Category Archives: Navy

The end of an era…

Posted on February 3, 2021 by G. A. Michael Sims

I have decided to step down as a trustee of the Lord Kitchener Memorial Holiday Centre, Lowestoft. With a family connection of active support going back to 1919 it’s a bit of a wrench but there comes a time when … Continue reading →

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Lowestoft’s life-saving ‘Cuckoo’ alarm in WW2

Posted on February 19, 2016 by G. A. Michael Sims

The 1st February 2017 will be the 75th anniversary of a tragic incident which took place in Victoria Road, Lowestoft in 1942 during WW2, when  a mother and her two children were killed by a German bomb. Their deaths, however, … Continue reading →

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Kitchener AGM 2014

Posted on September 14, 2014 by G. A. Michael Sims

Another year has gone by and the Annual General Meeting of the Lord Kitchener Memorial Holiday Centre at Lowestoft – colloquially “Kitchener’s” – has come round again being held last Friday evening at the Centre in Kirkley Cliff. Once again … Continue reading →

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Lowestoft WW1 Memorial

Posted on January 29, 2014 by G. A. Michael Sims

Recently a neighbour, knowing my interest in local and military history, showed me a programme for the dedication of the memorial to the 716 Lowestoft men killed during World War One. The sadder thing still about the memorial, apart from … Continue reading →

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WW2 letters from Lowestoft

Posted on September 11, 2013 by G. A. Michael Sims

After the best part of twenty years I’ve finished but was it worth it? I’m not the best judge of that. The discovery of a collection of letters from one member of my family to another, recording events in my … Continue reading →

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‘A Passage to Sword Beach’ by Brendan A. Maher

Posted on August 20, 2013 by G. A. Michael Sims

One of the joys of selling second-hand books is the opportunity to read your stock. When cataloguing I try to summarise the content of all our non-fiction but occasionally you come across one that you dip into and just can’t … Continue reading →

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RNPS Commando – Petty Officer Harold Hiscock

Posted on October 21, 2012 by G. A. Michael Sims

I was recently talking to a colleague, a retired British Army Major who now leads battlefield tours in Europe and who had been investigating the records of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, in what was East Germany. He had come across a … Continue reading →

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RNPS Silver Badge File (II)

Posted on October 21, 2012 by G. A. Michael Sims

On delving deeper into the file about the Royal Naval Patrol Service Silver Badge in the National Archives (the account of the discovery of which was first published in the RNPS Newsletter), we find it lays to rest some of … Continue reading →

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An RNPS silver badge file in the National Archives

Posted on April 23, 2011 by G. A. Michael Sims

Late last year I was asked if I would like to give a short talk to the local Rotary Club about the Royal Naval Patrol Service. Flattered that anyone would think that I knew enough about RNPS to take it … Continue reading →

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Dunkirk anniversary

Posted on May 27, 2010 by G. A. Michael Sims

To coincide with the 70th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk we have nearly 60 items containing accounts of the progress of the withdrawal or the experiences of the soldiers, sailors and airmen involved.

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