The book places the story of HMS Tamar into the larger pictures of the expansion and decline of the British Empire and, in the post-war period, of the after effects of that empire, especially in the post-colonial era. It also places the Tamar in the context of a unique and little studied, 50-year experiment in which the Royal Navy designed and operated troopships as commissioned warships, and developed early systems of amphibious warfare that were not subsequently built upon. <Read more ...>
Submitted by Ladyshippers on Wed, 2018-10-24 23:06
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1932
My Father is On the right posing as Aladin. Taken at San Wai Camp in 1932 when he was serving with the South Wales Borderers. Cyril John CLIFFORD from Cardiff. Enlisted C 1929. He lied about his age to enlist, as he was 17. <Read more ...>
Interesting account here of two years spent doing national service in the Royal Artillery, mostly in Hong Kong. Some good photos appear at the end of each chapter.
