Heraldry of the Oceans: The Garb of the Merchant Seafarer, Alastair Arnott

Heraldry of the Oceans: The Garb of the Merchant Seafarer, Alastair ArnottNew Paperback Throughout history, Britain's merchant seafarers have formed a mighty force, explanding throughout the nineteenth century and reaching its peak in the 1960s. Though seemingly one body, it comprised many individual companies, each with its own traditions and identity. However, the rapid diminution of the British flagged fleet in recent years has all but extinguished this structure, and those who had intimate experience of it are now

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Elizabeth-Jane Burnett celebrates the unsung hero of the plant world with a unique blend of poetry

She is at once alone and yet surrounded

its lively text describes the Regular battalions' activities up to the disbandment of Tiger Company in 1975

others taken by soldiers on the ground

one sister heads back into the darkness

mother of three small animals

The 4th and 5th Battalions

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The Voyage Out

slept in and were paid