Category Archives: VBCW Royalist

We’re All Going On A Summer Holiday!

Posted on 5th October 2018 by jemima_fawr

Right that’s it!  I’m off to Malta for a week! 🙂 More silliness when I get back! In the meantime I must apologies to those who will be unable to sleep until this guaranteed cure for insomnia returns…

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A Very British Civil War in Pembrokeshire: Armoured Reinforcements

Posted on 22nd May 2018 by jemima_fawr

Well I’m back from Partizan, having had a blast playing Pete Barfield’s wonderful VBCW game and seeing an array of incredible games.  The Partizan report will follow, but here are some AFVs I painted last week, after finishing off the reinforcements … Continue reading →

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The Baroness de Loutson Marches on Newark!

Posted on 17th May 2018 by jemima_fawr

The Baroness de Loutson and the Cadet Corps of Slebech Castle College For Young Ladies will this week be marching on Newark, to reinforce the Royalist forces in Pete Barfield’s ‘A Very British Civil War’ game at the ‘Partizan 2018′ … Continue reading →

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A Very British Civil War 1938: Royalist Units in Pembrokeshire

Posted on 19th April 2018 by jemima_fawr

The Loyal West Carmarthenshire Greenjackets (who refer to themselves as ‘The Chosen Men’) are a light infantry unit raised chiefly from Loyalist land-owners and estate workers in western Carmarthenshire. Partly Welsh-speaking, the unit is tasked with patrolling the eastern end … Continue reading →

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A Very British Civil War 1938: The Slebech Castle Cadet Corps

Posted on 16th April 2018 by jemima_fawr

Lady Aisling Keir’s Slebech Castle Finishing School for Young Ladies was established on the Slebech estate in 1936, thanks to the patronage of her friends the Baron and Baroness de Loutson. Lady Aisling is a dispossessed Irish royalist, an ardent … Continue reading →

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A Very British Civil War 1938: Baron Kylsant, Marcher-Lord of Narberth

Posted on 15th April 2018 by jemima_fawr

BUF Storm-Commander Owen Erasmus Picton, 2nd Baron Kylsant & Marcher-Lord of Narberth was the son of Owen Cosby Picton, 1st Baron Kylsant.  The 1st Baron, once a celebrated politician and shipping tycoon, had famously been disgraced and jailed in 1933 … Continue reading →

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A Very British Civil War 1938: Royalist Forces

Posted on 14th April 2018 by jemima_fawr

Royalist Welsh Administration Forces in Pembrokeshire The Royalists, led by Lord Tenby, hold the central belt of Pembrokeshire, stretching from Tenby and Saundersfoot in the east to Dale and Marloes in the west, including Haverfordwest, Narberth, Kilgetty, Spittal, Johnston and Little Haven.  … Continue reading →

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A Very British Civil War in Little England Beyond Wales 1938

Posted on 13th April 2018 by jemima_fawr

‘A Very British Civil War 1938’ is an alternative history idea originally developed by Solway Crafts & Miniatures: http://solwaycraftsandminiatures.webs.com/vbcwpage.htm To précis, Edward VIII has refused to abdicate, plunging the country into a constitutional crisis, followed by civil war.  Oswald Mosely, allied to the … Continue reading →

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