Midshipman Cymbeline Alonso Edric Huddart, CSC, RN (1881 – 1899)
Cymbeline Alonso Edric Huddart was born in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn on 6 January 1881, the youngest child of James and Lois Elizabeth Huddart (nee Ingham). His father was […]
Cymbeline Alonso Edric Huddart was born in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn on 6 January 1881, the youngest child of James and Lois Elizabeth Huddart (nee Ingham). His father was […]
On September 2nd 1905, Mr. George H. Oliver, representing W.W. Greener – the well- known English Gun, Rifle and Cartridge maker of Haymarket, London – wrote to the Australian Department […]
King Edward VII died on 6 May 1910 and King George V became King. His coronation took place a year later at Westminster Abbey, London on 22 June 1911 and […]
In Part I of the Alfred Treacy story, the author traces Treacy’s career in the Victorian Navy between 1894 to 1901, the Commonwealth Naval Forces between 1901 and 1911 and […]
Klerksdorp. 20 February 1901 Time has sped with fleeting wings and events of import have followed in its trail since we learned Lord Methuen’s intention of “striking hard” at Hartebeestefontein.
In England Lieutenant William Rooke Creswell RN decided the crowded RN List offered no promise for early promotion. He retired and in 1879 emigrated to South Australia, later working in […]
The diary of Lancelot Giles provides a gripping account of the siege of the foreign legations during the Boxer Rebellion. In the Hollywood movie 55 days at Peking (Allied Artists, […]
(Which includes the roll of all who served) When Major Alexander Thorneycroft of the Royal Scots Fusiliers was asked to form a mounted corps in November 1899 he little realized […]