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A Naval wedding in Hackney
On Monday 14 May 1917, a group of naval ratings drew a motor car through the streets of Hackney. Inside was Petty-Officer Philip Henry Baker and his bride Ethel. Philip and Ethel Baker’s wedding… more →
Great War London
Blue Remembered Hills
wrote 10 hours ago: Blue Remembered Hills Not so long ago I had the pleasure to attend a gathering where ‘storytelling’ … more →
Somme: Mine Crater at La Boisselle
wrote 1 day ago: The documentary Somme: Secret Tunnel Wars is about to start on BBC4 and promises to be a fascinating … more →
Silent Cities: German Cemetery at Rancourt 1925
wrote 4 days ago: While the work on British cemeteries was going on the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge had be … more →
Conversation with Alan Richardson
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wrote 5 days ago: As my conversation with Gareth Knight was so well received last month I decided to try and have a si … more →
Lives Of The First World War Project
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wrote 6 days ago: The Imperial War Museum announced a new project yesterday entitled Lives of the First World War whic … more →
A 'Golden' Mystery With More Twists Than A Snake On A Tilt-A-Whirl!
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wrote 1 week ago: Synopsis: 1920 – Former British soldier turned republican fighter Liam Mannion is on the run with a … more →
Wilfred Scott and the CLC
wrote 1 week ago: Wilfred Scott 1879-1961 had been an English missionary priest in China since 1909 and he volunteered … more →
WW1 Centenary: Beyond The Veterans
wrote 1 week ago: The Great War Centenary in 2014 will be the first major anniversary without the presence of veterans … more →
The Rise of Fight: How the Royal Air Force owes its existence to science fiction, idealistic thought and newspaper scare-mongering
wrote 1 week ago: I – The Heroic Airman On the 29th of October 1917 the British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, st … more →
In Defense of Churchilliana
wrote 1 week ago: To prove that I do not run the risk of running into senility before reaching old age, I think some e … more →
End of Gretchen - May 1915
wrote 1 week ago: (In response to the objections to the name Gretchen. Margaret reverted to her own name) I am not sor … more →
Gretchen - May 1915
wrote 1 week ago: (By the middle of the war Margaret’s use of Gretchen as name, became increasingly unpopular) S … more →
Silent Cities: Forceville 1921
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wrote 1 week ago: As the clearance of the battlefields was coming to an end and the cemeteries established, work on ma … more →
Video of my presentation on Bert Hall of the Lafayette Escadrille
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Most of you who have followed me know that my book, The Bad Boy: Bert Hall, Aviator and Mercenary o … more →
A 25-year-old in a Red Convertible
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wrote 2 weeks ago: If I ask you what you know of the Red Baron, chances are you’ll mention frozen pizza or Snoopy … more →
"That Austrian corporal" - The army files of Adolf Hitler, 1914-1918
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wrote 2 weeks ago: A lot has been written about “That Austrian corporal”, so I will not try to write anythi … more →
Maltese War Currency
wrote 2 weeks ago: Maltese War Currency Until the advent of the British in Malta in the early nineteenth century, the … more →
Summer School: Was the First World War Good for Medicine?
wrote 2 weeks ago: Summer School: Was the First World War Good for Medicine? Fridays 19 July, 26 July, 2 August 2013, 1 … more →
Health and Medicine on the Home Front in the First World War Day School
wrote 2 weeks ago: Day School: Health and Medicine on the Home Front in the First World War Friday 12 July 2013, 10:30- … more →
