Posts by James Cronan Records and researchFor outstanding bravery: Civilian honours in the Second World WarTuesday 26 September 2023How courageous civilians were recognised for outstanding acts of bravery during The Second World...Archives and archivistsRewarding gallantry on the Home Front: Civilian honours in the Second World WarThursday 25 November 2021To coincide with Catalogue Week at The National Archives, I would like to share...Records and researchForgotten victims of war: Black merchant seamen interned in the Second World WarFriday 29 October 2021To mark the end of Black History Month I would like to share with...Records and researchThe Great Tea Race of 1866Monday 6 September 2021When you look at it today, the phrase ‘for all the tea in China’...Records and researchThe food here is terrible: Accounts of Merchant Seamen interned in the Second World WarSunday 6 June 2021The series BT 373 Merchant Seamen Prisoner of War Records, Second World War, comprises...Records and researchThe Fourth Service: Cataloguing merchant seamen in the Second World WarMonday 1 June 2020To celebrate National Volunteers’ Week, today we focus our attention on the subject of...Records and researchMilestones to peace: The Treaty of St. Germain-en-LayeMonday 9 September 2019The Treaty of Versailles, signed with Germany on 28 June 1919, brought an official...Records and researchMilestones to Peace: The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of VersaillesWednesday 26 June 2019On Monday 18 January, two months after the armistice was signed with Germany, a...Records and researchMilestones to Peace: the Armistice of CompiègneFriday 9 November 2018The guns fell silent on the Western Front on the eleventh hour of the...Records and researchMilestones to peace: the Armistice of Villa GiustiFriday 2 November 2018On 3 November 1918, a delegation from the Austro-Hungarian Empire signed the terms of...Records and researchMilestones to peace: the Armistice of MudrosTuesday 30 October 2018On 30 October 1918 an armistice was signed with the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire, bringing...Records and researchMilestones to peace: the Armistice of SalonicaFriday 28 September 2018Towards the end of the First World War, on 29 September 1918 there was a... 1 2 3 »