Tag: Deaths Records and researchThe sinking of SS Mendi: an avoidable tragedyTuesday 21 February 2017The sea was calm on the afternoon of 20 February 1917 as the SS...Records and researchShot at the TowerMonday 15 August 201675 years ago Josef Jakobs was shot by firing squad - the last person...Records and researchCaptain Fryatt: forgotten martyr of the First World WarWednesday 27 July 2016Captain Fryatt was only the second British civilian to be executed during the war…......Records and researchUncovering a sad tale of murder and suicideWednesday 13 April 2016This is a true story, involving a real family 120 years ago, pieced together...Records and researchShakespeare’s will: a new interpretationTuesday 5 April 2016I’ve been looking in detail at one of our treasures: Shakespeare’s original will. And...Records and researchCoroners’ inquest recordsTuesday 15 March 2016The office of coroner was formalised in 1194, to consider the circumstances of sudden...Records and researchRemembering the City of Benares tragedyThursday 17 September 2015A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog on the torpedoing of passenger...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: A trooper in YpresFriday 31 October 2014For today’s blog post, I would like to share the wartime experiences of my...Records and researchLetters from a grave new worldFriday 31 October 2014Halloween may traditionally be considered to be the time of the year when the...Records and researchDeath of a PrinceMonday 27 October 2014On 27 October 1914 at Zonnebeke in the Ypres Salient, Prince Maurice of Battenberg,...Records and researchSentenced to death: Private Thomas James HighgateMonday 8 September 2014‘I have lost my army, and I mean to get out of it’ (WO...Records and researchThe same age as my tongue, and a bit older than my teethWednesday 31 July 2013This is an unfailingly accurate, if not exactly helpful, answer to the question ‘How... 1 2 »