Royal Navy Reserve (Trawler section)
How a WW1 trawler swept for mines
Two fishing boats, a steel wire, a wooden kite and a man on the winch brake. This is how trawlers cleared German mines from the
This section gathers my research, essays, and commentary on the First World War home front in Yorkshire. You can browse the full archive below or explore by category using the menu.
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Two fishing boats, a steel wire, a wooden kite and a man on the winch brake. This is how trawlers cleared German mines from the
I was interviewed by Leslie S. Lowe for the Historical Novel Society about A Penny a Shell. It was a chance to talk about where
In January 1916, a Scarborough trawler called the Rosy Morn struck a mine in the North Sea, and two local men never came home. This
On Thursday 3rd September 2026, I had the great pleasure of speaking at the Active Living Section luncheon at The British Club Bangkok. The Club
Out 1st November – Seventeen-year-old Will Topping wants only one thing: to be treated like one of the men. Aboard HMT Rosie Morn, that respect
A recent talk at the Rotary Club of Bangkok gave me the opportunity to take the story behind A Penny a Shell from podcasts to