Author: Nick Metcalfe
Nick Metcalfe was born in Northern Ireland into a family that for generations had worked in the linen mills of County Armagh and County Antrim. He was commissioned from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1982. In a successful military career over the course of 27 years he served all over the world; he spent just short of eleven years on operations in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Sierra Leone and Iraq. He retired from the British Army in 2009 and now writes military and gallantry themed non-fiction.
Project Update – September 2021
Operation Plainfare – The Berlin Airlift 1948
Manzai Fort Cemetery, Pakistan
Roger So Far
BULOLO – No. 1 Ship Signal Section 1942-1945
‘Class ‘B’ Mentions’—Rewards for Valuable Services Published in The Times during the First World War
D-Day
Hong Kong Signal Company – Update
‘Who are they? Where are they now?’
Non-Commissioned Officers and the Military Cross
Palestine 1920-1948: In Memoriam
Major Robert Norman Dodds MBE, MC, DCM, MM
‘Darkest Hour’, Calais—Capture and Escape
Honours, Decorations, and Medals to The Royal Corps of Signals for Gallantry & Distinguished Service 