Robin Thomas

Shipping guy with an interest in the eighteenth century military. Author of ‘No Want of Courage. The British Army in Flanders, 1793-1795’ (Helion, 2022).

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@warsmatter @JaneFranklin99 I assume he never claimed it for whatever reason

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@MalayaSingapore

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@MalayaSingapore @robert_lyman This is the other one on the Argylls, but I don’t think it’s been reprinted

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@Hindu_Stan @AndrewBamford10 @Helionbooks Mine hasn’t arrived either Phil, but I was late giving my address

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@coinsandmedals You’re lucky Phil, mine went up by 41%!!!

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@MalayaSingapore @RossWCable @robert_lyman There are no battlefield tours in Malaysia that I’ve heard of. There are in Singapore, but the distances are much shorter and access much easier

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@MalayaSingapore @RossWCable @robert_lyman The reason is the local population is generally very diffident about WW2. It’s seen as a colonial conflict and therefore not so relevant. Yes the Malay Regiment took a heroic part, but that was largely in Singapore (i.e ‘there’ & not ‘here’).

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@MalayaSingapore Wish I could have been there! There used to be a monument (in fact a large roadside sign) marking the Kampar battlefield site that KL Chye persuaded the authorities to put up, but they removed it after his death unfortunately

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@MalayaSingapore Sqn Ldr Arthur Scarfe, VC, is buried there. A truly heroic man who managed to take off, perform his mission and return before succumbing on the operating table. One of the theatre nurses was his wife.

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@MalayaSingapore I have both editions of the book signed by Chye. The one you illustrate is the 2nd ed

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@kingceleryman @Cat_S_Beck @boydellbrewer I haven’t got round to reading it yet, but will soon. There’s not much written on this subject

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I’m excited to have received this @Cat_S_Beck, courtesy of the recent @boydellbrewer sale. Patronage networks have received so little treatment in studies of the 18C navy

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@theknightirish Well done! SGP Ward wrote an article in JSAHR on the identity of the author. I’ll see if I can find it if you don’t have it

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@MalayaSingapore Yes agree, though I stayed there over a decade ago. I spent the time holed up in my room writing my consultancy report. I couldn’t go anywhere in case MAS found me a seat on the next flight

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@Hindu_Stan @hartleyspecialc @1812andallthat @ZwhiteHistory @RMB_History @lureynol @historykevin @GloverGareth @1815fletcher @AndrewBamford10 @RBlackmanRogers @AngersSeverine Yep me too!

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@RMB_History @Bempton_Cliffs Even then, only occasionally

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Bought these two last week for less than the cost of a pint at one of my old haunts in London

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@RMB_History Well done!