Posts by James Cronan 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...Records and researchThe hospital ship BritannicWednesday 16 November 2016We explore the sinking of the hospital ship Britannic, sister ship of the Titanic,... 1 2 3 »
