HLB, Author at Intriguing History

C19th Credit and Debt

The curse of credit and debt in the C19th brought hope and misery in equal despair to our ancestors

Reconnaissance Corps Cap Badge 1941 – 1946

The military cap badge of the reconnaissance Corps, added to the intriguing collection of cap badges

Yeomanry Units in the British Army

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series British Military Forces

Find out about the history of the Yeomanry Units in the British Army and see if you can find connections in your family

Japan and the Colonial Powers

Japan was forced to open up it’s ports for trade with the west but this resulted in the Japanese have an unequal and uneasy relationship with the west in the years that followed

Cap Badge of Royal East Middlesex Militia 1874 – 1881

Military cap badge for the Royal East Middlesex Militia 1874 – 1881

News Stories 4th April 1891London Daily News

Newspaper stories add such a richness to your family history, not just in terms of individual ancestors but about the news that absorbed them, the things they talked about at meals, work, in the pub..