Cormorant Creative

Cormorant Creative is my overall brand for fiction and non-fiction writing and research. Cormorant Fiction - short stories, and first draft of a novel completed Cormorant Military - military history research and interviews for magazine articles • Research interests: - the military service of eight of my relatives in WW1 and WW2 (see below) - the School of Tank Technology in WW2 - the history of surviving military vehicles - the defence of Britain in WW2 - the military history of Oxfordshire in the twentieth century, especially WW2 • Twitter: @PhilLoder - my military history twitter feed • YouTube: 'Cormorant Military' - short videos mainly about military vehicles The areas of research for my relatives are: - 1914-1919 Western Front - Infantry - 1914-1919 India and Mesopotamia - Infantry - 1916-1919 Western Front - Royal Field Artillery - 1917-1918 Italy - Army Chaplain (MC + 2 bars) - 1919 Royal Navy in the Russian Civil War - 1920s-1950s Royal Navy career officer - incl Gunnery Officer on HMS Nelson, Operation Pedestal, Operation Torch, Naval Plans Division before D-Day - 1935-1946 Royal Navy - Narvik, Mediterranean and Arctic Convoys, incl Battle of the North Cape - 1939-1945 Civil Defence Corps - 1940-1945 Royal Artillery - Malta and Italy - 1940-1945 Home Guard then, from 1941, a Judge in the British Administration in Abyssinia - 1942-1945 Royal Artillery - Egypt, Syria and Italy For all these projects, I'm enjoying applying the skills and experience from my time in science research (PhD), scientific publishing and medical communications - accurate information, engaging writing, effective relationships, collaborative interviewing, confident presentation, and a global view - as well as adding high-quality photography. Quality | Energy | Knowledge | Efficiency | Humour | Partnership