John and Jan Clews at his Father's grave in the Bayeux Militery Cemery 29th June 2019. Last month it was my privilege to particip...

Two weeks ago it was my good fortune to be able to travel to Normandy with members of the 59th (Staffordshire) Division Association on a pil...

In May 2017 I returned to Normandy for the third time with some special tasks in mind that would wrap up my efforts to complete this 'Pi...

I'm a bit late with this blog site, but the culmination of the work put in on here has finally been realised in print and I am very h...

The waiting is nearly over. I have taken the plunge and sent ‘A Pithead Polar Bear’ off to the publishers so I can say with certainty tha...

The culmination of three years research (not full time I may add) will be the publication of a physical book to be entitled 'A Pithea...

Last week I received an email from Mark McKinty from Larne requesting some information on source documentation on the 59th (Staffordshire) D...

Map showing the 59 (Staffordshire) Division on either side of the Orne 9th to 14th August (with thanks to http://59div.morssweb.com/)...

Map indicating the operational area of 'Pomegranate' 16th-17th July 1944 (with thanks to http://59div.morssweb.com/) The seco...

Having just seen the now much transformed location of the 5th Battalion's first action, it was absolutely fitting that our next port ...

Arial view of St. Contest showing the location of the Church and Chateau Having spent a full Saturday driving along three quarters of t...