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E is for Edgar class cruiser Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print - no known copyright restrictions - discovered on Trove, the National Library of Australia My great-grandfather Edwin Conner served on the HMS Edgar from 18 January 1910 to 11 March 1910.   At that time the Captain of the ship was Algernon D.E.H. Boyle who went on to become a Vice-Admiral and a Fourth Sea Lord.  A Fourth Sea Lord is in charge of supply e.g. food, transport and medical supplies. He was also Aide-de-Camp to King George V from 1918-1919. HMS Edgar was built in Devonport in 1891 and was a first class protected cruiser meaning she had an armoured deck to protect the machinery below from exploding shells. HMS Edgar was involved in the Gallipoli Campaign.  Look at this marvelous photo I found of her crew on Flickr. courtesy of Lombardo on Flickr -  Creative Commons Licence here. ...

Welcome to this week's calendar of local and family history events for Brisbane and surrounding areas. Anyone who knows me well will know that I am a dead cert for registration for the QFHS seminar this Saturday with Jenny Joyce about family history photographs.  From dating your photos, to organising them and keeping them safe, I can't wait for Saturday! Other events this week include a local history night at Annerley library featuring the history of Yeronga State School, a conservation clinic at State Library of Queensland and a talk at Ashgrove Library about the evacuation of Gallipoli.  I haven't been to the Museum of Brisbane for a while and was interested to see that they have a new exhibition coming up called Facing World War One. Also, if you belong to a society or museum that needs help with preserving your collection you might want to think about applying for a Community Heritage Grant funded by the Australian Government through the National Library of A...