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Comment on Hippisley Hut: Wireless interception at the outbreak of World War One by Alexandra Hippisley

Alexandra Hippisley — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 20:15:53 +0000

He is my great grandfather! So proud…..and he looks exactly like my youngest brother Christopher Hippisley.
Wished we could buy Hippisley Hut back into the family, and Ston Easto. park for that matter.
A R Hippisley

Comment on JRR Tolkien, World War One Signals Officer by More communication: Fullerphone | Percy's War

More communication: Fullerphone | Percy's War — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 12:02:19 +0000

[…] and introduced to the Western Front. We are told by one source that J.R.R. Tolkien, who was a signals officer with the 11th Lancashire Fusiliers in Picardy, welcomed “the miraculous addition to his […]

Comment on Signalling at the Battle of Passchendaele, July to November, 1917 by Whewell’s Gazette: Year 2, Vol. #27 | Whewell's Ghost

Whewell’s Gazette: Year 2, Vol. #27 | Whewell's Ghost — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:47:19 +0000

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Comment on Hippisley Hut: Wireless interception at the outbreak of World War One by Mike Matthews

Mike Matthews — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 12:07:54 +0000

Great piece on Bayntun and many thanks for acknowledging my website. There are one or two little details that I didn’t know about which I’d like to add to my biog of Bayntun if that’s okay? I’d also like to add one of the old postcards showing the station at Hunstanton and would be grateful if you could clarify copyright with these. Perhaps you could email me.

Comment on Guest post by Keith Thrower: Army radio communication in the Great War by Michael Daniels

Michael Daniels — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:19:07 +0000

Its amazing that back so many years ago this technology helped us win the wad and is still used today for a majority for our communications. great information.

Comment on Hippisley Hut: Wireless interception at the outbreak of World War One by orie1518

orie1518 — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:42:45 +0000

In reply to Robert Orth. Thanks for your comment, Robert. I have not come across your relative Petty Officer G. J. Brown RNVR in my research but did not conduct research to that level of depth. He sounds very interesting though! So what have you come across about him?

Comment on Hippisley Hut: Wireless interception at the outbreak of World War One by Robert Orth

Robert Orth — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 06:44:19 +0000

Fascinating story. I wonder if in your Hunstanton WW1 research you came across a Petty Officer G. J. Brown RNVR. As an employee of the GPO he spent WW1 at Hunstanton. He is said to have received signals from the front and relayed them to Whitehall. He was an expert on using the Baudot machine. I’m interested because he was my maternal grandfather. I last saw him in Nottingham in 1963 on my way to Canada.
Best regards
Robert Orth Ph.D.

Comment on Programme, Making Telecommunications in the First World War, University Club, Oxford, Friday 24 January 2014 by Pity the pigeon: Messengers of the First World War | The Canadian Centre for the Great War

Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:51:52 +0000

[…] the war point out (as well as memoirs like Victor Wheeler’s 50th Battalion in No Man’s Land), communicating, even during the relatively quiet periods on the front, was enormously difficult. Signallers like […]

Comment on British cable telegraphy in World War One: The All-Red Line and secure communications by Venn

Venn — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:32:47 +0000

Yes, security and reliability were an important part of this vast international telecommunications network. It’s good to read your post thanks for this!