Shaun Lewis
The Gallipoli Campaign Wasn't a Complete Disaster
On 3 December 1915, the submarine HMS E11 sank the Turkish cruiser Yar Hissar in the Sea of Marmara. When relating the history of the...
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Shaun Lewis
Nov 272 min read
More suicidal bravery
On 30 November 1940, Lieutenant Harold Newgass RNVR successfully defuzed a German parachute mine that had landed on Garston Gas Works in...
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Shaun Lewis
Nov 232 min read
How Britain might have lost WW2 in 1939
On 23 November 1939 at Shoeburyness, a German secret weapon was rendered safe by Lt Cdr John Ouvry and CPO Charles Baldwin with...
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Shaun Lewis
Nov 41 min read
The Royal Navy and Secret Intelligence
On 4 November 1939, Admiral Sir Hugh Sinclair, known as Quex, died in office of cancer. He was the second Chief of the Secret...
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Shaun Lewis
Nov 41 min read
WHAT A HERO!
On 3 November 1942, Lieutenant John Stuart Mould RANVR was gazetted for the George Cross for his great courage in mine recovery and...
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Shaun Lewis
Oct 82 min read
Cover Reveal
I am pleased to reveal the front cover of my latest book. The Suicide Club is the fifth book in my WW1 series and its core subjects are...
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Shaun Lewis
Sep 113 min read
This man probably did more than any other to help Britain win WW1 - but I bet you've never heard of him!
On 12 September 1916, the Daily Mail reported large concentrations of British troops in Harwich and Dover. The Germans were convinced...
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Shaun Lewis
Sep 12 min read
Early naval aviators
On 3 September 1912, Leading Seaman O’Connor became the first naval rating to qualify as a pilot after receiving his Royal Aero Club’s...
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Shaun Lewis
Aug 252 min read
The Nautical Origins of the Tank
On 27 August 1914, the first Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) squadron disembarked in Ostend in support of the British Expeditionary...
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Shaun Lewis
Aug 181 min read
Wreaking Havoc in the Baltic
On 18 August 1915, HM Submarine E13 ran aground on the island of Saltholm off Denmark. She and another submarine were attempting to...
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Shaun Lewis
Aug 82 min read
The Sinking of a Turkish Battleship
On 8th August 1915, Lieutenant Commander Martin Nasmith, in command of the submarine E11, torpedoed and sank the Turkish battleship...
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Shaun Lewis
Dec 14, 20222 min read
Death of a hero
Sixteen years ago, Britain’s most decorated war hero died. John Bridge won the GC and a bar to his GM for cold courage in defuzing...
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Shaun Lewis
Feb 14, 20222 min read
John Mould GC GM - An Australian hero of WW2
One of the inspirations for my highly-acclaimed novel on WW2 mine disposal operations They Have No Graves as Yet, was an Australian, John...
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Shaun Lewis
Feb 8, 20222 min read
Perfidy and Tragedy
In August 1915, HM Submarine E13 attempted to navigate the narrow and shallow strait of Oresund between Denmark and Sweden in order to...
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Shaun Lewis
Jan 31, 20222 min read
Draper Kauffman - the founder of the US Navy SEALs
In my latest thriller They Have No Graves as Yet, one of the heroes is an American officer in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve who is...
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Shaun Lewis
Jan 10, 20222 min read
What I would buy with a spare £50,000
In my latest novel They Have No Graves as Yet I honour the men of the #royalnavy mine disposal units during WW2. As such, I was very...
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Shaun Lewis
Nov 27, 20214 min read
A most daring raid
In my novel, The Wings of the Wind, my hero participates in a very daring bombing raid over Germany. The events I describe are accurate...
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Shaun Lewis
Nov 11, 20211 min read
We will remember them
On this emotive day, let's not forget the many servicemen who died by hand of the enemy, but not in action. I am thinking in particular...
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Shaun Lewis
Oct 29, 20211 min read
Publication Day
At last my latest novel They Have No Graves as Yet has been published, although for now it is only available via Amazon. It is an...
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Shaun Lewis
Oct 26, 20212 min read
The most decorated man in the former British Empire
John Bridge, GC, GM & Bar, was the first person to be awarded a bar to his George Medal. He was, also, only one of two people to earn...
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