The Time Jigsaw

In chapter 10, Lieutenant William Carsell-Brown and his squad have been ordered to head for the channel port of Dunkirk. An evacuation of allied troops will begin immediately in a bid to save them from being taken prisoner by the German army. All type of boats are sailing from Britain to Dunkirk on a vital rescue mission. Allied troops have been instructed to form an orderly queue on the beach at Dunkirk. This queue stretches out into the sea where troops stand up to their waist in water.

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German tank units head through the Ardennes forest towards Sedan on the east bank on the Meuse River. In the north, the battle has already started with Wehrmacht troops invading Holland Luxembourg and Belgium. British and French troops have advanced towards Belgium to meet the threat. However, Sedan is not well-fortified by French troops as it is deemed to be impenetrable. The German High Command thought otherwise.

A place close to where the time traveller’s grandfather lived and subsequent family grew up. A picturesque location which looks onto the River Forth and Fife coastline. Granton harbour is further west along the coast and in 1940 was a hive of activity filled with fishing boats.

This is the ship mentioned in chapter 9. It was built at John Brown’s shipyard in Clydebank, near Glasgow. Building was started in mid 1930 and the ship was launched in September 1938. It was named after Elizabeth, Queen Consort to King George VI. The ship was originally intended as a luxury ocean liner for passengers travelling from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg, France. However, the proposed maiden voyage due for April 1940 was suspended in August 1939 due to the threat of war. It was intended to move the ship from Clydebank for security reasons. The RMS Queen Elizabeth was commissioned by the Royal Navy as a troop ship. The Cunard colours were repainted battleship grey.

After a meeting with Alan Struthers, James next adventure takes him to Edinburgh and specifically, the port of Leith. Struthers has an unconfirmed intelligence report that sabotage of the Royal Navy’s new ship, RMS Queen Elizabeth, could occur. He arranges for James to join the work force at Leith Docks and keep him informed of any unusual activity or behaviour.

In chapter 8, the time traveller finds himself two years into the future. It is 1940, Britain and France have declared war on Germany. James decides to stay at an old familiar haunt – The Grey Gull Inn. However, fate is about to play an integral part in his family’s history.