Participants

There’s an extremely impressive line up of participants – all are present both days unless otherwise stated.

Historic aircraft

The Grace Spitfire (Spitfire fighter), Hardwick Warbirds (2 Mustang fighters) and Sally B (B17 Flying Fortress).

Today’s military and other performers

Military contingents: The Light Dragoons including Scorpion light tanks; 7 Air Assault Battalion Field Gun Team; solders and veterans of the Royal Gurkha Rifles; members of the Royal British Legion

Parachutists: The Tigers, the Princess of Wales Regiment Freefall Parachute Team.

Bands and musicians: Buglers from The Rifles (both days); Cambridgeshire Army Cadet Corps Band (both days); Colchester & District Pipes and Drums (Sunday); Glenmoriston Pipe Band(Saturday); City of Norwich pipe Band (Saturday); Royal British Legion Corps of Drums (Long Melford) (Sunday) Swing Street Big Band (Sunday) and Freddie & Friends New Orleans Jazz Band (both days).

Equestrian display: Rockin’ Horse Productions

Dog displays: The Lowestoft Dog Team and Terry Strowger

Motorcycle displays: The Imps Motorcycle Display (Saturday) and  Bolddog Lings Freestyle Motocross Team (Sunday)

Fire Service displays: Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service

Sports: Rugby demonstration by Woodbridge Rugby union Football Club

Youth challenge: A show within a show with up to 250 cadets in various teams battling for victory!

Re-enactment and living history groups & displays

Classical Greek: The Hoplite Association (living history encampment and armour/weapons displays)

Roman: Legio XIIII Gemina Martia Victrix Armoured C1st legionaries, auxiliaries, drill displays and battle tactics) and The Vicus (living history)

Early Medieval: Regia Anglorum (Saxons and Vikings, combat and “village”) and Jarl-Saebertsfolc Herred (Saxon living history, part of The Vikings).

Medieval: The Albini Household (knights, encampment and combat); The Knights Hospitaller Association (living history encampment and have-a-go archery) and The Paladins of Chivalry (knights, encampment, combat and displays).

C17th: The English Civil War Society (Battles, displays and living history encampment)

Victorian: The 16th Lancers (1846 Battle of Aliwal era equestrian displays) and 1879 Society (Zulu War redcoats)

American Civil War era: The Southern Skirmish Association (Battles, parades, drill displays and soldiers’ encampments) and massed artillery of the The American Civil War Society

WWI: The Great War Society (living history encampment plus drill & firing displays) and The 16th Lancers (1914 era equestrian displays)

Inter-war: Croix de Guerre  (British and French weaponry display)

WWII: The Airborne Eagles Living History Group (US 101st Airborne); Axeholme Heavy Horse (1940s Home Front); Civil Defenders (Home Guard, subject to final confirmation); The Burma Mules and the Chindit (Burma campaign mules); Military Equipment Collectors (living history); Sittingbourne Homefront Society (WWII military police),

Post WWII: Past Regiments (post war military living history)

Plus multi-era fashion through the ages show by Hands on History.