User contributions for Simon Harley

3 January 2025

• 12:0112:01, 3 January 2025 diff hist −282 Navy Directory Tried to tidy up and resolve some issues. current

31 December 2024

• 11:0311:03, 31 December 2024 diff hist −26 Lundy →top: The Lords didn't fine him. current
• 10:5810:58, 31 December 2024 diff hist 40 Lundy →20th and 21st centuries: Not a typo.

26 December 2024

• 09:2009:20, 26 December 2024 diff hist 18 John Edye →top: Removed unencyclopedic language, corrected title. current

23 December 2024

• 11:1011:10, 23 December 2024 diff hist −295 Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet →CID meeting: Not sure 1914 resignations are particularly relevant. The paragraph has been altered so much over the last decade the original context has been lost.
• 09:2109:21, 23 December 2024 diff hist −6 Philip Vian →Inter-war: Less than ten years old isn't particularly old. current
• 09:1809:18, 23 December 2024 diff hist −12 Philip Vian →Inter-war: Excellent wasn't the only gunnery school.
• 09:1609:16, 23 December 2024 diff hist 0 George Archer-Shee →Theft: Corrected ages at Osborne. current

20 December 2024

• 07:5007:50, 20 December 2024 diff hist −120 m HMS Neptune (1909) Reverted edit by 88.176.55.71 (talk) to last version by Parsecboy current Tag: Rollback

18 December 2024

• 15:2015:20, 18 December 2024 diff hist 80 The Good Ship Murder Added some links, italics.

16 December 2024

• 16:2016:20, 16 December 2024 diff hist 13 Michael Hordern →top: Corrected location of school.
• 15:5915:59, 16 December 2024 diff hist −149 Michael Hordern →Early life and education: Windlesham House School was at different premises when Hordern was there, as stated in his memoirs, pp. 7-8.
• 10:5710:57, 16 December 2024 diff hist −1 Mount Kilimanjaro →top: Germany->German.

15 December 2024

• 15:2915:29, 15 December 2024 diff hist 39 Oswald Tuck →top: Large amount of primary sources. current
• 15:1415:14, 15 December 2024 diff hist 39 Merchant aircraft carrier Large number of primary sources used. current

11 December 2024

• 11:2711:27, 11 December 2024 diff hist −5 Michael Hordern →London debut: One of those times a memoirists's memory completely fails him.
• 09:4209:42, 11 December 2024 diff hist 35 Western Approaches Tactical Unit →Overview of the wargames: Made clear Roberts gave two versions.

6 December 2024

• 18:3918:39, 6 December 2024 diff hist −2 Patrick Blackett →Personal life: Italicised ship name, removed hull number. current
• 11:3411:34, 6 December 2024 diff hist 9 m HMS Tribune (1891) Reverted edit by Simon Harley (talk) to last version by Derekbridges current Tags: Redirect target changed Rollback
• 11:3411:34, 6 December 2024 diff hist −9 HMS Tribune (1891) Not sure it's the best place to redirect to. Tags: Redirect target changed Reverted

5 December 2024

• 07:3507:35, 5 December 2024 diff hist 1 History of the Great War →British official history: Esher was not chairman. current
• 06:5406:54, 5 December 2024 diff hist −218 James Edward Edmonds →top: Blockquote not needed in lede, added image, and detail of Historical Section appointment.
• 06:2606:26, 5 December 2024 diff hist 2 James Edward Edmonds →The Intelligence Division: Added context to War Office image since the building wasn't open for much of this section.

4 December 2024

• 22:1022:10, 4 December 2024 diff hist −44 Selborne-Fisher scheme →Royal Marines: Fisher wasn't First Sea Lord in 1912. current
• 22:0922:09, 4 December 2024 diff hist −118 Selborne-Fisher scheme →Background: Altered to slightly reflect Penn better.
• 22:0322:03, 4 December 2024 diff hist −68 Selborne-Fisher scheme →Integration: Corrected errors, removed pointless reference duplication.
• 15:3415:34, 4 December 2024 diff hist −150 Selborne-Fisher scheme →Integration: Penn claims nothing of the sort, and Mate clearly had nothing to do with the scheme.

3 December 2024

• 08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist 0 HMS Courageous (50) →Second World War and sinking: Corrected ship name.
• 08:3208:32, 3 December 2024 diff hist −4 Henry Blagrove →top: Corrected another error. current
• 08:3108:31, 3 December 2024 diff hist −440 Henry Blagrove Corrected a large number of errors.

29 November 2024

• 19:0219:02, 29 November 2024 diff hist 62 Google Books →Errors in metadata: Corrected inaccurate interpretation of article, added author and date.
• 16:5616:56, 29 November 2024 diff hist 21 Admiralty Interview Board Added link and italicising. current
• 14:4814:48, 29 November 2024 diff hist −1 Battle of Jutland order of battle →Royal Navy: Harper Record (p. 106), Naval Staff Appreciation (p. 150) and Narrative of the BOJ (p. 92) all say Lion was separate.

28 November 2024

• 15:5815:58, 28 November 2024 diff hist −23 Wilgelm Vitgeft →References: Accidentally missed ISBN

27 November 2024

• 17:0917:09, 27 November 2024 diff hist −4 Seeley Booth Not sure Seeley was the nephew of Lincoln's assassin. current
• 15:1515:15, 27 November 2024 diff hist −51 HMS Royal Oak (08) →1920s: Promotion was by seniority and couldn't be delayed.
• 13:5013:50, 27 November 2024 diff hist 503 Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history →Does nobody like Gwyn Jenkins?: Comment.

26 November 2024

• 12:2212:22, 26 November 2024 diff hist 4 Manuel Garcia-Rulfo →Career: Italicised film.

25 November 2024

• 18:4418:44, 25 November 2024 diff hist 4 Escape to Athena →Cast: Corrected film title.
• 18:1118:11, 25 November 2024 diff hist 4 Raoul Nordling →In popular culture: Italicising TV series. current
• 18:1118:11, 25 November 2024 diff hist −63 Is Paris Burning? (film) →Cast: Not all the French were resistance, nor all the Germans "occupation". current

22 November 2024

• 17:1517:15, 22 November 2024 diff hist 0 Laurent de Brunhoff →Bibliography: Typo. current

21 November 2024

• 20:1620:16, 21 November 2024 diff hist 9 I Know Where I'm Going! →Production: Added WL.
• 08:3608:36, 21 November 2024 diff hist 11 Sailor (TV series) →Appearances: Tidied style a bit. current

19 November 2024

• 12:3712:37, 19 November 2024 diff hist −2 HMS Sheffield (C24) →Arctic Convoys: Typo.

18 November 2024

• 14:4714:47, 18 November 2024 diff hist 0 Edward VIII →Education: Corrected date to match image source date (which agrees with Edward's memoirs, pp. 79-80).

15 November 2024

• 13:0513:05, 15 November 2024 diff hist 0 Oswald Tuck →Sources: Tuck wasn't a captain.
• 06:5406:54, 15 November 2024 diff hist −1 Henry Robertson Bowers →Early life: Removed stray space.

13 November 2024

• 19:4319:43, 13 November 2024 diff hist −99 Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom) →Deputy Chiefs of the Naval Staff: Removed incorrect acting parameter.
• 12:1412:14, 13 November 2024 diff hist −27 Pete Hegseth →Controversies: The reference doesn't need to be used twice in the same sentence.