Peterborough Military History Group

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The Pharmacist of Krakow - Speaker, Jan Gray 

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Exploring Military History with the Peterborough Military History Group

A Community Dedicated to Preserving and Celebrating Military Heritage

The Peterborough Military History Group is a community of like-minded people, passionate about military history.

Members interests vary from collectors of military memorabilia, to scale modellers and those who are simply interested in the subject and enjoy reading and learning about it.

We are interested in military history from the earliest times up to the modern day and are always keen to welcome new members.

About Peterborough Military History Group

Discover the Fascinating Stories and Legacies of the Past

We meet at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery in Priestgate, Peterborough, PE1 1LF, on the second Wednesday of every month, 7.30pm to 9.30pm. We have an annual subscription fee of £8.00 and each month we ask those attending the meeting to drop £2.00 into the subs box. We also hold an annual exhibition at the Museum on one day a year, when members can bring out their collections and show them to the public. Here, we also have the Bargain Stall, where members bring their spare model kits, books and various items from their collections to help in fundraising. This year the exhibition takes place on Saturday 15th November 2025.

Each meeting includes a guest speaker, (see schedule of this year's speakers below), sometimes one of our own members, sometimes an invited guest speaker. We have a refreshment stall where tea, coffee and cakes can be purchased which goes into the Group funds. Some members also bring books in to sell at minimal prices so you never know what you might come away with. We have members of all ages and are always looking to recruit more. A monthly Newsletter is emailed to all members and contributions to this are also welcomed. 

Peterborough Armed Forces Day

Peterborough Armed Forces Day

Our Group had a table at the fair at Peterborough on Saturday 21st June. Andrew Lingard, Andy Flindall (both pictured) Andy's wife Ash and David Gray, all braved the heat for a long day in Cathedral Square. We spoke to quite a lot of people but we don't know if anyone was convinced to join our Group. However, a few flyers were taken away so let's hope we see a few new faces at the forthcoming meetings.

Display Table

Andrew Lingard brought along some of his WWII American kit which included a Garand Rifle and an M1 Carbine. Andy Flindall brought a selection of British helmets and David took some colourful WWII posters.

National Savings Posters

A few posters to brighten up the stand. Unfortunately they did not stand up to the gusty conditions later on so had to be taken down.

Hereward Wargames Show

I met the Peterborough Wargames Club at their stand at the Peterborough Scale Model Club Show recently and they invited us to put on a display (2 x 6ft tables), at their show at the Cresset in September this year.

I accepted their invitation and invited them to display at our exhibition in November, and they confirmed that they would.

This is another opportunity to meet people with different interests and and hopefully encourage visitors and exhibitors to take an interest in our group.

Meetings in 2025

We meet at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery in Priestgate, Peterborough, PE1 1LF, on the second Wednesday of every month, 7.30pm to 9.30pm. 

List of speakers for the year:

8 January - Airfields and Aircraft of Lincolnshire in WW2 Geoff Turtle 

12 February - Seven Brave Women and a Boy John Chester 

12 March - Cambridgeshire WFA Medley Emrys Jones 

9 April - Hobart’s Funnies John Thornthwaite 

14 May - Roman Military Medicine Stuart Orme 

11 June - 457th Bomb Group, Glatton Jerry Wright 

9 July - The Pharmacist of Krakow Jan Gray 

13 August - RAC and Ruin - Did the Tankies Tank the Tanks? Andrew Flindall 

10 September - Scum of the earth – Wellington’s Infantry Dave Roberts 

8 October - My Modelling CV Keith Boucher 

12 November - The Stalingrad Airlift 1942/43 Ted Gray 

10 December - The Polish Winged Hussars Rob Gawronski

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