Book Signing by Dean Holland

Author Dean Holland will do a book signing at Victoria Bookshop, 6 Bridge Street, Haverfordwest, SA61 2AD, on 17 July between 10am and 12 noon.

His new book, Pembrokeshire’s Military History, tells a story reaching back into the late Bronze Age.

“Even today,” he tells us, “ancient hill forts and coastal defences can be discerned in the landscape. Norman settlement in Pembrokeshire and Welsh resistance created monumental castles which are still prominent in the landscape, including Pembroke, Carew and Manorbier, and later the strategically important harbours on the coastline such as Milford Haven, Fishguard and Pembroke Dock were further fortified.

“During the First and Second World Wars, Pembrokeshire played an important role in the aerial war, with what became the world’s largest military flying boat station during the battle for the Atlantic, and numerous airfields inland, some continuing into the Cold War.”

Dean’s book will be of interest to all with curiosity about this rich military history.