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20th May 2016Articles, News

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. […]

6th May 2016New, News

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 […]

14th October 201514th October 2015News

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 […]

19th August 201519th August 2015News

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 […]

2nd August 2015News

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 […]

30th July 201530th July 2015News

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 […]

28th July 201528th July 2015News

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 […]

12th July 2015News

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 […]

12th July 2015News, Reviews

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 […]

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Celebrating the Long, Long Trail's 30 birthday!

I am Chris Baker, the author of the Long, Long Trail. Established since 1996, it is a free-to-use resource to help with your own research. There is no AI slop here! Welcome to the site.

Chris Baker author of the Long, Long Trail

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  • Potential site disruption Wed 20 May 2026
  • A 1/8th Royal Warwicks’ life lost at St-Julien 1917
  • 252nd Tunnelling Company men in the attack at Bullecourt, 20 November 1917
  • The Devonshire (Fortress) Company of the Royal Engineers (Territorial Force)
  • Regulars, reservists and the 1911 census

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