Shaun Lewis
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 25
- 2 min
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 18
- 1 min
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 8
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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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Shaun Lewis
- Oct 19, 2021
- 1 min
An act of villainy
In August 1915, the British E-class submarine, HMS E13, attempted to navigate the perilously narrow and shallow Kattegat between Denmark...
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Shaun Lewis
- Oct 11, 2021
- 1 min
Could early submariners escape?
Following the BBC TV series Vigil there has been much interest in submarines and I have been asked many questions on various matters of...
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Shaun Lewis
- Oct 5, 2021
- 2 min
What were sailors doing in the WW1 trenches?
107 years ago, the Royal Naval Division (RND) arrived in Antwerp by requisitioned London buses to reinforce the retreating Belgian Army. ...
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Shaun Lewis
- May 12, 2021
- 2 min
So who was Gustav Steinhauer?
Yesterday, the BBC mentioned Gustav Steinhauer in connection with the Queen's Speech and its reference to the new Counter-States Threat...
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Shaun Lewis
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
A BLAST FROM THE PAST ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
This is one of my favourite cartoons. It is a tribute to Edith Garrud, a martial arts instructor prior to WW1. Only 4' 11" in height,...
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Shaun Lewis
- Feb 26, 2021
- 1 min
W O Bentley's influence on early naval aviation
After WW1, Walter Owen Bentley established his own company manufacturing sporting cars, but during the war he was commissioned in the...
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Shaun Lewis
- Feb 18, 2021
- 1 min
Who came up with the concept of Strategic Bombing?
Strategic bombing is designed to destroy a country's ability to wage war by bombing from the air the enemy's infrastructure, such as...
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