Around three million Czarist Russians were killed and/or wounded (fighting as an Ally of the UK) during WWI between 1914-1917! During 1917 – the Russian
Category: HMS Beaumaris Castle {FY 992} (RNPS) [1940-1945]
Remembering the life of my maternal grandfather – Arthur Gibson (1911-1976) who fought in the Royal Navy Patrol Service (RNPS) during WWII – in the North Atlantic on the HMS Beaumaris Castle (FY 992) – protecting the Russian Arctic Convoys carrying crucial aid to the then beleaguered USSR!
UK: Remembering Our Grandparents on D-Day – 78-Years On! (6.6.2022)
Master Chan Tin Sang (1924-1993) fought in the People’s Militia in Hong Kong! Between 1941-1945, the Hakka Chinese people of the New Territories Area lost
Seaman Arthur Gibson’s WWII Medals & MOD Entitlement Letter (1.12.2021)
His job was to keep the shipping lanes free of Nazi German mines (by shooting to sink them or explode with using mounted Lewis Machine Guns, or WWI 303 Lee Enfield or MK III Ross [303] Rifles), so that the Russian Arctic Convoys could deliver vital aid to the UK’s ally – the Soviet Union! As Arthur Gibson saw frontline service nearly everyday of his four-year service – this fact alone triggered a cascade of medals for time-served in the face of the enemy! I contacted the MOD recently to acquire an official letter confirming his medal entitlement. He would have been proud of his two granddaughters – Mei-An and Kai-Lin living in Sutton and helping me research his glorious past! Arthur Gibson was finally granted his medals on the 19th of September, 1950 – some five-years after the end of WWII – and after other conflicts were well under way around the world!
A Betrayal of British Socialism – My Experience Interfacing with WWII UK Governmental Veteran and Historical Associations! (8.12.2021)
An individual working-class person having to enter the military of a Bourgeois State requires a certain strength of character even before meeting any designated external enemy! The point often not understood is that the bourgeoisie is the eternal enemy of the proletariat but continuously uses the bodies of that proletariat to fight its wars! What is admirable about our working-class ancestors is that they generally exercised very good class consciousness when knowing where and how to ‘join-up’, survived the brutal discipline and the training, and then quite often survived actual combat!
RAF High Speed Motor-Launches – Stornoway (1944) – As Recorded by Stephen Bone
From 2010-2013 I was in written and verbal communication with RNPS Veteran – George Smith (1924-2016) – who entrusted me with his life-story regarding his
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 