In 1194 King Richard chose land between Tickhill and Blyth as the most northerly of five sites where tournaments could be held according to stringent regulations designed to secure orderly conduct of the participants and income for the Exchequer...

You can find out the names of soldiers during 1369-1453 thanks to researchers at the Universities of Reading and Southampton who have made available the records of soldiers fighting in those years.

For much of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815 Great Britain was threatened with French invasion and had to be protected by regular troops, militia, and by volunteer infantry and yeomanry.

Although rationing existed for much of the Second World War and several years afterwards, during the First World War the Government left Local Committees to try to encourage people to be economical.

Information about a local man, Sergeant S Rowe of the 161st Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery, who was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1919.

War Diaries were kept by all British, Dominion, Indian and Colonial army units as well as military hospitals and the Royal Flying Corps in all theatres of the First World War. The following document Tickhill man Horace Brown's service.

Examples of material on display at the WW1 Local History Fair

A list of names of the men of Tickhill who went to war, with rank and regiment and their outcomes

Marjorie Longdin, a member of Tickhill Afternoon WI, gives her insights into life after D-Day after she became a Staff Nurse in a Leeds General Infirmary.

A brief explanation of what happened to the injured and wounded Troops of the D-Day Landings, and where they were sent for treatment.

Bircotes Junior School pupils give an account of a twin tailed Lockheed Lightning plane as it crashed nearby on 10 May 1944

When the UK government introduced conscription in 1916 it also made it possible for certain groups of men not to fight, one category whereby men could be exempted was conscientious objection.

Tickhill’s War Memorial stands just inside the north gates of St Mary’s churchyard and many people pass by it daily, probably giving little thought to the men that it commemorates, their connection with Tickhill or where they died.

CC41, standing originally for civilian clothing approved by the wartime government from 1941, became a familiar sight not only on clothing but also on other textiles, shoes and furniture as the war progressed and most items were regulated and rationed.

Memories of a Childhood in WWII London - an article written in Lockdown by our Past Chair, David Walters

Research details concerning the Crash in 1942 of a Wellington Bomber at or near Tickhill

Peter Brown's shares his childhood memories of VE Day

A report of the military service in WWI of Renton Baker a former Tickhill resident

The Silver War Badge was issued to those legitimately no longer able to serve their country in wartime

Princess Mary's fundraising for the war effort

Sergeant James Brown joined the army in 1905 and died in St Omer in 1916 having gained his DCM, the next award below a Victoria Cross for NCOs