Monthly Archives: August 2014

Reservists re-join the British army in August 1914

Posted on August 6, 2014 by DH

Reservists queue to rejoin the British Army on 5 August 1914. The men are former members of the Grenadier Guards who have been recalled following the outbreak of war and are awaiting a medical examination at Wellington Barracks, Chelsea. While … Continue reading →

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Step Short arch unveiled in Folkestone

Posted on August 4, 2014 by DH

The 100th anniversary of the day Britain entered the First World War has been marked by the unveiling of a memorial arch in Folkestone, Kent. The arch was commissioned for the Centenary by the Step Short charity in memory of the millions of … Continue reading →

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The Briton killed within hours of outbreak of WW1

Posted on August 3, 2014 by DH

Historian Richard van Emden suggests Henry Hadley should be recognized as the first British casualty of the First World War. Hadley, a former army officer with the West India Regiment who had been educated at Cheltenham College, was working as … Continue reading →

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Truth and Memory at London’s Imperial War Museum

Posted on August 2, 2014 by DH

  London’s Imperial War Museum is marking the Centenary of the outbreak of World War I with a wide-ranging and often deeply moving display of the work of British war artists of the period. Entitled Truth and Memory, it takes … Continue reading →

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