War Posts

Hello all -  Happy Sunday!  ​ Staveley Road is a quiet thoroughfare in the archetypal middle-class suburb of Chiswick, on the outskirts of London. No. 1, Staveley Road is located towards one end, approximately halfway between Chiswic…

Hello all -  Happy Sunday!   A couple of weeks ago I mentioned my recent trip to London. I  walked the tourist route around Whitehall, Parliament Square and down to Buckingham Palace.  During that trip, I also popped into S…

Hello all -  Happy Sunday!   There’s little more exciting than uncovering the life of a true hero, and one that has remained seemingly unknown and uncelebrated - at least in my neck of the woods in the UK. I am sure down under …

Hello all Happy Sunday! A couple of weeks ago, many of us watched the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, the beginning of the end of World War II in Europe. Today marks another anniversary of a slightly less solemn na…

Hello all - Happy Sunday!   This week marks a key historical memory of World War I, one in which I have a particular interest — the Scuttling of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow on June 21, 1919. My grandfather, Cecil Edward Bottle, …

Hello all -  Happy Sunday!   ...and at last, our very first newsletter! Huge apologies to those of you who have been subscribed for a while - I hope it's worth the wait! ​Incredibly, the Batting the Breeze podcast has b…