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Shaun Lewis
Nov 27, 20194 min read
On Lancashire Day let's remember a Lancashire hero
Today is Lancashire Day when the people of Lancashire celebrate the anniversary of sending its first members to the Model Parliament of...
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Shaun Lewis
Nov 4, 20192 min read
Naval Heroes of WWI - Martin Nasmith VC
The hero of my submarine novel, The Custom of the Trade, is partially based on the exploits of Lieutenant Commander Martin Nasmith during...
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Shaun Lewis
Oct 30, 20192 min read
Unsung Heroes and Forgotten Campaigns
A continuing theme of my novels is the often unsung heroes and largely unknown activities of the Royal Navy in WW1. My aim is to bring...
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Shaun Lewis
Oct 23, 20192 min read
An unsung hero of WW1 - Fleet Paymaster Charles John Ehrhardt Rotter
One of the first acts by the Royal Navy during WW1was to have the German underwater telegraphic cables cut in the North Sea, thus denying...
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Shaun Lewis
Oct 7, 20192 min read
Ungentlemanly conduct in the Baltic
I am now about two thirds of the way through the first draft of my latest and fourth WW1 naval thriller, Where the Baltic Ice is Thin. I...
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Shaun Lewis
Sep 17, 20192 min read
How to kill a WW1 submarine
Several readers of my WW1 submarine thriller, The Custom of the Trade, have expressed surprise at how difficult it was to detect and sink...
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Shaun Lewis
Jun 24, 20192 min read
The submarine with two VCs
The forgotten, but outstandingly successful submarine campaign in the Dardanelles and Sea of Marmara, deprived the Turks of vital...
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Shaun Lewis
Jun 23, 20192 min read
THE ADMIRALTY BUYS A PERSIAN OIL FIELD
In June 1913, Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty, persuaded the House of Commons that the Treasury should spend £2.2...
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Shaun Lewis
May 31, 20192 min read
The Anniversary of the Battle of Jutland
Today, on 31st May in 1916, 250 British and German ships met in what became known in the Battle of Jutland. The battle was to last until...
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Shaun Lewis
Apr 30, 20192 min read
How the Gallipoli campaign might have been avoided for £4M
We have recently commemorated ANZAC Day. In 1915, Australian and New Zealand soldiers participated in an expedition to capture the...
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Shaun Lewis
Mar 25, 20192 min read
How did the German light cruiser, SMS Magdeburg, help Britain win WW1?
Who would have thought that a torpedo test ship would have such an impact on the conduct of the First World War? On 2 August 1914, the...
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Shaun Lewis
Mar 4, 20191 min read
I begin my fourth novel
My third book, The Wings of the Wind, is with my publisher for scrutiny. Whilst I await my fate, I have begun work on my fourth novel,...
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Shaun Lewis
Feb 11, 20193 min read
The First 'C' - Head of MI6
The current and all past heads of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) are and have been known as 'C', for "Chief", but the first...
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Shaun Lewis
Feb 4, 20192 min read
The German U-Boat Blockade of Britain
Today (4th February) in 1915, the German government announced that it would impose a submarine blockade of Great Britain with effect 18th...
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Shaun Lewis
Jan 29, 20193 min read
The Siege of Antwerp
I have just finished a section of my latest book that is set during the siege of Antwerp in 1914. In conducting my research, I came...
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Shaun Lewis
Dec 18, 20184 min read
A pioneer of naval aviation
I am very excited to have received in today’s post, a first-edition copy of Charles Rumney Samson’s autobiography, Fights and Flights,...
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Shaun Lewis
Nov 12, 20188 min read
Taster of my new novel - Now the Darkness Gathers
With just five weeks to go before the publication of my pre-WW1 espionage thriller, Now the Darkness Gathers, here is a taster of what...
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Shaun Lewis
Dec 16, 20172 min read
THE RUSSIAN THREAT TO OUR UNDERSEA CABLES – BRITAIN HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE
It is being reported by the Media that the Russians have a ship, the Yantar, capable of severing Britain’s underwater communications...
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Shaun Lewis
Dec 4, 20172 min read
Jellicoe - The only man capable of losing WW1 in a single afternoon
Today, in 1916, Admiral Jellicoe was appointed First Sea Lord. It was not to be a successful office for him. Jellicoe is best known for...
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Shaun Lewis
Nov 20, 20172 min read
The Navy invented the tank!
One hundred years ago today, the First Battle of Cambrai commenced, the first British Army combined arms attack of WW1 and one in which...
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