Real Lives: remembering William Laker RN 1911-42

Stoker 1st Class William Laker RN (C/KX.130176), aka my Great Uncle Bill, was born in 1911 in Penge, South East London to parents John, a ...

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The HMS Curacoa incident 1942

On 2nd, October 1942 about 60 km north of the coast of Ireland HMS Curacoa (D41) was escorting the ocean liner  RMS  Queen Mary  carrying ...

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First World War records go up in smoke

World War One researchers quickly become aware of the loss of the bulk of soldier’s records as a result of a German incendiary bomb striking...

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Real Lives: Remembering Lilian Sceats of Bethnal Green

During my recent visit to the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster Memorial, my attention was drawn to a colourful wreath with a photo of a young...

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The Bethnal Green Tube Station Disaster 1943

On 3rd March 1943, following the sounding of the air raid sirens in Bethnal Green, East London, people made their way towards the undergroun...

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