Chris Baker, Author at The Long, Long Trail

3,624 casualties evacuated from a single station on one day in 1917

My new article “Ambulance Train evacuation of casualties from the Third Battle of Ypres” (link below) brings out some remarkable statistics. For […]

Over the years I have found social media a valuable way to locate information, contact people with an interest in a particular […]

At 6.30pm on 17 August 1917, while the Third Battle of Ypres was in progress to the east, number 30 Ambulance Train […]

At 2.43pm on 3 October 1917, number 9 Ambulance Train departed from Grévillers (Somme), carrying sick and wounded soldiers who were bound […]

New article added today is on Grand Porte Égal and the l’Épinette salient

This article is based on research of Private 30864 Hugh Elliott that I carried out for a private client in 2018. He […]

The war diaries of infantry battalions are a wonderful resource for military researchers and family historians. They are held at the National […]

I used to write quite a lot of book reviews, but I stopped doing it as it had ceased to be very […]

I have often added an Amazon link on pages of this site, pointing to books of specific relevance. Regimental histories and the […]

Here is an example: Walter Portwood, who after four years in the ranks of the West Yorkshire Regiment, was attending the training […]