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Apologies for Amazon blanks on pages

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

Look out for my chapter in the forthcoming book, “London Pride: The London Territorial Force in Peace and War, 1908-1921” to be […]

I have just added a new article to the site: How to research a man of the Royal Naval Division. When locating […]

In the last few days I have added articles on the locations of the key ammunition depots at Audruicq, Blargies and Zeneghem […]

For many years, I have written books reviews for this site. Many of them were enabled by the publishers sending me a […]

Military historian Andy Robertshaw and his team have created a replica Great War trench system at the Centre for Experimental Archaeology (CEMA) […]

The latest addition to the Long’s Long Trail’s Gazetteer of the Western Front is on the lovely and most interesting town of […]

Today I welcome a new sponsor/advertiser to the site, in the form of Battle Guide Virtual Tours. This has come through my […]

Events of the last three months have forced me to take a hard look at my future. I had closed my research […]

I recently chanced upon a mention that an old friend of mine had died in 2020. After checking an obituary article in […]