Battle of Jutland Memoir Below is Chapter 14 from "Through the Hawse Pipe" which are the unpublished memoirs of Captain Alexander Grant CBE DSC....
The first HMS Zulu was an Tribal (or F-) Class destroyer launched September 16, 1909 at Hawthorn Leslie Shipyard and commissioned in March, 1910....
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Thought you maybe interested in this ... :) http://www.deepimage.co.uk/wrecks/audacious/audacious990-article.htm By the way - I read there were...
Rene Crabos was one of the Godfathers of French rugby ... here he is, in February 1922, shaking hands with King George at Twickenham... before...
THE GRAND RENE CRABOS - SONNET TO CAPTAIN CRABOS That Foot-ball is a real sport A set of English invention In all cases it would be wrong To...
Rene Crabos Full name: Rene Crabos Nickname(s): Le Genie du rugby / Napoleon Gender: Male Height: 5'6" (167 cm) Weight: 150 lbs (68 kg)...
Thought this maybe of interest ! :) The man who is as much a part of French rugby as William Webb Ellis is to world rugby is known by the very...
Hope this helps somebody ! :) List of Merchant Seamen and Fishermen detained as Prisoners of War in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey, 31st May...
So courageous for such a young man ! .... does anybody know if he was buried or cremated ? Springvale Botanical Cemetery Springvale Victoria,...
I love this first picture .... he's so at ease !! :) .... what a man he was - when you read his story ... a very brave soldier ... in more ways than...
Medal entitlement of Private William Jackson, 17th Bn ( New South Wales ) AIF Victoria Cross 1914-15 Star British War Medal ( 1914-20 )...
Henry Dalziel No. 1936 V.C. Henry (Harry) Dalziel was born on the 18-02-1893 at Ragged Camp near Irvinebank, after Harry’s schooling in Irvinebank...
Scroll down !! :) Scotland - France 1921, or how Rene Crabos led the first away victory of a French side in Great Britain...
A "complete" list of Aus & NZ inscriptions on Gallipoli can be found at http://www.anzacs.org/ New Zealand soldiers normally did not have...
I read it was a young Polish girl .... September 1st (?) heres a piece about it ! A ten-year-old Polish girl named Kazimiera Mika, mourns the...
*A " George " snippet ..... George must have worked at the family business ... Crabbie's Ginger Wine !! :) George Ernest CRABBIE, Company...
*Snippet ... John Edward CRABBIE Advocate, b. 11 April 1879 at 42 Heriot Row, Edinburgh m. 24 April 1906 at St Andrews Church, Drumsburgh Gardens,...
Some bits and pieces Gareth !! John Edward Crabbie was born in 1879 in Edinburgh, Scotland He Scottish Rugby XV 1900 - 1905 in 1900 He married...
Just look at how many British Fishing Vessels were lost at sea due to enemy action in August 1914 ! the numbers dwindled a little for the rest of the...
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