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31 July 2018

One blog closes

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I'm rationalising my blogs. I have too many to keep them all active and so I'm going to cease posting on some of them. In any event,...
13 November 2016

Remembering Rick Cornish

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I read this very poignant story on the BBC News website this morning. Jenny Nater was 21 when she met Eric "Rick" Cornish at Do...
1 November 2015

1st November 1943

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Remembering the men and women, military and civilian, who lost their lives on the 1st November 1943. The following data is courtesy of th...
7 August 2015

Remembering 7th August 1945

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Remembering the following men and women who lost their lives seventy years ago today on the 7th August 1945. His Majesty's Forces -...
30 May 2015

Coventry's civilian war dead - November 14th/15th 1940

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I was in Coventry on Thursday and, having a couple of hours to kill, visited the old cathedral. I also bought a book, Coventry at War, by...
10 May 2015

CWGC to publish WW2 casualty archive

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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has announced that it intends to publish WW2 casualty documents in August 2015 to coincide with th...
4 May 2015

4th May 1945

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Remembering the following British Army officers and men who gave their lives for King and Country seventy years ago today on the 4th May ...
23 March 2015

23rd March 1941

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Remembering the men and women who died whilst serving with United Kingdom forces, or as a result of enemy action, on the 23rd March 1941....
13 March 2015

For King and Country

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Remembering the following British and Commonwealth citizens who gave their lives for King, King Emperor and Kingdom, 69 years ago this da...
21 February 2015

Died in London - 21st February 1944

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The following civilians all died on the 21st February 1944 as a result of enemy action on London. It would appear that some of these 24 c...
1 February 2015

1045805 BQMS William Stephen Holcombe, Royal Artillery

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On this day in 1893 my grandfather Walter Leonard Nixon was born. That's him, pictured above in about 1907. Fast forward 51 years an...