The strange case of Aaron Charles Warren
I found this news clipping when searching for some details of my own family history. My grandparents lived at the back of 33, Ashley Street in Birmingham. The article, from the “Birmingham Mail” on 26…
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Post-1918 adoption of French towns and villages
“Charity begins at home – but it should not end there” Leamington Spa Courier, Friday 16 December 1921 in an article announcing the adoption by the town of Biaches, a Somme village in France British…
Synchronise watches!
Time was of the essence for many military activities during the Great War. The precise firing of artillery bombardments, co-ordination of attacks by different units, and the advance by infantry under a creeping barrage all…
The fight for Claude, Clarence and Cuthbert Craters
German attack near Arras: 4 June 1916 Location Lying north of Arras (but now, with the city having expanded, absorbed into it) lay the village of St. Nicolas. Leading away from it to the north…
Deadly air raids on Saint-Omer in September 1917
Medical units and military billets under attack. Location Saint-Omer is a town in the French département of Pas-de-Calais. It had been the location of the General Headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914-15 but…
A tribute to my battlefield pal, Brian Morris
Brian Morris, 22 January 1937 – 15 June 2018 It is with much regret that I report the recent death of long-term Western Front Association member Brian Morris, following serious illness. He was a close friend…
Accidental deaths in Audruicq explosion 25 April 1916
Where is Audruicq? Audruicq is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. For much of the Great War it was the site of a principal British Army ammunition depot. The events at Audruiq on…
Was your soldier a “political” recruit?
Have you researched a soldier and found that he had “Political” stamped on his papers? This article explains all. Recruitment by Political Recruitment Agencies
Buy my latest books on the Battle of the Lys
I have acquired some copies of my two latest books from the publisher and can offer them at a great price. Each book currently sells for £12.48 plus postage at Amazon and has a cover…
Walter Daniel Tull and recommendation for the Military Cross
Many readers of this site will be aware of the recent campaign for a posthumous award of the Military Cross to Second Lieutenant Walter Daniel Tull. The campaign is based on documented evidence that Tull…