Do you know…about Geoffrey Osborn
Do you know about Geoffrey Osborn, pilot and philatelist, and the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich? by Horst Augustinovic Geoffrey Osborn in the RAF. Geoffrey Alan Osborn was born on January 24 1922 in
Historical Stories – A Pallette off the Old Block
by Dr. Edward Cecil Harris, MBE, JP, PHD,FSA A century after the beginning of the Great War (1914–18), we are reminded of the name of the warship HMS Aboukir, for it was on the demise
Do you know… About Colonel Sir Richard M. Gorham, DFC and His Role in the Battle of Monte Cassino?
by Horst Augustinovic Born in Pembroke in 1917 and educated at Saltus Grammar School and Ridley College in Canada, Richard Matthew Gorham enlisted in the Bermuda Volunteer Engineers in 1938 and was attached to the
Bermuda Shorts – The origin
That ‘Bermuda Shorts’ became the stylishly casual choice in the still uptight U.S. of the 1950s? by Horst Augustinovic Only children and athletes wore shorts before World War II. Men wore long pants and women
Bermuda Historical Stories
Tempting Providence in the Caribbean Sea by dr. edward cecil harris, mbe, jp, phd, fsa After the establishment of Jamestown, Virginia (1607) and Bermuda (1612), the London entrepreneurs who settled those places turned their attention
Historical Stories – Heritage Matters: Heroic Rescue at Elbow Beach
by Dr. Edward Cecil Harris, MBE, JP, PHD, FSA “The Hurricane of 1915 commenced early on Sept. 3rd after very sultry weather—calm sea and very rosy sunsets. Its full force was experienced from the N.E.
