29 June 2022
Since the beginning of March 2022, the Combined Military Services Museum embarked on its first ever journey into the digitisation of Special Forces and Special Operations Executive artefacts. With 3D scanning as the main forefront,...
25 June 2022
Today, 25 June, is Armed Forces Day. This day takes place in the UK on the last Saturday each June. It is a way of saying thank you and showing the nation’s support to all...
19 June 2022
If you missed the latest episode of Tea Time Talks you can watch the youtube recording below. Andrew Chatterton, author of Britain's Secret Defences talks about the highly secret, highly trained and ruthless groups of...
12 June 2022
On this day 80 years ago, Anne Frank was given a diary as a present for her 13th birthday. Within it she wrote one of the most important and emotive first-hand accounts of the Holocaust....
8 May 2022
Surrender of German forces in Northern Italy and Western Austria - 2nd May 1945 77 years ago today, German surrender formally came into effect in Berlin. The surrender of Germany culminated from a treaty that...
29 April 2022
This bank holiday Monday (2nd May), Combined Military Services Museum welcomes members of the 10th Essex regiment, a reenactment regiment who will be putting in a World War 1 living history day. Throughout the day...
25 April 2022
If you missed the latest episode of Tea Time Talks you can watch the youtube recording below. In June 1944, Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) was tasked with coming up with a plan to kill...
12 April 2022
We recently received funding from the Gerry Holdsworth Special Forces Trust to embark on a long-term exciting project to scan and make 3D renders of our Special Forces and SOE collection of artefacts. Richard Wooldridge,...
11 April 2022
If you missed the latest episode of Tea Time Talks you can watch the youtube recording below. This year it is the 80th year anniversary of Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich. In...
1 February 2022
If you missed the latest episode of Tea Time Talks you can watch the youtube recording below. Dr Vigurs provides a unique insight in to the Special Operations Executive (SOE) with a focus on the...
8 November 2021
If you missed the latest episode of Tea Time Talks you can watch the youtube recording below. To commemorate Black History Month, CMSM Tea Time Talks will be discussing the hidden history of Allied colonial soldiers fighting...
12 October 2021
Hello, my name is Jonathan Brown and I am a voluntary researcher at Combined Military Services Museum in Maldon, Essex. I have a deep love for history, especially the military angle. I have recently completed...
