Dedicated to all those who have served & those still serving. 19,000 British soldiers died on July 1st 1916, the first day of the Somme campaign. As well as marking and recording existing graves, the [more…]
Some of you may recall that I have been trying to claim my deceased father’s WW2 medals as a Merchant Navy seaman. It has taken a year and with a great deal of help from [more…]
I’m back again with the second part of this series about the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 – the Luftwaffe’s forgotten fighter. In the first part we covered the genesis of the Fw 190 and how the [more…]
While going through all my father’s bits and pieces, which have been boxed up since his death, I came across a four page type-written reminiscence of the time he was stationed in Dover between 1940-41. [more…]
-1.- Thanks for introduction. Originally suggested review of OVERLORD. Broad coverage of the operation is not feasible in a talk of this sort so I won’t attempt it, except to quote something that was said at [more…]
Why did I choose to write this; long forgotten reports of missiles in Egypt and the way the press didn’t seem to take it very seriously at the time. It is time for a closer [more…]
Those of you who have defied all tradition and read my ramblings about The Right Club may just remember the name Tyler Kent. He was the cipher clerk at the US Embassy who was passing [more…]
Part 1 was the background to the origins of the Right Club and introduced some of the members who via various other shady organisations eventually joined the club. The very first fascist organisation in the [more…]
This is a note about my visit to the Peace Memorial Museum at Hiroshima. Some of what follows is gruesome. I’ve long been interested in military history, and I’ve been fortunate to visit the site [more…]
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