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When Britain Stood Alone
Much has been made over the years about how Bulldog Britain stood alone in the defence of freedom in the early part […]
Author: Rob
WIlliam Loveday.
Today’s forgotten hero is William Dunmore Loveday. A man from very humble beginnings who saved thousands of lives. He was born in […]
Normandy
Today’s hero is my father. In truth I know little of what he did in Normandy as he would never talk about […]
From Singapore To The Burma Railway.
Some time ago I discovered that my 6th cousin, Phyllis Eileen Brown, who was born in Kettering in 1911, married a Walter […]
Remembering a True Hero
Today I want to remember Waclaw Czekalski. He was born on the 8th of July 1918 in Wolkowsk Poland which is now […]
Not Just An Ordinary Dinner Lady
I started writing this, or rather trying to, on the 56th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. But for a Welshman and grandson […]
The R101 Tragedy, a Personal Tale.
A brief history of Thomas Arthur Auckland Key who died in the crash of the R101.
Remembering Gustave Delaide
A True Resistance Hero Gustave was born in 1904 in Waterloo. In 1942 he was a farmer in the village of Le […]
Pearl Harbor
I wrote a post about this on the same date last year. You can find it here and it mentions the danger […]
Remembrance Sunday
I will not be going to the Remembrance Service at our local War Memorial today. I rarely do. Not because I don’t […]