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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Remains of missing World War I soldier found on Somme battlefield
Remains of a missing World War I soldier were discovered last week near the Ulster Tower memorial on the Somme battlefield. They were found as a mechanical digger was operating as part of plans to improve the parking area and … Continue reading
Letter home tells of dangers of Ypres in 1915
A letter home from lieutenant Hugh Butterworth of the 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. In it, he displays a characteristic joviality and dry wit despite the dangers of his situation. Trenches Sunday, June 20th, 1915. 3.15am What a night! We left … Continue reading
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Tagged 1915, Belgium, centenary, Hugh Butterworth, memoirs, Rifle Brigade, Soldiers of the Great War, World War I language, World War I letters, Ypres
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Scottish rugby players killed in World War I remembered in Edinburgh
Scottish international rugby players who were killed in World War I are to be honoured at an event in December at Edinburgh Central Library. Scotland lost 30 international rugby players (including five captains) during the war – more than any … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, 1917, Aisne, Alistair McEwen, Arras, Centenary of World War I, Edinburgh Central Library, EHD Sewell, events, Faubourg d’Amiens, France, German Spring Offensive of 1918, Lieutenant Ronald Simson, news, rugby, Scotland, Scotland’s War Project, The Rugby Roll of Honour, William Hutchison
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Yorkshire man searches for rules of World War I card game
A Yorkshire pensioner is trying to find anyone who knows the rules of Militaire, a card game that was played in the trenches of World War I. The York Press reports that Brian Elsegood believes a deck of cards he … Continue reading
Franz Ferdinand accident could have changed course of history
One hundred years ago, and just months before his death, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was nearly shot dead in a hunting accident in Nottinghamshire, England. The BBC reports that at the time, the Duke of Portland – on whose … Continue reading
Medal of Staffordshire Regiment soldier found in Midlands garden
A British gardening enthusiast has discovered two long-lost World War I medals in his potato patch. Roger Aston, of Smethwick in the West Midlands, found one German and one British medal. The latter was awarded to 33-year-old Private Francis Hubball, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1917, Belgium, centenary, Flanders, Hubble, lost, Medals, news, Private Francis Hubball, Smethwick, Soldiers of the Great War, Staffordshire Regiment, William Henry Chance
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World War I changed culture of mourning, says Yale professor
World War I changed the culture of mourning in Europe and acted as a crucial brake on progress, says Yale professor Jay Winter in an interview with Deutsche Welle. Winter, who has curated the exhibition Missing Sons, at the Art … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, Bonn, Centenary of World War I, events, Germany, J Winter, memory, missing soldiers of World War I, Missing Sons, news
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New Zealand WW1 commemoration plaque found in rubbish
Waste disposal contractors in New Zealand have recovered a World War I memorial plaque amid a pile of rubbish. The plaque commemorates private Ernest Wright, of 3rd Battalion, the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, who was killed in France on 23 … Continue reading
First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 