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nick metcalfe | author & researcher nick metcalfe author & researcher menu skip to content about & contact my blog my books & publications my current projects wwi > all first world war blog posts > blacker’s boys – the book > blacker’s letters – link to the project website > updates to blacker’s boys and additional material about the battalion and the royal irish fusiliers in the great war > cwgc ww1 commemorations in the united states – link to the project website my family at war gallantry > all gallantry blog posts > for exemplary bravery, the queen’s gallantry medal – the book > update to for exemplary bravery (awards since publication and new information) > royal signals gallantry awards 1920-2020 > the burma gallantry medal > the colonial police medal for gallantry other commemorations > commemorative biographies > antoni paszkiewicz project > cemeteries & memorials general military history research – let me help you major robert norman dodds mbe, mc, dcm, mm leave a reply robert dodds served during the first world war in france and flanders with the royal engineers signal service, earning a distinguished conduct medal and military medal. commissioned in 1918, he then added an military cross to his list of decorations in north russia in 1919. he served with royal signals during the second world war, earning an mbe for his conduct during the withdrawal from tobruk to el alamein. read his story on the website of my royal signals gallantry awards project: major r n dodds mbe, mc, dcm, mm this entry was posted in first world war , gallantry , royal signals gallantry awards , second world war on may 20, 2018 by nick metcalfe . march 1918 – sergeant james hughes dcm, mm 1 reply the medals of sergeant james hughes dcm, mm in march 1918, for the third time in 21 months, the 9 th royal irish fusiliers in 108 th brigade, 36 th (ulster) division was all but destroyed. blacker’s boys devotes a whole chapter to the actions fought in the week following the german attack south of the river somme and the subsequent action against the german second phase attack south of ypres. in these actions, 36 th (ulster) division suffered over 7,200 casualties, of which over 5,600 were missing, most of whom had been captured. this was the highest casualty rate of any division facing the german attack. the 9 th royal irish fusiliers lost 46 killed or died of wounds, 142 wounded and an estimated 334 captured. by this stage of the war the battalion was nothing like that which had landed in france in october 1915. the majority of its men were those who had joined from 2 nd north irish horse, there was also a fair number of englishmen—from yorkshire, derbyshire and london—and irish soldiers from all over ireland, both catholic and protestant. many of the men killed in the actions fought in march 1918 were later described as falling in the period 21-29 march or on 29 march but neither of these descriptions is wholly accurate. continue reading → this entry was posted in cemeteries & memorials , commemoration , first world war , gallantry , royal irish fusiliers on march 19, 2018 by nick metcalfe . 21 march 1918 – racecourse redoubt leave a reply one hundred years ago, on 21 march 1918 on the first day of the german offensive that swept back the british fifth army, my great-uncle robbie was captured in the ‘line of resistance’ at the very front of the defensive positions held by 15 th royal irish rifles in 107 th brigade in 36 th (ulster) division. his story is here . 107th brigade forward zone ‘ twice they got out on top and walked along it, clearing enemy out of it with rifle and rifle grenades .’ farther back, ‘d’ company held out in racecourse redoubt until that evening. during the attacks there in the morning, one of ‘d’ company’s platoon commanders, second lieutenant edmund de wind, defended his position most gallantly and, assisted by corporal samuel getgood and lance corporal hubert walker mm, repeatedly cleared the enemy from a trench at the west of the redoubt. around midday de wind was killed; getgood and walker were captured when the redoubt was surrendered that evening. for their gallantry de wind was posthumously awarded the victoria cross and getgood and walker were awarded the distinguished conduct medal. recently i was able to help a descendent of de wind put together some of his story, in preparation for a commemorative event in comber, northern ireland, de wind’s home town prior to his emigration to canada. it is with his permission that i can show these fabulous photographs of his victoria cross. the victoria cross of second lieutenant edmund de wind de wind victoria cross, obverse de wind victoria cross, reverse this entry was posted in cemeteries & memorials , commemoration , first world war , gallantry on march 18, 2018 by nick metcalfe . royal signals gallantry awards 1920-2020 leave a reply the royal signals gallantry awards centennial project now has a facebook page : the project website is here . this entry was posted in gallantry , my current projects , royal signals gallantry awards , uncategorized on november 17, 2017 by nick metcalfe . my family at war – part 7: leave a reply 2097365 leading aircraftwoman marie tarrant neill leading aircraftwoman miriam neill miriam, as she was known all her life, was the third of the five daughters of my great-grandfather william neill ; she had an older brother who died in infancy whom she never met, and the family later adopted a son. [1] marie tarrant neill was born on 16 august 1910 in the family home at james street in lurgan, to which they had recently moved. the women’s auxiliary air force was created on 28 june 1939 from the 48 companies of the auxiliary territorial service supporting the royal air force. conscription of women began in 1941 and miriam neill was enrolled into the waaf that year on 24 july. having reported for training on 11 september 1941, she completed her basic training and was posted as a tailoress to raf box (later renamed raf rudloe manor) in wiltshire, the site of the operations centre of no. 10 group raf. she was billeted at hartham park, a georgian manor house just north of corsham. continue reading → this entry was posted in uncategorized on november 15, 2017 by nick metcalfe . the sinking of the ss lisbon maru leave a reply on 1 october 1942, the ss lisbon maru , a japanese freighter transporting prisoners of war from hong kong to japan, was sunk by the submarine uss grouper . fifty royal signals soldiers died. this is their story and that of the most gallant signalman arnold topliff. ss lisbon maru we shall suffer there by tony banham i must acknowledge the help given by tony banham in the preparation of this story. his three books on the battle for hong kong, the sinking of the ss lisbon maru , and the fate of the prisoners of war are masterly and highly recommended. see hong kong war diary . this entry was posted in commemoration , my current projects , royal signals gallantry awards , second world war on september 30, 2017 by nick metcalfe . discovering the north-west passage leave a reply discovering the north-west passage: the four-year arctic odyssey of h.m.s. investigator and the mcclure expedition by glenn m. stein my rating: 5 of 5 stars this is an outstanding piece of work. ignoring for one moment the incredible story of the crew of hms investigator , this 19th century tale of exploration is superbly researched and documented; as a reference work for the serious student of the history of exploration in the arctic and antarctic it is a ‘must read’. the bibliography is extensive, the notes on the primary sources lend much weight to the author’s conclusions and the tale itself is well told, without hyperbole or flights of imagination. i ordered this from a library in order to study stein’s history of the polar medal. before beginning the book i read the notes on the sources and i’m glad that i did so fir

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