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November by Irene Snatt 11 Nov 2012 | 09:00 pm
In Preston Park there is a tank. Relic of the Battle of Cambrai. Its rusty treads loom over, Threatening. I play with Army buttons, Unwind some tattered puttees. On corners of the shopping st...
Ruhleben Camp 13 Mar 2012 | 02:11 am
In the book “My Four Years in Germany”, James W. Gerard describes the prisoner of war camp for British civilians at Ruhleben. In his own words - “On September ninth, 1913, having resigned as Justice ...
An Australian at Messines Ridge 6 Mar 2012 | 03:19 am
In his book “WITH OUR SOLDIERS IN FRANCE” - Sherwood Eddy paints some brief sketches of his impression of the work of the war. Here reflecting on the battle of Messines Ridge in 1917 he recalls an ac...
The General Inspection 3 Mar 2012 | 01:04 am
This excellent chapter comes from the book "The Amateur Army" by Patrick MacGill. For the volunteer soldier who joined up to do his bit, general inspection was one of the least agreeable trials. Patr...
Collecting the wounded at night 29 Feb 2012 | 04:43 am
This letter was published in the Eastbourne Gazette early in October 1914. Captain Arthur Habgood conveys the terrifying circumstances of evacuating the wounded. During the war he gained the rank of ...
On a Quiet November Evening 21 Feb 2012 | 03:56 am
This moving article comes from the book On the King's Service Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms by Innes Logan. Innes Logan was Chaplin to the Forces from September 1914 to May 1916. Here he reflects t...
If Germany Had Won The War 11 Feb 2012 | 09:58 pm
This excellent article was first published in The War Illustrated and is on the brilliant site A Great War in a Different Light. Published in December 1918 it lays out for all to read the territorial...
The Llanelli Vision of July 1914 10 Feb 2012 | 05:24 pm
Sunday June 28th, 1914 was a turning point in European history, for on that day Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife, were assassinated in the Serbian town of Sarajevo. ...
A Grateful Heart by Nancy Meek 11 Nov 2011 | 08:44 pm
This Armistice Day i have posted a 'modern' poem from an American lady whose husband was a combat soldier. It is not First World War but i read it recently and i thought i captured the spirit of that...
Patriotic Music and Pictures in Eastbourne 18 Sep 2011 | 08:27 pm
This article appeared in the Eastbourne Gazette on 19th August 1914. I wonder what the famous Belgian airs were that the audience stood and sang ‘heartily’ with? Miss Buckman was indeed a very famou...
