Posts by Michael McGrady Records and researchThe Battles of Tobruk, 1941-42 (Part two)Monday 31 January 2022As the siege came to an end the hospital ship Gloucestershire began making trips...Records and researchThe Battles of Tobruk, 1941-42 (Part one)Friday 21 January 2022Tobruk, a small town and military base in Libya, was the scene of some...Records and researchAbbreviation and identification: Cataloguing war diaries 1939-46Thursday 25 November 2021Several years ago, a project began to improve the listing of the war diaries,...Records and researchThe defence and loss of Crete, 1940-1941 (Part 2)Friday 7 August 2020The Germans planned to lead the invasion of Crete with their airborne troops, with...Records and researchThe defence and loss of Crete, 1940-1941 (Part 1)Thursday 6 August 2020In 1940 Britain began to take an interest in using Crete as a military...Records and researchIt’s a long, long way to Amphipolis: Archaeology in Macedonia (part 2)Friday 14 June 2019The first part of this blog covered the initial search for records relating to...Records and researchIt’s a long, long way to Amphipolis: Archaeology in Macedonia (part 1)Tuesday 11 June 2019In 2014, during an excavation of the ancient Macedonian tomb near Amphipolis in northern Greece,...