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Rebecca Clarke
Mar 27, 20232 min read
Finding references
I am starting to wonder when I will come to the bottom of the seemingly bottomless collection of documents and photographs from Arnold’s...
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Rebecca Clarke
Mar 15, 20231 min read
Suitable Commemoration
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...
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Rebecca Clarke
Jan 18, 20232 min read
Building a community
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...
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Rebecca Clarke
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Musings on trauma
I discovered another letter recently. It is written to Richard Feaver Clarke, Arnold’s father, and it is from Arthur Hubbard, Arnold’s...
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Rebecca Clarke
Jan 4, 20232 min read
Published Author
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...
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Rebecca Clarke
Dec 22, 20222 min read
Merry Christmas
Arnold (and many others from HMS India) spent three Christmas’ in Norway. In 1916, Arnold wrote to Nurse Bates “To wish a Christmas...
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Rebecca Clarke
Dec 12, 20222 min read
History is not a static thing
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...
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