Today is St Crispin’s Day. I’ll be toasting King Harry and his army this evening. To spoil the great day, the French are having a conference about the Battle of Agincourt. Their historians are claiming the English weren’t that outnumbered, that the French were “heroic” and we generally weren’t very […]

Blogs are always more entertaining when people with different opinions and diverging views end up in the same (virtual) pub. “St. Crispin’s Day” and myself have shared a physical beer or five and also exchanged words of wisdom online – so I’m delighted to invite him on board as an […]

Hat-tip to The Croydonian for this one.Please visit his site – it’s excellent. This from Hansard: Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 29 September 2008…on Trident missiles, how many Trident warheads are either operationally available or undergoing maintenance. Mr. Hutton: The […]

In 2006 the Malaysian Government introduced a new medal, known as the Pingat Jasa Malaysia for British veterans and others who served in operations in Malaya/Malaysia between August 1957 and August 1966. I’m trying to help a friend (RFM Norman McNeill of the Royal Ulster Rifles) who is technically (*cough*) […]