Chris Baker’s December talks 2015 and 2016
For some ten years now I have given the December talk to the Heart of England Branch of the Western Front Association in Warwick. Meetings start at 7.45pm, all are welcome. Here are the details…
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Mr Bean claims men executed “for not wearing a hat”
The Daily Telegraph of 9 January 2014 carried an article about the Blackadder comedy TV series of 25 years ago, in the wake of recent comments by the Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove….
West Flemish Tourist Board launches new battlefield cycle routes
Thanks to Michaël Torfs at deredactie.be for this article: The West Flemish Tourist Board Westtoer is launching no fewer than 7 new Great War cycle routes this spring and summer (2015). All the routes are…
Chris Baker interviewed at 2015 “Who do you think you are?” show
At this year’s WDYTYA show at Birmingham’s NEC, I was guest speaker for the family history service provider The Genealogist. I was asked for a quick interview afterwards.
Chris Baker features in Bellewaarde documentary
The author of the Long, Long Trail, Chris Baker, features in this short documentary film about the First Battle of Bellewaarde. (Chris is about 2:30 in from the start). The film was made by Martin…
Casualty lists from The Genealogist
Many readers of this website will be familiar with the service providers Ancestry and Findmypast, both of which carry extensive collections of records that are of great value to anyone researching British soldiers of the…