News: Cranwell "State of War Exists"


27th November 1988: Prime Minister Cranwell announced to the nation that "a state of war now exists in Britain" as the Guards Division attacked and defeated Territorial Army units outside Milton Keynes positioned to block their advance up the M1. Cranwell appeals to other army units to "remain loyal to the democratically elected government and not dishonour their traditions by deserting to support the old establishment elite".

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  1. John Lambshead25 May 2010 at 09:47

    Milton Keynes is the sort of place that might look better after a good battle.

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  2. Benjamin of Wight25 June 2011 at 14:00

    I used to play in that "village" in the '80s...

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  3. Benjamin of Wight25 June 2011 at 14:13

    That would have been 4RGJ(v) as the TA in Milton Keynes. I was HAC (a London based STA unit)at this time, a unit that a) dated back to Henry VIII and b) split in the last civil war Phillip Skippon being our Captain General. The 1988 makeup of the HAC would probably make it a Royalist unit in this timeline.

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