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The Execution of Admiral Byng

July 31, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

“Any court-martial is a perilous thing, whether you are in the right or the wrong – justice has nothing much to do with it. Remember poor Vincent of the Weymouth: remember Byng – shot for an […]

Naval Punishment for Boys: “Kissing the Gunner’s Daughter”

May 13, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

In the eighteenth century the Royal Navy encouraged boys as young as nine to enlist as ‘servants’ (the lower age limit was raised to 13 in 1794). They acted as cabin boys to officers and […]