Germans recount life inside Canadian WW2 POW Camps
My most recent research project focused on a First World War veteran who served in the Veteran Guards of Canada (VGC) during the Second World War. Resources pertaining to the […]
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Remembrance Day 2020
In 2015 I wrote about two brothers from Essex, 2nd Lieut. Henry Harry Skelton and 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin Dowell Skelton, both of whom died in the last six weeks of […]
Free Digital Downloads from The National Archives
The saying goes that every dark cloud has a silver lining and that is certainly the case with The National Archives at Kew. COVID19 has forced them to close their […]
Frontline Salute: Red Gables Hospital Part 2
I’m continuing my tribute to those battling COVID-19 in our hospitals, nursing homes and as first responders by digging through my archives of First World War hospital photographs. This is […]
Frontline Salute: Red Gables Hospital Part 1
I’m continuing my tribute to those battling COVID-19 in our hospitals, nursing homes and as first responders by digging through my archives of First World War hospital photographs. This week […]
Boots on the Ground
For most of us this Easter long weekend will be unlike any other. A one to two hour walk close to home has been part of my daily ritual for […]
Frontline Salute: Abbots Barton V.A.D. Hospital
I’m continuing my tribute to those battling COVID-19 in our hospitals, nursing homes and as first responders by digging through my archives of First World War photographs. This week I”m […]
Free e-Books from Osprey Publishing (Limited Offer)
UK-based Osprey Publishing is offering up 5 free e-Books each week to fans of military history. It is a limited time offer lasting four weeks only. I just recently became aware of it and missed out on week 1 however I did download the titles for week 2 and so […]
A Salute to those on the Pandemic Front Line
I can’t begin to count the number of books, articles, and correspondence I’ve read over the past ten years in an attempt to gain insight into the lives of those […]
Merry Christmas and All the Best in 2020!
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of my readers! I’d especially like to thank those of you who have helped keep this site going by […]
