Robert Lock

The Monk ?

There are worlds out there where the sky is burning. And the sea's asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke, and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger. Somewhere there's injustice. And somewhere else, the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace — we've got work to do!".

I never sent him an original. What was the point? He had been hanged

happening outside the window I would have said he was very civilised. Odd, isn't it? But maybe there was a rather dishonourable reason. I have always found it difficult to dislike someone who was an admirer of my work. And strangely, Kramer was.

Kramer gave Giles his Walther P38 pistol and holster, a ceremonial dagger, and his swastika armband, in return asking for a signed original of Giles's work. Giles said:
I have to say, that I quite liked the man. I am ashamed to say such a thing. But had I not been able to see what was

At one point during World War II he was assigned as War Correspondent to the Coldstream Guards unit which liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Giles interviewed the camp commandant, Josef Kramer, who turned out to be aware of and an admirer of Giles's work.

his cartoons were reprinted in poster form for the Railway Executive Committee and others. In 1945 he became the Daily Express's "War Correspondent Cartoonist" with the 2nd Army

Giles was rejected for war service for being blind in one eye and deaf in one ear following a motorcycle accident, but made animated shorts for the Ministry of Information, while some of

Ronald "Carl" Giles OBE (29 September 1916 – 27 August 1995), often referred to simply as Giles, was a cartoonist who worked for the British newspaper the Daily Express.

Although Searle published the first St Trinian's cartoon in the magazine Lilliput in 1941, his professional career really begins with his documentation of the brutal camp conditions of his period as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese in World War II

when Singapore fell to the Japanese. He spent the rest of the war as prisoner, first in Changi Prison and then in the Kwai jungle, working on the Siam-Burma Death Railway

In April 1939, realizing that war was inevitable, he abandoned his art studies to enlist in the Royal Engineers. In January 1942, he was in the 287th Field Company, RE in Singapore. After a month of fighting in Malaya, he was taken prisoner along with his cousin Tom Fordham Searle,

Ronald William Fordham Searle CBE RDI was an English artist and satirical cartoonist, comics artist, sculptor, medal designer and illustrator. He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of St Trinian's School and for his collaboration with Geoffrey Willans on the Molesworth series.

He later joined the carrier HMS Formidable.

initially as a Sub-Lieutenant in 1940 and then being promoted to Lieutenant in 1941. He served in the Eastern Mediterranean aboard HMS Peony

HMS Peony
Herbert Geoffrey Willans was an English writer and journalist. He is most famous for creating the funny schoolboy character.

During the Second World War, Willans obtained a temporary wartime commission in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,

I'm pretty sure there was a Black Mirror episode on this .

Would the gun crew be hanging over the water if they tried to fire on the Beam ?

A Belgium example 1917 in Loo sector

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Have you ever explored the world of WW1 River gunboats ?

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Yes bring on the gunboats occasionally I'll stumble across a photo normally of something French and think interesting I must try and find out more about them.

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If given a Cutlass remember nor to spend too much time admiring it. This is called Naval gazing and is discouraged

Spot on the Faa Di Bruno she could do around 3 knots

It does look that way

Italians hold my Chianti

That's a shame

I believe this is the point where naval types put their cloak across the puddle . But I suspect you're going to need a bigger cloak

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On Radio 2 the other day they mentioned a,2 ingredient cheese cake recipe . I think it was biscuits plus Greek yoghurt apparently it's doing rounds of social media at moment