20th Century
Remembrance Sunday
Illustrating the Apocalypse: Goodbye Old Man Address to Legion lunch 5th June 1994 at the Jameson Hotel Just an Ordinary Jack Tar? The Place where Trust died The Merchant Navy Boy A Medic with 130 [more…]
Remembrance Sunday
20th Century
Illustrating the Apocalypse: Goodbye Old Man
With all the fuss surrounding the marking of the centenary of the End of War to end all Wars, one name was sadly missing from most reports. Step forward one Fortunio Matania. Who he? Draw [more…]
20th Century
Just an Ordinary Jack Tar?
This November 11th at 11.00 am., as in past years, we take time to remember and honour those men and women who served in our armed forces, some of whom made the ultimate sacrifice protecting [more…]
Arts
Death, why are we so frightened of it?
There is one thing sure, death & taxes. We are all going to die, we all know that don’t we ? There are no exceptions. It is why we have car insurance (we might crash) [more…]
20th Century
The Place where Trust died
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…]
20th Century
The Merchant Navy Boy
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…]
20th Century
A Medic with 130 Fld. Amb. RAMC; September 1940-41
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…]
20th Century
Address to Legion lunch 5th June 1994 at the Jameson Hotel
-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…]
Peace
It’s time to take a couple of minutes for quiet contemplation
Dedicated to all the men & women of the British Armed Services, especially those killed in the line of duty since WW1 and the countless numbers injured and disabled defending our country and way of [more…]