JMT Spring Talk: Army, Navy & a little local history

Join Frances Boardman for this talk looking at the rivalry between the Army and the Navy, and how they came to work together.

The Royal Navy despised the Army but Kaiser Wilhelm was seen as a threat causing the need for a comprehensive invasion exercise to bring the armed forces into the modern era. In 1904, for the first time ever, the two services co-operated and between Clacton & Holland-on-Sea six cruisers landed two divisions to march inland & 'take' Witham.