Today is the 66th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War, so I thought it fitting to post this story today. It is partly autobiographical, in that it was inspired by a trip that I took down the Thames with my seven year ol daughter, to visit the heavy cruiser H.M.S. Belfast In the wardroom of the Belfast is a model of H.M.S. Dido, a cruiser on which my eldest brother was killed in 1941. The bright sunlight cast dappled shadows over Rachel’s small pretty face, as the river bus... Sign in to see full entry.