Thanks to the Rector of St George’s Church, Reverend Roderick Leece, a Special Commemoration will be included in the Service for the 1st Sunday of Lent. This is to honour both G.F. HANDEL and Admiral the Honourable John BYNG who was executed on 14th March 1757. What is the connection between HANDEL and BYNG? Handel staged his oratorio ‘Triumph of Time and Truth’ on 11th March 1757 at Covent Garden, three days before Admiral Byng’s execution. This cannot be a coincidence. The

[The following is taken from the website of Dr Joe Krulder, who has done a lot of research on Admiral Byng, and serves as a good introduction to the topic] History has a horrible problem. As Joyce Appleby put it, “there ARE the records of the past and there IS the interpretation of those records. The gap between them is the source of concern”. First of all there are the records themselves. If you’re a historian then you are always aware that there are never enough of them. Re