I remember once being shown two versions of the ‘British’ casualty lists for the Falklands War (1982) – one which had only Western-sounding (or ‘Gurkha’)
Tag: North Atlantic
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!
Nazi German U-Boat (U1009) Captured by the HMS Beaumaris Castle (FY 992) – Butt of Lewes (8.5.1945) – As Recounted by Telegaphist George Smith (2005) and Included in Lawrence Paterson’s (2009) Book ‘Black Flag’!
The reader must always keep in-mind the sheer horror of the Nazi German regime and the atrocities that regime perpetuated upon the world. Nazi German
Emails: German U-Boat Museum – HMS Beaumaris Castle (FY 992) (17.11.2021)
Author’s Note: As a British person who a) understands the sheer horror of the Nazi German regime – and b) has family members who fought
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 