The front line village of Fauquissart
Details of Fauquissart and its place in the history of the Great War has now been added to the Long, Long Trail’s gazetteer of the Western Front: Fauquissart
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“Chronology of the Great War” added to the Long, Long Trail
A chronology or timeline of the principal events of the Great War has been added to the Long, Long Trail. It covers, month by month, the period from August 1914 to November 1918. See Chronology…
Added to our gazetteer of the Western Front – Travecy
Latest addition to the Long, Long Trail is in the “Gazetteer of the Western Front” section and is about the village of Travecy, which saw an epic last-stand battle on 21 March 1918 Travecy
Forum offline for a while
Please note that I have taken the Long, Long Trail’s own forum offline for some technical development work. This may take me a while as it is a fundamental change to the underlying technology. Meanwhile…
“Who do you think you are?” highlights the site
What does “Who do you think you are?” magazine have to say about the Long, Long Trail this month? The Long, Long Trail This is the premier website for information on the British Army during…
Discussion forum added to LLT
Visitors to this site will find a new item in the main (black) menu that runs across the top of each page. This takes you into a discussion forum space. Please have a play with…
Launch of the Long, Long Trail’s first audio tour
I have this morning added the first of what I hope to develop into a whole series of audio battlefield tours. One day walking tour of Ypres To hear the audio, click on each of…
Welcome to the new Long, Long Trail!
Welcome all to this new version of the Long, Long Trail. It is the product of several months of work, bringing the site up to date in terms of technology and especially to improve how the…
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…
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….