General Sir Frederick Alfred Pile was born in Dublin on 14th September 1884.  He was a Senior British Army Officer who served in both world wars.  Early in WW1 he was a Staff Captain in the 1st Division before becoming a Brigade Major with the 40th Division in 1916...

The Koh-i-Noor, which is Persian for 'Mountain of Light', is one of the largest and most valuable cut diamonds in the world and belongs to the crown jewels of the United Kingdom set into the front of the crown of the Queen Mother. There are multiple conflicting...

After the successful evacuation of over 338,000 troops from Dunkirk ended on 4th June 1940 it still left a further 140,000 military personnel stranded and awaiting rescue from the St. Nazaire area of France.  A similar evacuation known as Operation Aerial was...

Looking at the River Wye today it is hard to imagine that the nine miles of river between High Wycombe and Bourne End once powered over 30 mill wheels, twenty of which were listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.  Most of these started as corn mills and were a crucial...

The mammoth task of constructing the Marylebone to High Wycombe main railway line began in the late 1890's and the direct link to Marylebone was opened a few years later on 2nd April 1906. Although some earth moving machinery was available, construction of the many...

One of the disadvantages of living on the ridge for the villagers of Flackwell Heath in the early days was the lack of amenities compared to living in the valley, in particular fresh water and mains drainage. As the population grew towards the latter part of the 19th...