Review of “Britain’s quest for oil”
Britain’s quest for oil: the First World War and the Peace Conferences by Martin Gibson published by Helion & Company, 2017 in the Wolverhampton Military Studies series ISBN (hardback) 978 1 911512 07 3 Hardback….
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Two officers killed accidentally by sentry
Several newspapers included details of a tragic story from an inquest held at a Police Court on Monday 25 January 1915. This example is from the “Manchester Evening News”: Harris was charged with causing the death…
Review of “Faces from the Front”
Faces from the Front Harold Gillies, the Queen’s Hospital, Sidcup, and the origins of modern plastic surgery by Andrew Bamji published by Helion & Company, October 2017 Hardback ISBN 978 1 911512 66 0 202…
Norfolk Regiment
Regimental Depot Britannia Barracks, Norwich Battalions of the Regular Army 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Holywood, Belfast. Part of 15th Brigade, 5th Division. Landed at Le Havre August 1914. Moved with Division to Italy…
Official registration of death
The death of a soldier was registered in the same way as a civilian (even if he lost his life overseas) and a copy death certificate can be ordered from the General Register Office (England…
Entrenching Battalions before 1918
Please beware that this page is a work in progress. The information contained is accurate but incomplete. I shall add other battalions and details as I discover snippets of information. General On 9 August 1915…
Gazetteer of the Western Front: Le Touquet
This page is about the hamlet of Le Touquet, which is in Belgium – if only just, for it is very close to the border with France. It is not the same as the much…