Dec 16 2019 The December Disaster of HMS Neptune HMS Neptune, lead cruiser of the Royal Navy's Force K, stationed at Malta in 1941 (Revised from a story posted in 2017) If you have never heard of the terrible disaster involving the cruiser, HMS Neptune, in the early…
Nov 6 2019 The Gallipoli Crusade Remembering the Sacrifice of Private George Simms Oh well I remember that terrible day When our blood stained the sand and the water The classic lines appear in And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda, a poignant song written by Australian…
Nov 9 2018 Remembering the Casualties of the Spanish Civil War They looked for me in the cafes, cemeteries, and churches but they did not find me... Federco Garcia Lorca Eric Ledrew from Lush's Bight, Newfoundland, left home in the spring of 1925 to work as a sailor on the Halifax-New…