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Month: December 2021

  • December 29, 2021
  • Leave a comment on Sergeant Benjamin F Goldsmith
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Sergeant Benjamin F Goldsmith

This is a most interesting tale for several reasons. Firstly it shows the really extraordinary courage of the man to get back […]

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  • December 21, 2021
  • Leave a comment on Lance Sergeant Ronald Snelling MM
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Lance Sergeant Ronald Snelling MM

An exceptionally brave soldier who gave his life for the liberation of Europe on the 26th of October 1944 Towards the end […]

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  • December 14, 2021
  • Leave a comment on David Lorimer
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David Lorimer

I would like to let you all know what I have found out about this brave chap from Broughty Ferry. He joined […]

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  • December 13, 2021
  • Leave a comment on A Brief Encounter in the Night
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A Brief Encounter in the Night

This is just one tale of a small party of Allied airmen escaping of the Pyrenees into neutral Spain. It is taken […]

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  • December 11, 2021
  • Leave a comment on A Long Road Home From Dunkirk
  • 14 mins
  • 3 years
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A Long Road Home From Dunkirk

This is the tale, taken from my new book ‘Just A Forgotten Hero’, of William MacFarlane and James (Jimmie) Goldie. A remarkable […]

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  • December 7, 2021
  • 2 Comments on Snatched from the Jaws of Death
  • 13 mins
  • 3 years
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Snatched from the Jaws of Death

This is an extract from an appendix to Just A Forgotten Hero that has a brief biography of all the brave patriots, […]

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  • December 6, 2021
  • Leave a comment on December 7th 1941 a date that will live in infamy
  • 9 mins
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December 7th 1941 a date that will live in infamy

The Futility of War The USS Shaw takes a direct hit at Pearl Harbor I know this is the anniversary of the […]

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  1. Rob on Not Just An Ordinary Dinner LadyOctober 21, 2023

    I can not imagine spending days digging out your neighbours' and your own children from that nightmare and then going…

  2. Peter Trehearn on Not Just An Ordinary Dinner LadyOctober 21, 2023

    Thankyou for revealing this and future stories

  3. rob on Off to Join the ForcesJanuary 11, 2022

    Yes the RAF service records would be complete, but I am fairly sure that we would learn nothing new from…

  4. Sylvia Lyn Clough on Off to Join the ForcesJanuary 10, 2022

    Hi Rob, if I were to contact the RAF about my fathers service records would they let me have a…

  5. rob on Snatched from the Jaws of DeathDecember 11, 2021

    Thank you Peter. If anyone deserves to read it you certainly do.

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