was born in Belsen. The baby is held by his mother, Raissa from Voroshilovgrad in the Ukraine. During the British relief operation, new mothers were asked whether they wished their babies to be baptised and if so, under… ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/my6WVdxMkM85) _2026-02-17 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [First in (Pt 2)](https://www.belsen.co.uk/first-in-pt-2/) _2026-02-17 · Belsen Online Archive · Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp_ Further info for the ‘First In’ to Belsen… I have just completed reading a new(ish) book by Gavin Mortimer, entitled “Stirling’s Men” which I would highly recommend. It is the story of all branches of the SAS (1- 5 SAS including the Belgian Detachment) from Day 1 in North Africa to the end of WWII with 1 and 2 SAS on the Elbe, then going to Norway for “clean-up”operations. Most of the information… ## [Anthony Stedman Till – RAMC](https://www.belsen.co.uk/anthony-stedman-till-ramc/) _2026-02-17 · Belsen Online Archive · Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp_ Anthony Stedman Till, known as ‘Tim’, was a consultant surgeon in Oxford. He was born in London, on 5 September 1909, the eldest son of Thomas Marson Till OBE, an accountant, and Gladys Stedman, the daughter of a metal broker in the City. Tim was educated at Ovingdean Hall, Brighton, and Marlborough, before winning a scholarship to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, from which he went to the… ## [63rd Anti-Tank Regt](https://www.belsen.co.uk/63rd-anti-tank-regt/) _2026-02-17 · Belsen Online Archive · Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp_ A super photo of B Troop, Anti Tank Regt. 249 Battery. (Oxford Yeomanry). The unit were ‘first in’ Belsen. 15th April. Hopefully further details to follow… Having entered Belsen on 15 April 249 Battery were relieved on the 20th of April. From Belsen the battery moved to Celle. Its task in Celle was to establish a camp for newly released Russian Prisoners of War. Having been in Celle for just over… ## [Vernon James Evans](https://www.belsen.co.uk/vernon-james-evans/) _2026-02-17 · Belsen Online Archive · Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp_ Liberation of the camp. Pass issued on 29 July 1945 (filed aside) and photo taken with freed inmates. Vernon in the middle of photo 22,693 total views ## [Ernest Bauman – Royal Artillery](https://www.belsen.co.uk/ernest-bauman-royal-artillery/) _2026-02-17 · Belsen Online Archive · Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp_ Found on X. Regiment unknown. Royal Artillery so likely to be either 58th LAA or 113th LAA, Royal Artillery. 5,157 total views ## [Leslie Hardman](https://www.belsen.co.uk/leslie-hardman/) _2026-02-17 · Belsen Online Archive · Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp_ Reverend Leslie Henry Hardman MBE HCF (18 February 1913 – 7 October 2008) was an Orthodox Rabbi and the first Jewish British Army chaplain to enter Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, an experience “that made him a public figure, both within his community and outside it”. Hardman was born in Glynneath, Wales to a Polish father and Russian mother who were both Jewish. The couple lived in the Welsh… ## [Lt. A H Busby – Royal Artillery](https://www.belsen.co.uk/lt-a-h-busby-royal-artillery/) _2026-02-17 · Belsen Online Archive · Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp_ Found on X. Regiment unknown. Royal Artillery so likely to be either 58th LAA or 113th LAA, Royal Artillery.\ 5,273 total views ## [Kenneth Knight – RAMC](https://www.belsen.co.uk/kenneth-knight-ramc/) _2026-02-17 · Belsen Online Archive · Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp_ I am Kenneth Claude James Knight, now aged 85 (article dated November 2003 – Ed) and living in Dorset. Mine was not really a military family, although my father had served in the Great War. My third Christian name is in memory of an uncle killed around the time I was born. I was educated in Essex and at London University Extension Classes (under Prof H Finder). I served in local government until… ## [A Revolutionary Legacy: Haiti’s King Henry Christophe](https://www.historysymposium.com/2026/02/15/a-revolutionary-legacy-haitis-king-henry-christophe/) _2026-02-15 · Chris McKay · History Symposium_ ## [What did the Commissariat Ever Do for Wellington’s Army?](https://www.historysymposium.com/2026/01/04/what-did-the-commissariat-ever-do-for-wellingtons-army/) _2026-01-04 · Chris McKay · History Symposium_ ## [Screen Share With Real Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/17Zo5jW8j2Wn) _2026-01-04 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control — open source, like Screenhero. ## [FCI 2026 Town Hall Recording](https://www.fightclubinternational.org/post/fci-2026-town-hall-recording) _2025-12-30 · edwardfarren · Fight Club International LLC_ We invite you to click the link below to watch our comprehensive recording of the Virtual Town Hall held on Sunday, the 28th. This event, titled the 2025 Fight Club Townhall , was an engaging and informative session where we discussed various critical topics that are essential for our community's growth and development. We encourage everyone to take the time to view this recording, as it contains… ## [Searching for Shadrach Byfield, a Disabled Veteran of the War of 1812](https://www.historysymposium.com/2025/12/21/searching-for-shadrach-byfield-a-disabled-veteran-of-the-war-of-1812/) _2025-12-21 · Chris McKay · History Symposium_ ## [2025: 4th Quarter SITREP](https://www.fightclubinternational.org/post/2025-4th-quarter-sitrep) _2025-12-17 · Fight Club International · Fight Club International LLC_ Welcome to our new quarterly update format. This has been launched alongside the usual newsletter, which now serves-up short summaries for each item detailed below. Look out for the end-of-year Town Hall meeting and update, coming in December! ITEM 1. INCOMMING - TOWN HALL 2025 The Fight Club Town Hall is an open meeting for all members during which the leadership will review the year’s… ## [Bringing the Names Carved in Stone Back to Life](https://www.historysymposium.com/2025/11/23/bringing-the-names-carved-in-stone-back-to-life/) _2025-11-23 · Chris McKay · History Symposium_ ## [“Much Depends on the Proper Display of the Contour:” Corsetry in the Early Nineteenth Century](https://www.historysymposium.com/2025/10/19/much-depends-on-the-proper-display-of-the-contour-corsetry-in-the-early-nineteenth-century/) _2025-10-19 · Chris McKay · History Symposium_ ## [Dieppe as Seen by Canadian War Correspondents](https://www.historysymposium.com/2025/04/14/dieppe-as-seen-by-canadian-war-correspondents/) _2025-04-14 · Chris McKay · History Symposium_ ## [Fighting for our Future: How—and Why—We Brought Wargames to an ROTC Program](https://www.fightclubinternational.org/post/fighting-for-our-future-how-and-why-we-brought-wargames-to-an-rotc-program) _2025-03-30 · Fight Club International · Fight Club International LLC_ ROTC Cadets from the University of Iowa use digital simulations to improve their understanding of combined arms maneuver ## [Historical Treasures in the Archives of the Canadian Army Journal](https://www.historysymposium.com/2025/03/23/historical-treasures-in-the-archives-of-the-canadian-army-journal/) _2025-03-23 · Chris McKay · History Symposium_ ## [Soldiers That Made the Empire: The Men of Napoleon’s Grande Armée](https://www.historysymposium.com/2025/01/17/soldiers-that-made-the-empire-the-men-of-napoleons-grande-armee/) _2025-01-17 · Chris McKay · History Symposium_ ## [Lofty Eagles and Ragged Eagles: Spiritual Icons in the Age of Enlightenment](https://www.historysymposium.com/2025/01/17/lofty-eagles-and-ragged-eagles-spiritual-icons-in-the-age-of-enlightenment/) _2025-01-17 · Chris McKay · History Symposium_