The Civil Wars in Oxfordshire: Human Costs and Consequences Online Talk and Live Q&A with Prof. Andrew Hopper   In this online talk and live Q&A, Professor Andrew Hopper will explore the people's experience of the Civil Wars in the city of Oxford and the county of Oxfordshire. It will uncover many local human-interest stories […]

Online Talk and Live Q&A with Major General (Retd) David Shouesmith Now Chairman of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust, David Shouesmith's 28-year military career included service as ACDS (Logistic Operations) in the UK MoD and logistic command on operations from squadron to brigade level, from Bosnia to Afghanistan. In this online talk and live Q&A […]

Visitors to the museum have long been able to sit inside a replica section of D-Day Horsa Glider and learn about Pegasus Bridge and some of the first troops to land in France on 6 June 1944, and still can today. Now, we’re digging deeper into the county’s D-Day story, with a special commemorative exhibition […]

Talk with David Innes and Richard Folkes Marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum and the Army Flying Museum have teamed up to tell the personal stories of two of the men who carried out the famous Coup de Main operation to seize the bridges in Normandy over the Caen Canal and […]

Join us for a talk at the museum with Lt. Colonel (Retired) Ingram Murray, father of comedian and historian Al Murray. Proceeds from ticket sales of this event directly support both ABF: The Soldiers Charity and Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust. Landing in the six gliders with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry early in the […]