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Battery group aims to raise £6,000 to repair vandalised war shelter - Around £40,000 of Grassroots funding is still to be allocated in Torbay. Every year Torbay has unspent Grassroots funding while groups struggle to find funds. Your group could be eligible so please read on!
     
D-Day Event - Over £500 was raised from our fund raising coffee morning held at the Community Methodist Hall in Fore Street on Saturday and at our D-Day Commemorative Event.
WW2 reenactors raise over £1000 - Despite weather reminiscent of that experienced by the troops landing on the D-Day beaches 66 years ago.
     
Reliving D-Day rehearsals - Brixham Battery supporters are dressing in Second World War American GI uniforms and marching along South Devon's coast tomorrow to commemorate the death of more than 750 US servicemen in a pre D-Day exercise at Slapton Sands.
War Shelter Repair and Restoration Appeal - Following the recent bout of vandalism in Battery Gardens, Brixham Battery Group are launching a ‘War Shelter Repair and Restoration Appeal'.
     
Vandals unleash damaging attack on historic battery - Parts of Brixham's wartime heritage centre have been destroyed in a vandalism spree.
Easter, Meet The Home Guard - Brixham Battery celebrated its 8th anniversary of the opening of its Heritage Museum.
     
1940's Dance Do! Sells Out - Eighty guests came along to the Brixham Heights Community Centre on Saturday evening.
Concern over anti-social behaviour at gardens - Drunken youths are gate-crashing the peace of Brixham residents whose sleep is regularly disturbed by their rowdy behaviour.
     
Vandals damage Battery Museum - Brixham Battery Museum suffered damage costing thousands of pounds thanks to a series of bonfires and attempts to dismantle a gun emplacement.
Wartime dance a hit with port revellers - REVELLERS raised more than £200 for Brixham Battery Heritage Museum at a fancy dress ball in the port.
     
Step back in time thanks to Lottery - More than 100 people enjoyed a free visit to Brixham Battery as part of the National Lottery's 15th birthday celebrations.
Town takes a trip back to home front - The Second World War was brought home to Totnes with a special castle heritage day of Dad's Army, gas masks and digging for victory.
     
Battery birthday bash helps to raise £400 - Visitors to the Heritage Centre over the Bank Holiday weekend met members of the Home Guard as would have been seen around the Battery during the Second World War.
Daniel's round-UK bike trip for charity - A volunteer for the Brixham Battery Heritage group and the Lupton Trust, Daniel hopes his peddling will raise money for both charities.
     
Accolade for battery project - Brixham Battery narrowly missed out on a national restoration award, but group members were delighted to be 'highly commended' at a black tie ceremony.
Weather delays the day again 65 years on - History repeated itself when Brixham Battery celebrated the 65th anniversary of D-Day with a free party.
     
Brixham Battery gunning for national heritage award - A project to restore two Second World War gunners' rooms and a 30-metre tunnel at Brixham Battery has put the charity in the firing line for a national award.
Dambuster Johnny captivates students - Veterans of the D-Day landings, the Pacific campaigns and of later conflicts in Malaya spoke of their experiences to pupils at Churston Ferrers Grammar School.