Another episode in a series of blog posts as part of the A to Z Blogging Challenge for 2019. I’m using this to write about some of the thousands of Heenans I’ve found in my research. Today we’re travelling to … Continue reading →
Today we reach letter E in the alphabet which gives me a chance to feature one of the people who died while on active service in World War 2 Esbert Eric Heenan 1915-1942 Esbert Eric Heenan was a 27 year … Continue reading →
We’re now on letter C in the A-Z challenge. Today we meet Claude Rigby Heenan, a man who was honoured by his King for services rendered on the Western Front during World War 1. Claude was born in the Brentford … Continue reading →
April 1 marks the start of the A-Z blogging challenge. The idea is to write blog articles throughout the month, using the letters of the alphabet in sequence as the inspiration for the topic. I’ve never done this kind of … Continue reading →
Soldiers traumatised by the horrors of World War 1, were confronted by a new nightmare in 1918. The last year of the war marked the beginning of three deadly outbreaks of influenza across the world. ‘Spanish flu’, as it became … Continue reading →
My update for November is a little later than planned but I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to share some of my progress in researching the Heenan surname. Military records My research on soldiers with the Heenan surname who were killed … Continue reading →