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Additional information within the parameters of the work is always welcome and can be added to the work if the source material can be validated.(Please note that it is often not the case that renowned sources on the internet and in your library are reliable – as anybody who might have attempted to separate the lives of the two Captain John Elliot in the mid 18th Century will be able to tell you. And don’t get me started on the three George Bowens!)
Should you wish me to accelerate the posting of any biography from this period I will happily do so as long as they fit the parameters of the work (i.e that the individual concerned served in the rank of post-captain or admiral during the period 1776-1815) and that they are one of the 1,200 officers I have already researched. If they do meet the criteria but have not been researched then you may have to wait a little longer!
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If you are intimidated by the sheer volume of this work, or maybe if you would just prefer to read the articles or biographies that would be of more interest to non-historians, then I shall periodically be posting such articles to my Twitter account. I'll also be...
Work Status
12.10.2024 Next up is a biography of S J Ballard, a reprise of P Cosby, and an article on the French Expedition to Ireland in 1796. 20.09.2024 Holidays have taken their toll but hopefully back on it now with a biography of Sir Courtenay Boyle, an article on the action...