ABOUT US
The Field Detectives is a group of historians that seek opportunities to survey fields that can tell us more about how our historic landscapes evolved. By sharing the findings from our field surveys, we help to inform and re-engage people with their local heritage. One of our favourite sayings is “Every field tells a story”.
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Lest We Forget
To those who laid down their lives so that we could be free.
We will be presenting our talk on The Flying Hulls at St Mary Magdalene's Church in Newark on Thursday, 12 November 2026 at 2.00 pm. It tells the story of two South African cousins who joined the RAF as pilots and the sacrifices they made during World War II. Caesar Barrard Hull lost his life in a Battle of Britain dogfight in 1942, and George Laurence Bazett Hull, who survived imprisonment in Stalag Luft III, took part in The Great Escape and the Long March, only to lose his life in a tragic training accident in 1946 at Goadby Marwood in Leicestershire. The full story can be downloaded here.
Also read how The Field Detectives helped trace two lost Avro Lancasters that went out from Langar Airfield, Nottinghamshire, on 25 November 1942 and the Commemoration Days, which brought together relatives of the lost crews to remember their loved ones.
And let us not forget the 5000 lives that were lost in training accidents, two of which died at Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire, during preparations for D-Day.
That is real treasure. Read their stories here.
Steady As She Goes - the poignant memories of a D-Day Navy 'medic' can be read in this short story written by Emmaline Severn, aka Catherine Pincott-Allen.
The Field Detectives Talks Calendar