This page is dedicated to the memory of Noel Godfrey Chavasse, Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached the 1/10th King’s (Liverpool Regiment), the Liverpool Scottish. One of just three men to have been twice awarded the…
Medals basics For soldiers below commissioned rank (that is, they were not officers) all campaign medals were automatically issued to the medal earner or, if deceased, to the next of kin. They did not have to…
Why is this site called “The Long, Long Trail”? It comes from the title and lyrics of a song of the Great War period, written by Stoddard King and Alonzo “Zo” Elliot and is one…
Our friend Tony Lund kindly supplied this information. See more background on the ASC Remounts Service Boer War veteran James McKenzie was a reservist in 1914. He was mobilised and sent to serve with the…
It is widely known that the majority of British WW1 soldier’s army service records went up in smoke when the War Office warehouse (the Army Records Centre) where they were stored was hit by a…
The Great War Forum (http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums) is a leading discussion space covering all aspects of the war. It began as part of the Long, Long Trail website but soon grew in size and content and was spun…
The Army’s Printing and Stationery Service produced a series of technical appreciations and training manual pamphlets that were crucial to the development of military methods during the Great War. The original list has been painstakingly…
Postcard illustration of a crew loading a heavy trench mortar. Judging by the lack of cover and the other soldiers standing around, this is a posed photograph at a training location. This article is dedicated…
The first development of Anti-Aircraft Artillery The Great War was the first in which heavier-than-air aircraft played an important role. While the central role of the air forces was reconnaissance for the purposes of assisting…
Noted WW1 historian John Terraine said in his excellent White Heat – the new warfare 1914-18, “The war of 1914-18 was an artillery war: artillery was the battle-winner, artillery was what caused the greatest loss…