PinnedSuren RatwatteinTales from the Long WarVisit to the SommeThe D163 is a quiet rural road in eastern France that runs from the village of Auchonvillers east towards the small town of Beaumont-Hamel…·6 min read·Apr 20, 2023--4--4
PinnedSuren RatwatteinProplinersTante JuThe Junkers were the Prussian German-speaking aristocracy who controlled vast estates in what is now Eastern Europe. The story of that…9 min read·Oct 30, 2020--1--1
Suren RatwatteThe Boys from CeylonThe story of the boys (and one young woman) from the small island of Ceylon (called Sri Lanka today) who left a tropical paradise to fight…2 min read·Aug 4, 2023--1--1
Suren RatwatteinTales from the Long WarThe Ceylon Planters’ Rifle CorpsCeylon Planters’ Rifle Corps in the First World War·4 min read·May 25, 2023----
Suren RatwatteinTales from the Long WarThe Batle of the Somme — Part 2Sometime in late 1914 the four boys from Trinity College embarked on a ship to Britain. We do not know how supportive the families of…·5 min read·Feb 14, 2023----
Suren RatwatteinTales from the Long WarThe Battle of the Somme — a new perspectiveThe Great War·5 min read·Feb 13, 2023--2--2
Suren RatwatteinProplinersAir Bridge to JaffnaPropliners Guest Column by Capt. G.A. Fernando·6 min read·Oct 26, 2022----
Suren RatwatteFlying the A4 Skyhawk with the Royal Australian Navy — Part 3Guest column by Peter (‘Purps’) Greenfield·10 min read·Aug 9, 2022----