Rebecca ClarkeMar 27, 20232 minFinding referencesI am starting to wonder when I will come to the bottom of the seemingly bottomless collection of documents and photographs from Arnold’s...
Rebecca ClarkeMar 16, 20231 minSuitable CommemorationEverytime I enter my father-in-law’s house I take the time to look at the two frames on the wall. The first one you pass as you walk...
Rebecca ClarkeJan 18, 20232 minBuilding a communityA huge part of my research has been trying to contact descendants and relatives of men who served on HMS India. I always figured that if...
Rebecca ClarkeJan 11, 20232 minMusings on traumaI discovered another letter recently. It is written to Richard Feaver Clarke, Arnold’s father, and it is from Arthur Hubbard, Arnold’s...
Rebecca ClarkeDec 22, 20222 minMerry ChristmasArnold (and many others from HMS India) spent three Christmas’ in Norway. In 1916, Arnold wrote to Nurse Bates “To wish a Christmas...
Rebecca ClarkeDec 12, 20222 minHistory is not a static thingIt may appear that history is a static thing. It’s happened and so it doesn’t change. In many ways this is true but what does change is...