Monthly Archives: March 2013

Turkish plan to find missing soldiers of Gallipoli

Posted on March 15, 2013 by DH

The geophysical engineering department at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University’s (COMU) faculty of engineering, the Turkish Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs and the Gallipoli Historical National Park Directorate are attempting to find the last resting places of soldiers killed at … Continue reading →

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World War I soldier’s letters uncovered in Toronto house

Posted on March 13, 2013 by DH

A collection of letters, photos and postcards dating back to the First World War has been discovered in a house in Toronto, Canada, reports Canadian broadcaster CBC. The letters were sent to a woman named Hilda MacLeod apparently by a … Continue reading →

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The remains of British soldiers could be disturbed if a plan to build a wind farm on the site of the Loos battlefield goes ahead. The Daily Mirror reports that Energy firm InnoVent wants to build 10 turbines on the … Continue reading →

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Eyam Museum, Derbyshire, to stage World War I exhibition

Posted on March 13, 2013 by DH

Eyam Museum in Derbyshire intends to put on a World War I exhibition thanks to a £21,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. News website ThisisDerbyshire.co.uk reports the exhibition will open in March 2014. As well as the centenary of … Continue reading →

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Relatives of soldier and nurse brought together at IWM North

Posted on March 11, 2013 by DH

The Manchester Evening News reports the moving story of sister Edith Appleton and private Charles Kerr, of the 17th Battalion Manchester Regiment. Sister Appleton kept a journal focused on what she witnessed during five years on the Western Front and … Continue reading →

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World War I relics at Rainham Marshes RSPB reserve

Posted on March 11, 2013 by DH

The RSPB’s Rainham Marshes reserve has kept rather a lot of World War I heritage. Amid its reedbeds and walkways is a stubby, circular tower, just in the shadow of the River Thames’ flood bank. During World War I this … Continue reading →

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Hislop and Palin join forces on Wipers Times film

Posted on March 11, 2013 by DH

Michael Palin is to star in a BBC Two film about a satirical magazine published during World War I, reports chortle.co.uk. The film, The Wipers Times, has been written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman and is based on the … Continue reading →

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Two World War I brothers commemorated in East London

Posted on March 6, 2013 by DH

Tucked away at the back of churchyard in east London is this gravestone that tells the sad story of how a widowed mother lost two of her sons in World War I. Edmund John Thorogood was a gunner in the … Continue reading →

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Kings Liverpool Regiment soldier reinterred in Swinton

Posted on March 1, 2013 by DH

A First World war soldier from Swinton, Lancashire, has been reinterred, after his original burial site was scheduled to become the site of a supermarket. Private Wilbraham Lomax Blears (23) of 13th Battalion the Kings Liverpool Regiment died from the … Continue reading →

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South African UK Legion commemorate SS Mendi sinking

Posted on March 1, 2013 by DH

Members of the South African UK Legion have held the first-ever memorial service at Portsmouth (Milton) Cemetery to commemorate the casualties of SS Mendi. In February 1917, the 4,000-ton SS Mendi, carrying troops from the 5th Battalion, South African Native Labour … Continue reading →

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