10th July, 2005 is the date chosen to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War" being midway between VE and VJ Days. Here are some wartime questions.

(a) A chinthe on the Embankment denotes a campaign in which country?

(b) The Guinea Pig Club subscribed to the Mclndoe Seat. Where can you see it?

(c) What happened in Fore Street, EC2, at 12.15am on 25 August, 1940?

(d) Which "traitor to France", sentenced to death in August, 1940, lived at the Connaught Hotel, Mayfair, and worked at 4 Carlton Gardens?

 

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