From Manchester, he joined up in February 1916. On May 31st that year he was serving aboard HMS Defence, an armoured cruiser, which blew up under heavy fire from the German battleship "Friedrich ...

Together with SMS Leipzig she damaged and forced the escape of the British cruiser HMS Glasgow ... crew of 361and was launched in 1907. She was armored with 10 x 105mm (4.1in) SKL/ 40cal (10 ...

Amidst the numerous Minotaur beetles, busily rolling bits of sheep dung around; one female Mediterranean Oil Beetle. Not quite as large, shiny and charismatic as Black Oil Beetles but with an equally ...

A Narrabundah High School English teacher in the mid sixties was instrumental in helping me improve my grammar. As one with a passion for writing, I was lacking two skills: a broader vocabulary and ...