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November 11, 2025

Ship KEILA – “tramp steamer” WWII

As my erudite colleague recounts: “Ship KEILA, what you would call a tramp steamer and ubiquitous for the time, but lovely all the same. Those ships went everywhere with everything imaginable.” KEILA was an early-20th-century steam cargo ship that carried several names and owners over its life. It was built in England in 1905 (as Continue reading

Archivist, Europe/NorthAmerica, Québec, Québec, Canada, Scotland, Trois Rivières, Québec, U.S.A, United Kingdom, Canada, France

Anthropology, Archivist, Convoy Operations WWII, Estonia, Keila, Merchant Mariner John Myles Wilson, Scotland, UK, WWII

November 11, 2025

Nov 11 2025 Warmest Remembrance Day Wishes

U.S.A, United Kingdom, Canada, France

Anthropology, Convoy Operations WWII, Geneology, Keila, Merchant Mariner John Myles Wilson, Remembrance Day 2025, U.S. commemoration, UK National Archives, Veteran Affairs Canada, WWII Archives

January 1, 2024

What does this Indy do now?

Originally written: Sept 19, 2019 Updated: Jan 1, 2024 — The following words are evermore important as the world becomes increasingly more and more politically polarized “Stay independent of mind even if you work within a system. Learn to navigate through organisations without surrendering your youthful ideals. Always be sceptical of the declarations of those Continue reading

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