Showing posts with label Battle Commemoration Unit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle Commemoration Unit. Show all posts
Saturday, 11 April 2009
The Battlefield Commemoration Unit: Leipzig 1813-1973
I posted previously the biography of Marcus Hinton and the only picture of him I have ever seen where he is not wearing his bowler hat, from the programme for this event held at the National Army Museum on 19th and 20th October 1973. Now I have the Vintage Wargaming blog up and running, I have decided what to do with the other material from this programme. I have therefore posted all the uniform information, text and pictures all by Marcus Hinton, here on the Hinton Hunter, and the other historical material describing the battle, by Peter Young and David Chandler, over on Vintage Wargaming. Blogger will only support five attachments per post, as far as I can see, so the text for the allies (and specifically that for the Austro Hungarian Empire) is split across two posts below.
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Marcus Hinton - a biography
The following short biography (autobiography?) of Marcus Hinton appeared in the Battle Commemoration Unit's programme from October 1973 for their 160th anniversary event of Leipzig, at the National Army Museum. The picture (in an earlier post) of a bare headed Marcus Hinton also came from this booklet.The BCU's technical advisers were Brigadier Peter Young, Dr David Chandler and Christopher Duffy. There is plenty more of interest in this programme but I am intending to make it available in another place - more of this anon.
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Hats off to Hinton
This is the only picture of Marcus Hinton I have ever seen not wearing his bowler hat. It is taken from the programme for Leipzig 1813-1973, held by the Battle Commemoration Unit at the National Army Museum on 19th and 20th October 1973. Marcus Hinton was Secretary of the BCU and its technical advisers were Brig Peter Young, David Chandler and Christopher Duffy. Uniform information from this programme is posted below, and historical and other material is posted over on Vintage Wargaming.
This programme is just one part of a vast horde of vintage wargames ephemera I have just picked up this afternoon from Pearson Towers. I'm not 100% sure what to do with it - there is a mass of catalogues, magazines and other material, some of which can be incorporated into the existing three blogs, but some of which may need another outlet. I will start thinking about this, contacting copyright owners etc, and try to see what might be possible.
This programme is just one part of a vast horde of vintage wargames ephemera I have just picked up this afternoon from Pearson Towers. I'm not 100% sure what to do with it - there is a mass of catalogues, magazines and other material, some of which can be incorporated into the existing three blogs, but some of which may need another outlet. I will start thinking about this, contacting copyright owners etc, and try to see what might be possible.
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