The North Irish Horse
August 1914 : based in Belfast, the regiment was a unit of the Special Reserve. No Territorial Force regiments of the Yeomanry were established in Ireland and the North Irish Horse provided a mounted form…
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The Battles of Ypres, 1914 (First Ypres)
19 October – 22 November 1914: the Battles of Ypres, 1914. Often known as the First Battle of Ypres, this is a series of named battles that also form part of the outflanking encounter. It…
The army history of author Clive Staples Lewis (C. S. Lewis)
I wrote this as long ago as 2003! If I remember correctly it was for someone who was writing a biography of the author, C. S. Lewis. It is very easy to find references to…
Review of “Time to remember”
Time to remember: the journal of Lance Sergeant William Webb, October 1914-January 1916, 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Seventh Division 1914-1918 by Gerald W. Buxton published by Helion & Company, 2016 ISBN 978 1 910777…
Ypres: murder, pure and simple. Why hold it?
“There is no doubt that the Salient at Ypres is simply an inferno. It is not war, but murder, pure and simple.” “The massacre which has been going on here since April 22 is not…
Starters reading list: the Western Front battles of 1915
Neuve Chapelle, March 1915 The Battle of Neuve Chapelle by Paul Kendall. A modern study of the battle and one of the very few that cover it in detail. A good starter read. It is…
Review of “The invisible cross”
Review of “The invisible cross” by Andrew Davidson published by Quercus Editions in 2016 my paper back copy published in 2017 ISBN 978 0 85705 427 2 369 pages plus foreword, afterword, end notes. A…