From the very beginning of this project, I have been eager to find photographs of the sailors in HMS India and, more importantly, to be...

Another little gem from my recent searching - this little piece of paper is a bread rations ticket from 1918. Whilst the internees food...

I am starting to wonder when I will come to the bottom of the seemingly bottomless collection of documents and photographs from Arnold’s...

Everytime I enter my father-in-law’s house I take the time to look at the two frames on the wall. The first one you pass as you walk...

Yesterday a letter arrived. It was a letter that I had been waiting for but it wasn’t addressed to me. The letter was one of Arnold’s. ...

A huge part of my research has been trying to contact descendants and relatives of men who served on HMS India. I always figured that if...

I discovered another letter recently. It is written to Richard Feaver Clarke, Arnold’s father, and it is from Arthur Hubbard, Arnold’s...

One of my Christmas presents was a mug from my eldest daughter. Written on it is ‘Published author Est. 2022’. I am keeping it on my...

Arnold (and many others from HMS India) spent three Christmas’ in Norway. In 1916, Arnold wrote to Nurse Bates “To wish a Christmas...

It may appear that history is a static thing. It’s happened and so it doesn’t change. In many ways this is true but what does change is...

I thought that it would be a good idea to add a blog element to the website. It will echo the up-to-date information that I am writing...