Category: Articles

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

Many years ago, I came across this memorial when it was on sale in a good but rather short-lived second-hand bookshop in […]

Ten men dead in horrific circumstances. The specific cause was never identified. Here is their story. Location of tragedy Fire All images […]

May be useful when you are trying to interpret a photograph.

On 19 July 2019, I submitted a case to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for the recognition of the grave of Edward […]

My first ever visit to this part of France was in 1991. I had been on a business trip to Brussels and […]

This article draw on the vast resources of the photographic archive of the Imperial War Museum to illustrate the varying and changing […]

This is a commonly-asked question. Fortunately, the answer is relatively straightforward, and understanding it all can greatly help a researcher when interpreting […]

This article is adapted from my report into the military service of Alexander Duff Cameron, written for a private client in 2022. […]

This article is adapted from my report on William Boardman Weston, completed for a private client in October 2022. How William came […]