I was looking through an attic recently, and I came across this old postcard preserved in a plastic wallet and dated to Edward VII. The
Tag: France
Royal Mint: British D-Day Commemorative 50 Pence Piece (1994)
Today, a padded envelope arrived containing ‘five’ 50 pence pieces (or ‘coins’) commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the British D-Day Landings at Caen and Normandy.
Torquay: WWII D-Day Memorial – We Remember the US Soldiers (17.4.2019)
WW2 Slipways We have visited and photographed this site in passing a few times over the years – but today decided to use out better
Lost History of the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) – How Chinese Labourers Helped Lenin
(Research and Translation by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) ‘Sun Yat-Sen is a revolutionary democrat. The East has finally struck the path of the West… new hundred
Leon Blum’s Anti-Soviet ‘Socialism’
Leon Blum (1872-1950) was a prominent leftwing politician in France, who occupied a number of important political posts over a number of decades. He described
Alfred Gregory Wyles (1916-1976) – War Record 1939-1946 (Military No: 5117194) 1st Battalion Ox & Bucks Light Infantry
Military records are precise and concise and convey very little about the reality of war. As a family we do not subscribe to the notion of imperialist war, but we are proud that our grandfather volunteered to join the British Army to fight fascism in the 1940’s.
