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@RHerriott I was interested in Jenny's forefathers, at least the ones who served in the British Army.   Until well after the second wor...

Very quiet this morning.  By 8 am an empty airport bus slogged its way slowly past, a black woman, dressed West Indian style walked slowly u...

                                                         Waterstones   At last, I have finished a book!   Through no fault of my own books...

This book wore me out! I was there at Mons, having travelled all the way from Le Harve, fought a battle with a huge German army outnumbe...

It may be you have had enough of D-Day for a bit, I certainly found the Cathedral service too much to put up with, organ music is not my ...

Nothing to say so here is a picture of a Ferret Scout Car...just because...

The 'troubles' in Northern Ireland that erupted in 1968, ending around 30 years later, still leave heavy scars both on Ireland it...

I knew it was a bug that had disturbed my Blogs equilibrium not my incompetence.  All has returned to normal now so I can fill the page w...

I decided to take a look at the story of the young man lying in the grave at the wee church I visited the other day.  Like many of such...

'Sniper One' at Amazon (link to the right!) After the invasion of Iraq there was a huge role for the occupying forces to establish ...

3Para While flying home for my mothers funeral I got chatting to a man from 3 Para about Afghanistan. This was an interesting conversation w...

I must say the cuts in the British Army do go quite deep. While we are dragged into Afghanistan to fight Americas wars for them I suggest th...

Soldiers are not unused to acts of courage. War gives ample opportunity for bravery, and many unknown hero's have fallen in wars throug...

A video of British troops under fire from large groups of young Iraq teens has been shown today. After handing out aid to a suffering people...