Essexs Military Heritage Culling Adam
Essexs Military Heritage Culling Adam Few counties can rival Essex's extensive and varied military history. In Essex's Military Heritage, Adam Culling explores 2,000 years of the county's military…
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Essexs Military Heritage Culling Adam
Few counties can rival Essex's extensive and varied military history. In Essex's Military Heritage, Adam Culling explores 2,000 years of the county's military history, beginning with Boudicca's attack on Roman Colchester then moving on to frontline battles between the Anglo-Saxons and Viking raiders, medieval and Civil War sieges and beyond. The battles fought in Essex, and by its servicemen and women overseas, have not only shaped the history of the county but have directly influenced the course of British and world history.
Norman castles, Tudor and Victorian forts, coastal and inland defences and the RAF and US Army Air Force airfields from the Second World War are a few reminders of Essex's military past. Throughout Essex no better connection to its military past is more present than the physical evidence that remains. From the largest war memorial in the county in Colchester's