Admiral Andrew Cunningham - Cruisers, Cowan and Command (Part 2)

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• DR

  @Drachinifel · 3 years ago · pinned

  Pinned post for Q&A :)

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• PE

  @peterdavy6110 · 3 years ago (edited)

  My old Headmaster used to have a story about Heligoland.  His father was one of the first Royal Navy party that landed on Heligoland in 1919. When they landed, they were approached by a group of old men who announced they had all served in the Royal Navy when Heligoland was British.  They hadn't had their pensions since August 1914 and what was the Lieutenant going to do about it!

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• BA

  @barrydysert2974 · 3 years ago

  Warspite: my all-time favorite\favourite battleship name•<br><br>Can we take a moment to appreciate Mrs Cunningham. &nbsp;How many times did that poor woman have to move house?!? &nbsp;There should be a Naval Wife distinguished service medal !:-)

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• KI

  @Kim-the-Dane-1952 · 3 years ago

  Children clamoring excitedly: &quot;Please Uncle Drach. Please tell us more stories about the famous Admiral Cunningham&quot;... Great video thanks.

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• MA

  @martinmarheinecke7677 · 3 years ago (edited)

  An other reason why the Heligolanders where quite friendly towards the British troops and disliked the German authorities including police: With the declaration of state of war on July 31, 1914, the Heligolanders were ordered to leave the island within twelve hours. &nbsp;When they arrived in Hamburg, contrary to promises made by the German military, no accommodation had been organized, they where de facto homeles. On initiative of some &nbsp;Hamburg shipping companies they were initially accommodated in the &quot;Auswanderstadt&quot; (&quot;emigration town&quot;, large emigration halls). The Heligolanders were only able to return in 1918. No wonder they were fed up with the German government and many preferred to belong to Denmark or the UK.<br>(Edit note: Misspelling corrected.)

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• RC

  @rcwagon · 3 years ago

  Since senior officers have a sword, does that make Admiral Cunningham &quot;The Heligolander&quot;? There can be only one.

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• DA

  @Dave5843-d9m · 1 year ago (edited)

  In 1936, my aunt Alice went out to Malta with the British Council. She was a nurse midwife and sent as part of a campaign to reduce child mortality on the island. She was there when WW2 broke out and survived the entire siege. She left for Alexandra in 1942. I have no idea if she ever met Cunningham but I like to think they did meet at some point.

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• RO

  @robg9236 · 3 years ago

  Take a drink every time Drachinifel uses he word &apos;whilst&apos;. &nbsp;Make sure you start with a full bottle.

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• ME

  @melissasmith5109 · 3 years ago

  It takes three years to build a new ship it will take 300 years to build a new tradition

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• ST

  @stephenrickstrew7237 · 3 years ago (edited)

  An Admiral so great he could turn a game of golf into one of the Great British &nbsp;Navel Victories and that’s one hell of a game of golf … Plus his Eloquent Quotes … Thank You So Very much Drach

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• JA

  @jayillingworth1301 · 3 years ago

  What a wonderful thought, ABC to wife…’We are at war with Germany ….’, Lady ABC to Adm ABC.. ‘ Yes dear, now let’s have a cup of tea’. All things in perspective lol.

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• TH

  @theblackbear211 · 3 years ago

  Great video. Sitting here in Bremerton, Washington, (USA) I would note that the Warspite is still well remembered here.<br>Some of her dead are buried here, barely a mile from my house.

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