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A First World War Story. My Theme for Remembrance
This was a story my father told me late one night in 1958 as we sat by a dying fire. He was smoking a last cigarette before beginning his nightly routine of winding the clock, putting the empty milk bottles … Continue reading
Posted in Belfast Social History, family, veterans
Tagged Belast, boot camp, driving., fear, first world war, france, Germans, Kaiser, motor cars, Talbot/Clement, trenches
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Auschwitz-Birkenau Remembered
January 27th 1945 a date to be remembered. The day of the Allied liberation of Auschwitz-birkenau. This date is now commemorated annually as International Holocaust Remembrance day. Auschwitz was built in Poland in May 1940. The first extermination of prisoners … Continue reading
Posted in veterans
Tagged Auschwitz, Birkenau, Europe, gas chambers, Germans, Hitler, homosexuals, jehovak witnesses, Jews, nazis, Poles
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The Imitation Game.
Linda and I treated ourselves on Sunday evening. We went out for dinner and then on to a movie. We saw the new film “The Imitation Game” and a very good film it was. The true story of Prof Turing … Continue reading
Posted in Belfast Blitz, veterans
Tagged anderson shelters, Blitz, bombing, code breakers.arsenal, comupters, enigma, FA Cup, Germans, tube station, war
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Ghost of Christmas Past
My Goodness viewing this video brought back so many memories of the wartime Christmas. I had the same toys, the tin helmet, a wooden model spitfire,a tank and a tommy gun. I remember sheltering in the tube stations all night. … Continue reading
Posted in Belfast Blitz, family, veterans
Tagged air raids, Blitz, Bombs, defiant Britian, Germans, shelters, spitfire, standing alone, tin helmets, tommy guns, tube stations, war
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D Day 6th June 1944
Today is the 70th anniversary of the greatest seaborne invasion the world has ever known. It is a time when we need to remember the bravery and courage of the troops who stepped out of those landing crafts onto the … Continue reading
Posted in Belfast Blitz, HM Submarines, HMS Cockade, hms ganges, military, veterans
Tagged 1961, beaches, Belfast, bravery, courage, film, Germans, girl friend, guns, landing craft, longest day, movie, nazis, Normandy, royal navy, Street, street belfast, we shall remember, what war was that.
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History from a Dizzy Height
I don’t suppose I was greatly missed over the last four days,but in case I was!!! please let me explain. On Sunday morning at church a wave of dizziness swept over me, I managed to drive home but spent the … Continue reading
Posted in veterans
Tagged battle of britain, castle, Colditz, courage, escape, Germans, legs, paralympics, se, spitfire
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The Naval prayer
Posted in memory of my two shipmates – John Gould and Ben Scarrot. Rest in Peace old friends The Naval Prayer O eternal Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens and rulest the raging of the sea; who hast … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Troops, Dieppe, Germans, lessons learned, Normandy, RAF, royal navy, secrecy
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Remembering Those times
The first Sunday in May each year is reserved as the Day we remember the “Battle of the Atlantic” I don’t suppose there are too many who remember this particular part of the Second World War. Yet for Winston Churchill … Continue reading
Posted in HM Submarines, HMS Cockade, hms ganges, military, veterans
Tagged Canadian Troops, Dieppe, Germans, lessons learned, Normandy, RAF, royal navy, secrecy
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Speaking French???
There is much talk about French language rights, especially here in Canada. Below is an example of the language complaint!!! A Royal Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and … Continue reading
Posted in HM Submarines, HMS Cockade, hms ganges, military, veterans
Tagged Canadian Troops, Dieppe, Germans, lessons learned, Normandy, RAF, royal navy, secrecy
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The US Navy is not all about War
The USA often get blamed for causing,aiding or manipulating wars around the World. They rarely receive gratitude for the work they do, read below. There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Troops, Dieppe, Germans, lessons learned, Normandy, RAF, royal navy, secrecy
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