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RMS Titanic – The Bridlington Connections

RMS Titanic – The Bridlington Connections

Richard M. Jones

Lulu.com
2019
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Most people have learned about the tragic story of the luxury liner Titanic, but how many could list the links the ship has to the small town of Bridlington in East Yorkshire? Years of Titanic research has led to the author compiling these links into one book which answers questions such as:* Which Titanic survivor was shipwrecked in Bridlington Bay?* What was thought lost for almost 100 years until going up for auction?* How many people in Bridlington have spent their lives researching Titanic?* Which Titanic victim had a plaque dedicated to them due to their time spent in Bridlington?Compiled with original research and photographs this is a small book but packed with information on Bridlington's connection to the world's most famous ship.
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Britain's Lost Tragedies Uncovered

Britain's Lost Tragedies Uncovered

Richard M. Jones

The History Press Ltd
2021
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Is any disaster really forgotten?It is never forgotten by the survivors who lived through the trauma. It is never forgotten by the emergency services who tried to save the day. It is never forgotten by the relatives of those who never came home.Britain’s Lost Tragedies Uncovered is a look at the tragedies and disasters that may not have stayed in public memory, but are no less terrible than their more famous counterparts. From a late-nineteenth-century family massacre in London to two separate fatal crashes at Dibbles Bridge in Yorkshire, and the worst-ever aviation show crash in post-war Farnborough to the horrifying Barnsley Public Hall disaster – here are twenty-three accounts of true devastation and stunning bravery. They are tales that deserve to be remembered.
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Capsized in the Solent - the Srn6-12 Hovercraft Disaster

Capsized in the Solent - the Srn6-12 Hovercraft Disaster

Richard M. Jones

Lulu.com
2016
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On 4th March 1972 a hovercraft capsized in stormy weather on a voyage from the Isle of Wight to Southsea. Five passengers were killed, but in a dramatic rescue operation involving air and sea units from miles around, the twenty-two others on board were rescued. This book tells the forgotten story of the capsizing of SRN6-012, the heroes who rose that day to save the survivors and the investigation that followed. Richard M. Jones has dedicated his life to researching disasters of historical significance that have been forgotten and has placed five memorials to such events around the UK. This is his fifth book.
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Royal Victoria Rooms - the Rise and Fall of a Bridlington Landmark

Royal Victoria Rooms - the Rise and Fall of a Bridlington Landmark

Richard M. Jones

Lulu.com
2017
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From 1847 to 1933 a building complex known as the Victoria Rooms stood overlooking Bridlington harbour in East Yorkshire. In the 86 years it stood tall it was used for both entertainment, leisure and as the Town Hall, being given royal status in 1888 after a visit from the Duke of Clarence. But it was the drama of the building's final demise in September 1933 that made this grand building hit the headlines. A huge fire and some heroic deeds by the local residents meant that no lives were lost that eventful night. Now for the first time in the history of the Royal Victoria Rooms a book tells the story of the life and times of this iconic structure. Richard M. Jones is a historian who has put up six plaques to forgotten disasters around the UK and followed them up with books telling those stories. A serving member of the Royal Navy, he divides his time between Bridlington and Hampshire.
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A-Z of Bridlington

A-Z of Bridlington

Richard M. Jones

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
2024
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The East Yorkshire town of Bridlington has over 1,000 years of history. Starting off as two smaller settlements, built around the medieval priory and the harbour, it was developed as a fashionable resort in the nineteenth century and had merged into one town by the early 1900s. Bridlington has seen its fair share of tragedies, triumphs, special events and royal visitors as well as being home to some unique stories and characters, from the award of the very first George Cross, the work of Lawrence of Arabia between the wars and bombing raids of the Second World War, to the Great Gale of 1871, the burning of the Royal Victoria Rooms in 1933, a visit by Queen Henrietta Maria and a lifeboat that goes back over 200 years. In A–Z of Bridlington, author Richard M. Jones reveals the history behind Bridlington, its streets and buildings, industries and the people connected with the town. Alongside the famous historical connections, he includes some unusual characters, tucked-away places and unique events that are less well-known. Fully illustrated throughout, this book will appeal to all those with an interest in this coastal Yorkshire town.
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Shipwrecks of the Solent

Shipwrecks of the Solent

Richard M. Jones

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
2024
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The stretch of water between the Isle of Wight and the ports of Southampton and Portsmouth has been one of the busiest shipping areas around the British Isles since antiquity. It is no surprise that the Solent has claimed so many ships in its time. The Royal Navy has been based in Portsmouth for centuries and the ocean liners have been regularly sailing from Southampton since the nineteenth century, and this waterway has endured war, storms and accidents throughout its history, as well as witnessing numerous maritime celebrations and everyday passage of boats and ships. Among the shipping disasters on the Solent have been the unexpected sinking of the Mary Rose in 1545, the mystery of the Flag Theofano, missing from her anchorage in 1990, and the fight to save the disabled car carrier Höegh Osaka in 2016. The world’s worst hovercraft disaster in 1972 and the celebrations as the Mary Rose was raised ten years later show that the Solent is, and always has been, a place for history and drama. In Shipwrecks of the Solent author Richard M. Jones reveals the stories behind the shipping disasters in the Solent. Illustrated throughout, it will appeal to all those with an interest in shipping and shipwrecks, as well as those interested in the history of this part of the south coast of England.
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A-Z of Scarborough

A-Z of Scarborough

Richard M. Jones

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
2025
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The North Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough grew up around its medieval castle, built on a headland. It developed as a spa town in the seventeenth century, becoming one of the country’s first coastal resorts. The railways brought more visitors in the Victorian age, although the town retained its status as a resort for high society well into the twentieth century, with many staying in the famous Grand Hotel, as well as being a centre for the fishing industry. A–Z of Scarborough reveals the history behind this town, its streets and buildings, businesses, and the people connected with it. Alongside the famous historical connections are unusual characters, tucked-away places and unique events that are less well known. Readers will discover tales about the huge castle on the cliffs, the grave of Anne Brontë, the tramway to the seafront, the birthplace of Harland (of Harland & Wolff shipbuilders) and James Moody (Titanic officer), the iconic Grand Hotel and the Holbeck Hall Hotel which slid down a cliff face thirty years ago due to coastal erosion, and the 1914 German bombardment among many other fascinating facts in this A–Z tour of Scarborough’s history. Fully illustrated throughout, this book will appeal to all those with an interest in this town on the Yorkshire coast.
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The Titanic Fleet

The Titanic Fleet

Richard M. Jones

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
2025
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On the night of 14-15 April 1912 RMS Titanic sank with the loss of around 1500 people after hitting an iceberg. The ship was on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic to New York and it was the world’s worst shipping disaster at that time. The dramatic events surrounding the tragedy have captured the world’s imagination ever since and yet the story covers many more ships than just Titanic itself – from sister ships and tenders bringing out the passengers and mail, to ice patrol vessels, the rescue ships that raced to the scene when disaster struck and those who arrived later and picked up the bodies. Controversy surrounded some ships such as Californian immediately after the disaster, Carpathia and Mesaba later ended up on the seabed themselves, the liner Asturias not only had passengers going overboard but a suicide that could have turned into a murder, others such as Mackay-Bennett and Britannic featured in later documentaries, but all these ships had their own fascinating careers, some serving their country as well as their owners, transporting or evacuating troops in wartime, experiencing collisions and being torpedoed by U-boat and all sailed in an era when today’s safety rules and sophisticated chart data fed by a global positioning system did not exist. In The Titanic Fleet: The Ships Involved in the Titanic Disaster maritime author Richard M. Jones reveals the stories behind the ships involved in the Titanic disaster. The career of each vessel is told from start to finish, including its eventual fate and how it links into the Titanic story. Illustrated throughout, it will appeal to all those with an interest in the Titanic as well as those interested in maritime history.
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The Burton Agnes Disaster

The Burton Agnes Disaster

Richard M. Jones

Memoirs Publishing
2014
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In the early hours of an autumn day in 1947, a truck laden with German prisoners-of-war and their English guards approached a level crossing in a sleepy Yorkshire village. At the same moment, an express train was thundering towards the crossing. For some inexplicable reason, with the train just yards away, the soldier behind the wheel of the truck did not stop. Instead he pressed the accelerator pedal...The scene was set for a terrible tragedy - one which was largely forgotten, until author Richard M Jones began to investigate the story 60 years later.
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Lockington Crash at the Crossing

Lockington Crash at the Crossing

Richard M. Jones

Mereo Books
2014
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On 26th July 1986 a train derailed after striking a van at an open level crossing in a remote East Yorkshire village. The resulting carnage killed nine people, injured 42 and left dozens of survivors and families reeling from the shock for the rest of their lives. Now for the first time the full story of that tragedy can be told by the people who were there. The horror of the survivors, the bravery of the rescuers and the heartache for the people left behind. From one disaster came a campaign to have open crossings banned and to make sure a disaster like Lockington will never happen again. Richard M Jones is a researcher who has made it his life's ambition to record forgotten disasters and events lost to history. His achievements include writing the first book about the Great Gale of 1871 and placing a memorial for the Lockington victims. A serving member of the Royal Navy, he lives in Bridlington.
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The Non-Life of Jebediah Shaddox: A Civil War Story

The Non-Life of Jebediah Shaddox: A Civil War Story

Richard M. Jones

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
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The Civil War has given rise to many myths. One of those myths is the picture of a "solid South". Many yeoman (middleclass) farmers in the South did not support the war and resisted both conscription and providing raw materials for the war. The Home Guard was organized to force cooperation from war resisters. My great uncle, a Shaddox, several uncles back refused to fight for the South and found his way north to fight for the Union after the Home Guard killed his Father. This is a fictionalized account of his escape north, his service in the Union Army and his return home. The story emphasizes the adverse effects that war has on normally kind and honest people. The Civil War is often called the War Between Brothers. It divided families as much as it divided a nation. The Civil War was America's trauma. We still feel the aftershocks of the fiery rhetoric that stirred the pot of racial unrest and sectionalism. One more war for the rich fought by the poor.
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Indian Education: The Real Deal

Indian Education: The Real Deal

Richard M. Jones

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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Native American education, largely controlled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has been and still is an abysmal failure. There exist few books that address Indian education, and those that do are seldom practical. This book is not only critical of attempts at educating Native American children but also provides very practical and proven effective methods and strategies for working with Indian students. The book is also applicable to education across the United States. If you become a successful teacher of Native students, you have visibly demonstrated that you are a teacher.
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A-Z of Gosport

A-Z of Gosport

Richard M. Jones

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
2026
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Gosport has been associated with the Royal Navy for much of its history. Although the naval presence has been heavily reduced today, a few establishments remain but the town has many reminders of its history as a major naval base on Portsmouth Harbour. The first naval fortifications were built during the reign of King Charles II and further fortifications, training establishments, hospitals, barracks and other buildings were added in subsequent centuries. Many of the buildings have been converted to other uses and the harbour is now a marina. A-Z of Gosport reveals the history behind Gosport, its streets and buildings, businesses, and the people connected with the town. Alongside the famous historical connections, are unusual characters, tucked away places and unique events that are less well-known. Readers will discover tales about the Explosion! Museum, the ‘Gosport Tragedy’ folk song, an enclosed Victorian garden and the scientist who identified a rare genetic disorder among many other fascinating facts in this A-Z tour of Gosport’s history. It is fully illustrated with photography and will appeal to all those with an interest in this town on the Hampshire coast.
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Wounded Memories: Growing up Lakota

Wounded Memories: Growing up Lakota

Richard M. Jones; Veronica New Holy-Jones

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
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Young Veronica stands in the middle of two different roads. On the one side is her Lakota community and the "good red road" she has walked down since she was a child. With her family and tribe, she cherishes tradition, legacy, and heritage.On the other side is the black asphalt road of the outside world. At her Catholic boarding school, she and the other children are isolated from their Lakota identity and forced to learn a different, meaner way of life. While the Lakota teach that everything is connected, outside culture dictates that she must rely only on herself.As Veronica ponders which road to choose, the reservation is changing around her. It's 1973, the Wounded Knee Occupation has begun, and many Lakota are protesting. These events put even more pressure on Veronica to choose her identity, and the young girl's turmoil will end with a daring escape and a surprise decision.This new fictionalized memoir captures the life of Veronica New Holy-Jones. As she recounts listening to her grandfather's tales, riding over the plains on her horse, and participating in ceremonies and celebrations, she shows both the joys and the trials of reservation life.
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Collision in the Night - The Sinking of HMS Duchess

Collision in the Night - The Sinking of HMS Duchess

Richard M Jones

Lulu.com
2018
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On 12th December 1939, a collision in the Irish Sea led to the loss of the warship HMS Duchess and most of her crew. Only three months after the outbreak of the Second World War this disaster was immediately overshadowed by other wartime events, leaving this ship's fate lost to history. Now for the first time the life and voyages of this proud ship and the tragedy of her loss are told in full and those forgotten voices are lost no more.
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The Diary of a Royal Marine

The Diary of a Royal Marine

Richard M Jones

Lulu.com
2017
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In the winter of 2016 author Richard M Jones had exclusive access to the personal collection of a Mr George Cutcher, a former Royal Marine who had fought in the First World War and had gone on to live a full and active life. Now for the first time his story is told with his entire diary published along with the story of his life. How he joined the Marines too young, how he trained future Kings in the gymnasium, going on to fight in both Gallipoli and the Somme before being medically discharged. His own accounts of the fighting in the trenches brings it home to the reader just how bad conditions were and his collection makes his entire story so very real.
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Titanic: The Searches and the Dives

Titanic: The Searches and the Dives

Richard M Jones

PEN SWORD BOOKS LTD
2025
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The story of the Titanic has been told countless times, but very few books talk in detail about the numerous expeditions that have visited the wreck; even less will talk about the personal stories associated with these underwater trips. Now, for the first time, details are given of some of the less well-known deep diving expeditions to the world’s most famous shipwreck, focusing on the people who lead them, the equipment being used and the background stories of the research vessels that have carried these teams out to the cold, dark Atlantic swells. From the failed expeditions in the early 1980s to the tragic loss of a submersible four decades later, this is the story of the searches and the dives to the wreck of a ship which has become synonymous with disaster. Using interviews with people who were there at different times, we rediscover a shipwreck that has captivated the imagination of people from around the world to the point where they are willing to risk their lives just to have a glimpse. But it is this glimpse of the Titanic that has cost so much money and affected so many lives.
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The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks

The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks

Richard M Jones

Pen Sword History
2021
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When you think of a shipwreck, what image springs to mind? A tall sailing ship on the rocks, or perhaps the sinking Titanic surrounded by lifeboats? Historian Richard M. Jones has put together 50 stories of lost ships throughout history that are among the most important, infamous and in some cases tragic ships in the whole of history. When did two liners collide and lead to one of the greatest rescues in history? How did a Scotsman become an American hero against his own country? Which warship sank with gold bullion on board during the Second World War? This book tells the story of these fascinating cases plus many more, explores the largest shipwrecks, the treasure wrecks and the ones that are talked about still as the most famous. Starting at the tiny island of Alderney in 1592, we take a journey through history, through the First and Second World Wars, into the age of the passenger ferry and finally to the modern day migrant issues in the Mediterranean Sea. Never before have these fifty wrecks come together in a book that really brings home to the reader just how many lost vessels there are, how deadly many can be and what this teaches us today about our own history.
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The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks

The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks

Richard M Jones

PEN SWORD BOOKS LTD
2025
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When you think of a shipwreck, what image springs to mind? A tall sailing ship on the rocks, or perhaps the sinking Titanic surrounded by lifeboats? Historian Richard M. Jones has put together 50 stories of lost ships throughout history that are among the most important, infamous and in some cases tragic ships in the whole of history. When did two liners collide and lead to one of the greatest rescues in history? How did a Scotsman become an American hero against his own country? Which warship sank with gold bullion on board during the Second World War? This book tells the story of these fascinating cases plus many more, explores the largest shipwrecks, the treasure wrecks and the ones that are talked about still as the most famous. Starting at the tiny island of Alderney in 1592, we take a journey through history, through the First and Second World Wars, into the age of the passenger ferry and finally to the modern day migrant issues in the Mediterranean Sea. Never before have these fifty wrecks come together in a book that really brings home to the reader just how many lost vessels there are, how deadly many can be and what this teaches us today about our own history.
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