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Warmer Weather
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Warmer Weather

FWC4 November 191429 August 2020
In the afternoon go on the Officers boat deck to witness sports that are going to take place in the competitions.  Bucket quoits, Deck Quoits, driving through bottle blindfolded etc....
Coasts of Spain and Africa
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Coasts of Spain and Africa

FWC4 November 191429 August 2020
Reveille. Walk on deck before breakfast and was surprised to see land so soon on our port side.  Very mountainous and picturesque as the light of the sun shone on...
Straits of Gibraltar
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Straits of Gibraltar

FWC3 November 191429 August 2020
Reveille 6am. Sea moderate, ship steaming in an easterly direction now making for the Straits of Gibraltar. At noon all letters are collected for postage. At 2pm all the Battery...

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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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