Category Archives: Events

Charity searches for relatives of first British casualty

Posted on September 10, 2013 by DH

The Barnet War Memorials Initiative Trust is looking to install a memorial to private John Parr, of 4th Battalion the Middlesex Regiment, who was the first British soldier to be killed in World War I. It is also hoping to … Continue reading →

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How the Kaiser freed British officer to visit dying mother

Posted on September 3, 2013 by DH

Historian Richard Van Emden has uncovered the story of how captain Robert Campbell was freed by the German Kaiser so he could visit his dying mother. The Daily Telegraph reports how the 29-year-old Campbell was captured at the battle of … Continue reading →

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Butte de Warlencourt Centenary restoration plans

Posted on September 3, 2013 by DH

The Butte de Warlencourt, once a strongpoint in the German army’s defences on the Somme front, is set to be restored as a visitor attraction for the Centenary of World War I, reports the Daily Mail. The Western Front Association … Continue reading →

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Retreat from Mons Remembrance Trail

Posted on August 26, 2013 by DH

CWGC has launched a Retreat from Mons Remembrance Trail. The Battle of Mons was fought on 23 August 1914. Heavy fighting took place in the city and the surrounding area and by the evening the British Expeditionary Force had begun … Continue reading →

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Lieutenant Maurice Dease VC

Posted on August 24, 2013 by DH

Lieutenant Maurice Dease won his VC at the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914. ‘The machine gun crews were constantly being knocked out. So cramped was their position that when a man was hit he had to be removed … Continue reading →

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Photograph at Abbeville CWGC cemetery

Posted on August 22, 2013 by DH

  I stopped off at the CWGC cemetery at Abbeville, Picardy, last week. Lying on one of the grass paths was this photo, depicting the Irvine Victoria football team presumably of some time around 1914. I expect it had blown … Continue reading →

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Missing Australian soldiers identified at Fromelles

Posted on August 6, 2013 by DH

The CWGC has erected headstones to mark the graves of five newly identified Australian soldiers of World War I. Private William Barber, Private Thomas William Francis, Private William O’Donnell, Private Thomas Henry Bills and Private John Gordon McKenzie, were among … Continue reading →

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National Army Museum’s speakers focus on World War I

Posted on August 5, 2013 by DH

100 Days to Victory: How the First World War Was Won Saul David 12 September 2013, 7pm Employing the latest ideas and scholarship, author Saul David will explore the history of World War I from a new angle and will … Continue reading →

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Canadian soldiers added to Dorchester memorial

Posted on July 21, 2013 by DH

The names of two Dorset men who lost their lives fighting with the Canadian forces in World War I have been added to a war memorial in Dorchester. Charlie Cutt and George Quinton were omitted from the monument when it … Continue reading →

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A South African RAF pilot

Posted on July 8, 2013 by DH

CWGC lists lieutenant Charles Perring as belonging to the Aircraft Acceptance Park at Hendon Aerodrome in London. He was killed in an air crash at Lympne in Kent on 9 August 1918 and originally came from Johannesburg, South Africa. The … Continue reading →

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