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Hop, Hop, Hop, Hooray!
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Hop, Hop, Hop, Hooray!

FWC7 November 191429 August 2020
A boom was stretched across the harbour, one of our own officers and a sergeant were landed here owing to illness, they were taken off in the hospital pinnace. When...
Steaming for Valletta
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Steaming for Valletta

FWC7 November 191429 August 2020
As daylight is dawning we can see the outline of Malta.  During the night we had drifted west several miles, from Valetta. Reveille, then relieve the last guard at 6a.m.,...
Search Lights at Malta
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Search Lights at Malta

FWC6 November 191429 August 2020
About 8.30pm we started to see a flashlight on the horizon, when we had travelled further we found out that it was the search lights at Malta. Then lights out,...

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Kent History

  • Dover War Memorial Project : Volunteer project honouring those lost from the front-line town of Dover.

National Museums & Collections

  • Imperial War Museum (IWM) : Information about IWM London, IWM North, IWM Duxford, Churchill War Rooms and HMS Belfast
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