Shaun Lewis
An unsung hero of WW1 - Fleet Paymaster Charles John Ehrhardt Rotter
One of the first acts by the Royal Navy during WW1was to have the German underwater telegraphic cables cut in the North Sea, thus denying...
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Shaun Lewis
- Apr 30, 2019
- 2 min
How the Gallipoli campaign might have been avoided for £4M
We have recently commemorated ANZAC Day. In 1915, Australian and New Zealand soldiers participated in an expedition to capture the...
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Shaun Lewis
- Apr 23, 2019
- 2 min
Another submarine salty dit – or how my mother learned I had grown a beard
In submarines it is quite common not to shave when on patrol. This is a throw- back to the days when the Royal Navy operated...
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Shaun Lewis
- Feb 27, 2019
- 1 min
My Third Novel - The Wings of the Wind
I am delighted to announce that I have just submitted my third novel to my publisher. Part of my For Those in Peril series, this story...
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Shaun Lewis
- Feb 15, 2019
- 1 min
When was the centenary of the formation of GCHQ?
Yesterday, HM the Queen marked the start of GCHQ's centenary celebrations. In 1919, the Royal Navy's Room 40, of which I write in my...
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Shaun Lewis
- Feb 11, 2019
- 3 min
The First 'C' - Head of MI6
The current and all past heads of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) are and have been known as 'C', for "Chief", but the first...
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Shaun Lewis
- Feb 4, 2019
- 2 min
The German U-Boat Blockade of Britain
Today (4th February) in 1915, the German government announced that it would impose a submarine blockade of Great Britain with effect 18th...
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