Tag Archives: R.M.S. ‘Orsova’

‘He was away, far away…’

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Patrick Miles

The S.S. Aguila, a cruise ship of the Yeoward Line, dropped anchor off Funchal, the capital of Madeira, on 31 March 1913, probably around lunchtime. There were twenty-nine passengers aboard, including George Calderon. Within a couple of hours he was sitting … Continue reading →

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22 July 1915

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Patrick Miles

On or about this day, Kittie received Percy Lubbock’s note of 13 July from Alexandria, enclosing the statement he had taken in hospital that day from the ‘wrong’ Sergeant-Major Allen of the 1st KOSB. Although Percy had dated it the … Continue reading →

Posted in Edwardian marriage | Tagged Alexandria, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, George Calderon, Gertrude Bell, King's Own Scottish Borderers, Kittie Calderon, Mrs Ludolf, Percy Lubbock, R.M.S. 'Orsova', Sergeant-Major Allan, Sergeant-Major Allen, The Great War, Third Battle of Krithia, World War I | Leave a comment

De-appled

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Patrick Miles

With less than a fortnight before the blog closes, I would like to tie up as many loose ends as possible. But, of course, people’s lives aren’t like that… One end, however, that has suddenly been almost tied up is … Continue reading →

Posted in Edwardian character, Edwardian English, Edwardian marriage, Modern parallels | Tagged altruism, appling, Barbara Weaver, Cambridge School of Graphology, comments, Dardanelles, Emma, Fort Brockhurst, Gallipoli, George Calderon, graphology, handwriting, Helen Peel, homosexuality, Kittie Calderon, letters, Peel family, R.M.S. 'Orsova', Robert Peel, The Great War, World War I | Leave a comment

10 June 1915

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Patrick Miles

Today Kittie returned to Well Walk, Hampstead, from staying with the Pyms and Lubbocks in Kent. The Belgian refugee Jean Ryckaert, who had been living at the Calderons’ since October 1914, had recently left, whether for a job in central … Continue reading →

Posted in Edwardian marriage | Tagged Alexandria, Dardanelles, Elizabeth Ellis, Gallipoli, George Calderon, Hampstead, Helles, Jean Ryckaert, Kittie Calderon, Lev Tolstoy, R.M.S. 'Orsova', Raymond Dereume, The Great War, Well Walk, World War I | Leave a comment

28 May 1915

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Patrick Miles

It may have seemed surprising, or even shocking, that Calderon did not end his letter to Kittie yesterday with any endearments to her, only a ‘warm embrace’ for their dog! But its beginning — ‘Oh dearest Mrs P.’ — is … Continue reading →

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25 May 1915

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Patrick Miles

In a blue harbour surrounded by green rock-broken hills in a place I may not name. 9 a.m. … Continue reading →

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23 May 1915

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Patrick Miles

Today George wrote hastily on the back of his letter to Kittie dated yesterday (Saturday) and written on board the R.M.S. Orsova at Alexandria: Sunday morning. Prognostications are right. It’s in the morning. Doctors, nurses and chaplains are for the shore (a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alexandria, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, George Calderon, Kittie Calderon, Lemnos, R.M.S. 'Orsova', The Great War, World War I | Leave a comment

22 May 1915

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Patrick Miles

Today Kittie moved from Foxwold, the Pyms’ home in the Weald of Kent, to Emmetts, about a mile away. We know this from the fact that the Visitors Book at Foxwold was maintained meticulously. Emmetts was the home of Violet … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alexandria, Berlin, Bulgaria, Catherine Lubbock, Constantinople, Dardanelles, Emmetts, Foxwold, Fred Calderon, Frederic Lubbock, Gallipoli, George Calderon, Kittie Calderon, Lev Tolstoy, Malta, R.M.S. 'Orsova', Serbia, The Great War, Violet Pym, World War I, Ypres | Leave a comment

16 May 1915

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Patrick Miles

May 16th. R.M.S. “ORSOVA” […] when I woke … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dardanelles, Egypt, Flanders, Gallipoli, George Calderon, Gibraltar, Kittie Calderon, Lev Tolstoy, Malta, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Persian Gulf, R.M.S. 'Orsova', Sebastopol, The Great War, Ushant, World War I | Leave a comment

13 May 1915

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Patrick Miles

If Kittie was still at Devonport, when she opened her curtains in the hotel this morning she would have seen that the Orsova had vanished. At midnight last night, in George’s words of three days later, the huge ship ‘suddenly went … Continue reading →

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11 May 1915

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Patrick Miles

The troop ship Orsova was now lying at its buoy offshore at Devonport. George imagined Kittie ‘following our adventures with a telescope from the Hotel’. Next entry: 12 May 1915

Posted in Edwardian marriage | Tagged Dardanelles, Devonport, Fort Brockhurst, Gallipoli, George Calderon, Kittie Calderon, R.M.S. 'Orsova', The Great War, World War I | Leave a comment

Transfiguration and parting

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Patrick Miles

Today, 10 May 1915, which was a Monday, George and Kittie set out on the 140-mile journey by train from Gosport to the naval base of Devonport, where he was to embark for an unknown destination. Five other officers from … Continue reading →

Posted in Edwardian marriage, Personal commentary | Tagged comments, Dardanelles, Devonport, Fort Brockhurst, Gallipoli, George Calderon, Kittie Calderon, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, R.M.S. 'Orsova', The Great War, World War I | Leave a comment

Apple apple apple apple apple

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Patrick Miles

In his first letter to Kittie after embarking on the R.M.S. ‘Orsova’ at Devonport on 10 May 1915 (she was probably still watching the ship with other wives whilst he was writing), Calderon seems to have summed up his time … Continue reading →