THE ANNECY MURDERS – Revisted October 2019

THE ANNECY MURDERS – Revisted October 2019

THE LACHEMENT ASSASSINE On 14 October 2019, exactly 4 years after my first visit to the Le Martinet murder site I was accompanied by a longstanding friend and professional photographer Chris Powell. The weather was glorious, the sun spreading a comfortable autumn...
THE ANNECY MURDERS – the wider view 2022

THE ANNECY MURDERS – the wider view 2022

THE ANNECY MURDERS – now 10 years We are now approaching the twelve year anniversary of the still unsolved Annecy Murders which took place on 05 September 2012. These brutal killings took place in the alpine Haute-Savoie region of south eastern France. This feature is...
KILLING THE ARCHDUKE – SARAJEVO 1914

KILLING THE ARCHDUKE – SARAJEVO 1914

  Much has been written and debated about the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his wife Sophie on June 28th 1914 in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The event has been considered to be the “Spark that ignited the...
THE FALKLANDS CAMPAIGN 1982

THE FALKLANDS CAMPAIGN 1982

The Argentine invasion of the Falklands Islands on 02 April 1982 was very personal to the Royal Marines. Not only because they put up the initial fighting defence but because the Corps had provided security detachments for the islands since 1965. Referred to as Naval...