Sidney Allinson

Professional author (6 published books) Likes military history, writing, travel, border collies.

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@aussiesdointhgs Mini Australian Shepherds -- among the most intelligent, most adorable, dog breeds on earth. (Like my "Bindi" for instance. ) 😀

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@SamuelLountFilm @hollywoodsuite @laurencekeane @elviralount @04celt49 @sharontemplenhs @KingsLandingNB @DundurnC My book on the same topic is also published in a Kindle edition. "JEREMY KANE: A Canadian historical novel of the 1837 Mackenzie Rebellion, and its brutal aftermath in the prison camps of colonial Australia.

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@irishwarcrash I found further info on the subject here.

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#EIRE Allied & Nazi aircraft crews downed in neutral Ireland during World War II.

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@irishwarcrash Dennis, yours is an excellent site about WW2 a/c crashes in WWII Neutral Ireland. A friend of mine in Dublin sent me this fascinating book on the subject.

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@SocietySpitfire @beaver_paul Yes.

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@SocietySpitfire @beaver_paul Just b.t.w, the Spitfire's Rolls-Royce "Merlin" engine was named after the Merlin falcon bird of prey -- not some mythical magician. 😀

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@SocietySpitfire @beaver_paul When I saw this film originally released during WWII, it was titled, THE FIRST OF THE FEW. Evidently it was later re-titled SPITFIRE.

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@rgpoulussen RAF Coastal Command Vickers Wellington bomber equipped with a de-gausing ring to defeat German magnetic mines.

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@PearlHarborAvi The original planner of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor was not Japanese. [Click on image for clearer reading.]

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@SocietySpitfire In WWII, folk in my home town of Southport, Lancs., also raised money by contributing to "War Weapons Weeks".

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@SocietySpitfire During WWII, many British towns and cities held a "Spitfire Fund Week", to raise money for the funding of a Spitfire. By the patriotic people of Southport, Lancashire, for example.

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@goodreads I would be in 1900 Transvaal, South Africa, during the Second Anglo-Boer, War.

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@GoldingCartoons @theage "China sleeps. Let her -- as when she 'wakes, she will shake the world". -- Emperor Napoleon Buonaparte.

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@Blanch6144 @SimonJHistorian Same here, David, I was born in Bishop Aukland, too, (though I moved to Canada). My father fought in the Great War as a young soldier of the Green Howards Regiment

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@WomenAtWar2

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@ThrillDetective Kevin: Your "Black Mask" blog is splendid!

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@WINNews_Tas Early Tasmania is featured in "JEREMY KANE", an historical novel of Canada's 1837 Mackenzie Rebellion and its brutal aftermath in the prison colonies of Van Diemen's Land.