HMS Neptune, lead cruiser of the Royal Navy's Force K, stationed at Malta in 1941

In the early morning hours of Saturday, December 19, 1941, one of the worst disasters in the proud history of Britain's Royal Navy unfolded off…

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…

 They looked for me in the cafes, cemeteries, and churches but they did not find me...

 Federico Garcia Lorca

Eric Freeman Ledrew, my uncle and namesake, from Lush's Bight, Newfoundland, left home in the spring of 1925 to work as…