16/01/04-
As you have I'm all realised this website has been defunct for some time. If anyone wishes to still use anything I built here three years ago they are wellcome. I am mostly posting this message so that the website isn't deleted... despite everything I put too much work into this to see it just go like that. I do still get a few messages about the unit or the KRRC itself- do contact me if you wish, although I have found the British Army themselves very good at forwarding inquiries to the relevent organisations. All the best, David Blatcher (now Midshipman Royal Navy).
08/11/01-
Done some updating around the site, we have been
working hard on getting members assinged into
platoons, it is now up to the platoon commanders to
assign members to specific positions. I suggest that
all members take a look. I also got rid of the
friday's update thing that I never got around to
updating on fridays.
06/11/00-
Progress at last! the music page is up, although a
couple more AASH songs are still to be added. 1
Platoon's order of battle should be in my inbox
shortly, and I hope that I have finally sorted a
leader for the American Platoon. The designer of the
secure area has been prodded...
03/11/00-
Another month has vanished... I'm not going to make
any more promises about when the website will be
done. The member that was doing the secret section
has been very busy, and it isn't ready. I have no
news on the Flash intro. 1 Platoon now has a leader
and is fairly sorted. The scout carrier platoon now
has a leader, and should be getting sorted shortly,
the mortar section is also sorted. I am finding
members to lead the other sections and to delegate
administrative tasks to so that I can concentrate on
other matters. Inter-squad relations, however, are
doing well. I am currently in planning with the 1st
Allied Strike Force on war matters. The members tree
will be sorted when I am ready to do so.
27/09/00-
Oh, dear, This one is going to be another apology...
Right, the world of A-levels has been treating me
badly and i have less free time than I did, and also
feel depressed when I do have a few spare minutes!
The existing tactical articles are being reviewed and
corrected, the members-only area is finally back on
track to completion, tactical lessons are being
arranged and I am finally starting to make inroads
into the daunting task of re-doing the members tree.
Hopefully about 2 weeks until the site is updated
properly, please be patient and again, sorry about
the delay.
21/08/00-
Sorry, I haven't managed to get the unit all sorted
yet and I am going away for most of the next 3 weeks.
I hope my members will ge to work on things while I
am gone. Members lists e.t.c will not be updated for
a while, sorry. All new applicants WILL be accepted
anyway though.
06/08/00-
I have been working hard to get the unit in order.
Once that is done, the website will get some more
attention. I am currently sorting out a team of
people to do the website with me, so the website
should become larger and be updated more. I have
edited the "Traditions" section and the two
histories on the recommendations of a veteran. I have
some tactical articles and a members only section
that just need formatting to go on the website.
19/07/00-
Sorry. You haven't had any updates for ages. I have
been very busy with various things and have not had
much time. I will shortly add the new members to the
list. I have suspended reformatting the History and
Members pages for now whilst I give them some serious
thought. I have a busy few weeks ahead of me, so
sorry if I make few updates in the near future. I
shall include the new Bren carrier section in the
members list page.
07/07/00-
My apologies that the website hasn't been updated yet
this week, I have had other things to do and have not
had the time. Today I have corrected a few hardware
niggles and have added this week's quiz. See
"Friday's updates" for link and what I PLAN
to do next week.
30/6/00-
I'm sure I made a news update yesterday, I remember
writing it!? I must have forgotten to uplaoad it and
not saved it. How clever. Anyway, I have been
tweaking the format and correcting errors on the
website over the last couple of days. My apologies
for the brief period when the site was almost not
functioning at all! Anyway, today I have been working
on some things that are not ready for posting yet,
expect some better and more appropriate graphics on
some of the pages shortly. I will also be expanding
the historical database. I have made my weekly Friday
evening update, click on the link (top right) to see
a summary of the week and what I Intend to do next
week.
28/6/00-
You may have noticed that things are a little
different. Just goes to show that dedication and
effort will always prevail over lack of skill! I am
currently re-doing the site and you will still see
some old-style sections for a few days. I would like
some feedback on this new format, please. Also, It hs
been proposed that the 3rd Airbourne Bigade should
disband and that we should fight the entire war in
the KRRC, comments are again wellcome.
26/6/00-
Please take a look at this post on the WWIIOL
forums, where I spell out my plans for this website.
Once these are done, I will go back to concentrating
on expanding the historical database. My main weekly
update will now be at 8:00 on a Friday evening, GMT.
I will do things to the site all week as usual but a
new trivia quiz and summary of the weeks additions
will be posted here every Friday at that time. I have
started to remove the cursor windows from the pages,
please wait until this evening for the main changes
as this connection costs me 3p per minute at this
time.
25/6/00-
OK, it's not Monday but I had a few spare minutes.
The squad site review of the KRRC is up, I scored a
respectable 18/25, the best bits apparently are the
history and the trivia quiz, and the worst bits are a
few dodgy links, the music he hated and the cursor
software download windows were annoying if you do not
want them. I will probably get rid of the cursor
tomorrow for this reason, I am fixing the links and
things and will be overhauling the site tomorow to
have a better interface. Because of this, no more
historical info for the moment i'm afraid. I am also
trying to learn Javascript to cut down the time it
takes to make hose trivia quizes, so you lucky people
can get more of them. If you spot any of these
numerous spelling errors, please point them out. Oh,
I have also added some sten info, take a look here. That quiz link below
should also work properly now.
23/6/00-
Added a guestbook, last thing for today. Next update
will be on Monday.
23/6/00-
I have done that quiz and it is posted here. A must see!. Sorry if
it is short but what is there took me 5 hours to
write and consists of 66 interlocking html pages. If
it has html errors, please report them to me.
23/6/00-
I have added some pictures to yesterday's historical
info as well as posting the information that I have
on the Boyes AT rifle. Thanks to my freind Ben for
this. I have also fixed a couple of broken links and
fixed an error that prevented the cursor from loading
on some of the history pages. I have plenty of new
stuff planned for the site, so come back in a few
days. If you own copy of Rogue Spear, you may find my
gun
chart
handy.
The
things that I hope to add include:
A
step-by-step detailed account of the KRRC in WWII
which is likely to be a regular paragraph-a-day
feature;
Some
new javascript apps;
Information
on the sten, webbley, 2 and 3 inch mortars, Vickers
mk 1 Heavy Machine Gun, plus some info on the scout
cars of the unit and the tanks that they supported;
A
tactical article that is currently being written by a
squad member;
An
HTML based multi-page trivia quiz (you will
understand when you see it).
A
detailed account of the KRRC's actions at Calais
A
Rogue Spear Practice Diary
I
hope to get most of these onto the site in the next
few weeks, bear with me. I will post on the WWIIOL
forums to alert people of new features. If you are
lucky, some of these features may be up later today.
22/6/00-
I have been a busy bee today, I have added four
history sections (under history) including a summary
of the history of the KRRC from 1755 to 1945 and an
essay on the causes of the BEF withdrawal. I have
made the background lighter still, it may look worse
but at least people can now read the text more
easily. I have also fiddled around with the menu bar
and added an introduction that I hpoe you noticed on
your way it. This work is not all becuase of the
review tomorrow, I would have done it all long ago
had I not had exams. I'm afraid teh articles are
rather bland, I hope to add some pictures tomorrow.
Come back tomorrow, I have some info on the Boyes AT
rifle to put up, as well as some pictures and
hpoefully some more features.
21/6/00-
Exams are all over now, I am busy preparing the site
for Weasel's review on Friday (11 hours work on it
today!). I have added information on our lorry, the
Bren LMG, a speperate page for all of our 31 squad
members and an updated member tree. I have fixed
loads of links and backed up the site. We have a new
member, Outcast, who I will add soon. Tomorrow I have
an enormous list of this=ngs to get don, I hope I
will do them all in time. If you are a member, please
check your details. Planned things include:
Historical essays, Trivia quizzes, Javascript
features and a revamped menu bar. Come back after the
review on Friday!
18/6/00-
I AM BACK. I hope to be shorltly back into my routine
of regular updates. I am working on some new features
for the site now, take a look back in a few days to
see the results.
30/5/00-
READ CAREFULLY. I will not be updating the site at
all for 3 weeks, so don't bother coming back. New
members (3 in the queue already) will not be added.
No new information will be included. If I do update
the site, kill me slowly. You can find the adress for
letter bombs on my ICQ profile. Sorry about this, but
I have lots of GCSE revision to do.
30/5/00-
Added the new join form that Dinger made for me. Also
added a new cursor. I will update the member list
soon, There will be a new lorry reserved for Dinger
and his freinds. I also have some info on the Bren
and the 15cwt truck to add, i will do it later but
now I really MUST get on with sme revision!
27/5/00-
Updated the links page, we are now a member of the
WWIIOL webring. Added a picture of our lorry, the 15
cwt truck. (see under history). Re-did the member
tree, again. Keep coming back, I plan to re-do the
toolbar and add some fancy features soon, as well as
completing the member pages, adding more hardware and
historical information, and a tactical article that a
squad member is writing for the site. We now havw 18
members, with several more people expressing interest
in the squad. My birthday on Monday, I should be
getting sme historical books. Yes, my English Lit.
wnt fine, thanks.
21/5/00-
Updated the links page, we are now a member of the
AllSim webring.
20/5/00-
Fixed a couple of broken links, added to our squad
explanation above. Added a brief record of the KRRC's
actions in WWII that I scnned in. Sorry if it is hard
to read, but I really don't have time to type it all
up (what with English Lit. on Monday!).
18/5/00-
Added information on the Lee Enfield rifle. Look
under History.
14/5/00-
New music. You can still hear the old music as
normal. However, if you wait for the music to finish,
or stop it using your browser toolbar botton, you can
click here to hear the music to
the new piece. The music is that of the German
National Anthem, and the words are here:
Deutscher,
Deutscher, uber alles,
In
the Sands outside Tobruk,
Saw
a Jerry acting wary,
Thought
I'd go and take a look.
He
was sitting, pants down shitting,
Down
a little shady pass.
Put
a trifle up my rifle,
Aimed,
and shot him up the arse.
13/5/00-
Changes, changes, changes! I have done many things to
the site. These include: inverting the order of the
news section, latest news is now at the top; totally
re-writing the member tree; reducing and changing the
traditions section to a jpg file, increasing ease of
use and reducing download times. I will be adding a
page on each member soon, with many other changes
planned. Keep coming back!
7/5/00-
I have uploaded some recruitment posters that I have
made. Take a look at them here. I will re-do the
member tree soon. The words to the background music
are as follows:
Hitler
Has
only got one ball,
Goering
Has
two, but very small
Himmler
Has
something similar,
But
poor old Goebbels
Has
no balls
At
all!
I
will putup another such piece of music soon.
15/4/00-
I have added the Regimental Battle honours to the
site, lots more info to come, please take a look. The
Regiment has a long and glorious history, as you can
see. When the battle for France starts, we must not
let down the regiment. Also, I made the background a
little lighter, it may not look so good but at least
the text is now readable!
14/4/00-
We have recently teamed up with the 5th infantry
brigade, a group of many different units to aid
co-ordination and allow greater mutual support
between our units. Visit their site, 5th Infantry Brigade
5/4/00-
I am sorry that I will be unable to keep up this site
properly until the end of June, I have lot of GCSE
work to do. I do have considerable amounts of
information on the corps now which I will type up and
post as soon a possible.
David
Blatcher, webmaster