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A tribute to William Ernest Earl,  12th May 1915 – 11th March 2022.

A tribute to William Ernest Earl, 12th May 1915 – 11th March 2022.

Instead of re-posting the fifth part of, ‘the writing of Blood and Bandages’, today I pay tribute to my dear friend and co-author, Bill Earl, who passed away peacefully on 11th March 2022. He was two months shy of his 107th birthday. Our friendship began when William was 94. By then, he had already lived… Continue reading…

Part one of the inside story of writing Blood and Bandages – fighting for life in the RAMC Field Ambulance 1940-1946

Part one of the inside story of writing Blood and Bandages – fighting for life in the RAMC Field Ambulance 1940-1946

This blog first appeared in 2017 and forms one of six parts on how I wrote Blood and Bandages. It’s designed to tell the inside story of the book to it’s many fans and also to inspire new writers to have faith in their stories, keep going despite setbacks and follow their passion. If I… Continue reading…

William Earl: Memoir of a World War Two Nursing Orderly

Hello and welcome to my blog. I’ve not posted recently, (broken ankle, nuff said), so I’m going to dive straight in with an introduction to my current writing project, William Earl: Memoir of a World War Two Nursing Orderly.       You may be familiar with the name because William contributed to the last series of,… Continue reading…