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Chris wins a prestigious award

I am delighted to report that at its Annual General Meeting on Sunday, 20 March 2022, the Guild of Battlefield Guides announced […]

I first noted Kenneth Frost’s name when I was researching the 1st Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment. He arrived to join […]

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

“Tracing your military ancestors“. This is a talk I gave at a Family History Show hosted by The Genealogist. You can watch […]

I am pleased to have added a half-or one-day tour of Ypres, with specific focus on the Canadian forces. Enjoy at Canada […]

Yesterday (8 September 2020) saw the launch of a new organisation. The group states that it “was founded as a non-profit organisation […]

This website is offered free to use. It always has been. But it does cost money to operate. Domain renewal fees, hosting […]

Cambligneul lies west of Souchez and the Vimy Ridge, near the village of Camblain-l’Abbé. The 2/3rd North Midland Field Ambulance’s war diary […]

This photograph of British troops passing through the Somme village of Hénencourt was taken by Second Leiutenant David McLellan on 26 March […]

I have acquired the very last few new copies of my book “The Battle for Flanders: German defeat on the Lys, 1918” […]