Howard Burton was born in Walsall, Staffordshire in 1896, the son of William and Annie Burton. At the time of the 1901 census he was living with his family at 29 Rutter Street in Walsall, but by the time hostilities broke out in 1914 he was recorded as residing at 29 Emery Street. On the…
After over two and a half years of bitter fighting, the British finally prevailed over their resilient Boer adversaries in South Africa in 1902. Defeated, the Boers commandos of the Transvaal were asked to sign a pledge that they would adhere to the newly agreed peace terms. Many did, some refused. For those unable to…
On 2 August 2018, it was reported by The Telegraph that the wreck of the Italian submarine Alberto Gugliemotti had been found lying on the seabed by two minesweepers of the Marina Militare. The vessel had been lost for over a century since its sinking in 1917. The Alberto Gugliemotti had been on its way…