‘my ancestor was on the cutty sark’s hell voyage’

WHEN Linda Cracknell organised a special Christmas present for her mum, Jennifer, she could never have imagined the years-long adventure it was to inspire. The gift was a sailing trip on a historic sm

18-year-old soldier Craig Wood was on patrol in ...

Q My great great grandfather, Enoch Coates, was wounded in the Crimean War at Sebastopol. His death notice in the Lichfield Mercury, on Friday 9 December 1910, describes him as a “Crimean Veteran” and

The piece I’d never part with

My last email ended with this: We are both very much looking forward to our Tasman Sea crossing to Nelson, New Zealand. The sea with its infinite cleansing powers should wash away all that earth life

The article on the battle against U-boats in the Second World War in the November issue omitted perhaps the most important episode. That was the part played by the late Joe Baker-Cresswell of Bamburgh