by enew28_ov9q09c5 | Nov 20, 2022 | Falklands 1982
In memory of Dad – Cenotaph 2022 Hard though it was to believe, it dawned on me last year that 2022 would mark 40 years since the Falklands War. Dad left Portsmouth on HMS Fearless less than 18 hours after being notified of his involvement and Mum, my brothers...
by enew28_ov9q09c5 | Jun 20, 2021 | World War Two
A Tale of Two Sisters The 21 June 1941 was a cloudy but warm summer day, so it can be imagined that the children evacuated from the Portsmouth and Gosport areas now living in the rural area of Rownhams, would have been playing outside. The area must have been...
by enew28_ov9q09c5 | Sep 30, 2019 | The Great War, World War One
In the footsteps of heroes… Leaving Blighty Day one POMPEY REMEMBERS TOUR 2017 When the alarm went off at 3.30 am on Saturday 17 June, so began a weekend full of emotion, nostalgia, pride, education and remembrance. A motley crew of 30 people ranging in ages from 10...
by enew28_ov9q09c5 | Sep 30, 2019 | The Great War, World War One
The love between a mother and her son is forever… Henry Joseph Manwaring was the youngest of eight children and the only boy in the family. Harry was born at 91 St Thomas Street, Portsmouth on 13 June 1898 to father, Henry, an Engine Fitter and mother Violetta....
