In a message dated 1/28/2010 5:22:38 A.M. Central Standard Time, Chris@coalole.demon.co.uk writes: I haven't heard of "the Islanders", but I have an article in front me which is in encyclopaedia of ca 1909. It has a table of various types of warships, , leading naval nations, and the number of each class of warship. It shows that we have twice as many Battleships as any other nation; more than twice as many cruisers as any other nation; More in fact of every class of naval ship other than submarines and torpedo boats -where the UK is second to France. In message <6E89B32AA69E43CEA740DFC4884662DE@usered3851f9e7>, Carolstree <carolstree@btinternet.com> writes >Found amongst possessions of the COPLAND family of Sheerness is a membership >booklet belonging to L C SHRUBSOLE Esq. of ' The Islanders'. The policy >of the society was >to try to ensure that ' two British ships shall be laid down for every >one of the next strongest >European Power'. No date, but a 1909 House of Commons speech by A J >Balfour is quoted from. >Entrance fee 2/6, no annual subscription. > >I think this may be Lewis Charles SHRUBSOLE born 1865 Sheppey. He is >not related to my >family and I don't know how they acquired the document, but I would >like to know more >about the society. Has anyone heard of it? Google not helpful. > >Carol > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Chris Whitehead ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Hi, Patrick J. Buchanan recently wrote a book that included a bit about maintaining the British navy on par with that of France and Germany.... Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire… The book is an interesting read....a lot of facts are presented including the struggle to maintain the parity of the British naval fleet. The book is a new look at the times just prior to WWI and the period between the two WWs. Buchanan is one of the historians who feels that two decades between the wars was an intermission of sorts and that the wars were really one WW. Steade