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Daily Beast reviews The Sleepwalkers

Posted on May 22, 2013 by DH

World War I saw ‘European civilization shattered like a glittering chandelier fallen on a marble floor’, says Michael Bishop in his Daily Beast review of Christopher Clark’s The Sleepwalkers. The reviewer adds that Clark, like many a historian before him, is … Continue reading →

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Plan seeks £1.5m to reopen World War I Essex airfield

Posted on May 20, 2013 by DH

Former World War I airfield Stow Maries could be restored and opened as a museum, reports the Sunday Times. The newspaper reports that the site, near Chelmsford is Essex, is expected to receive a grant of £1.5m from the National … Continue reading →

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Swansea Pals’ records added to digital archive

Posted on May 17, 2013 by DH

Digitised archive records will tell the tale of the Swansea Pals – the 14th (Service Battalion), The Welsh Regiment, part of the Welsh 38th Division during World War I. Wales Online reports how the 1,200-strong battalion lost many of its … Continue reading →

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Rare private war memorial, College Yard, London NW5

Posted on May 15, 2013 by DH

A rare example of a private World War I memorial can be found in Kentish Town, London NW5. It’s on a row of what are reputed to have been railwaymen’s cottage on College Yard and is in pretty poor condition. … Continue reading →

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Mansfield appeal for Trent to Trenches exhibition

Posted on May 13, 2013 by DH

People in Nottinghamshire are being asked to bring objects and heirlooms related to World War I to Mansfield Library on Sunday 19th May from 11am – 3pm. The Mansfield Chad reports that Nottinghamshire Council is looking to collect items such as … Continue reading →

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Canadian schoolchildren research Highlander’s World War I medal

Posted on May 7, 2013 by DH

A class of Canadian children has partially solved the mystery of a long-lost World War I medal found in a box of oddments by a receptionist at their school – West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver. The service medal bears … Continue reading →

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Interest in ANZAC Day grows in France

Posted on April 25, 2013 by DH

ANZAC Day, held every year on 25 April, and commemorating the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps’ (ANZAC) 1915 landing at Gallipoli, has an increasing resonance in France, reports France 24. More than 8,700 Australians died at Gallipoli, along with … Continue reading →

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World War I losses link French and English villages

Posted on April 17, 2013 by DH

The inhabitants of the French village of Fromelles have decided to start an association to create links with the Buckinghamshire village of the Lee. Newspaper La Voix du Nord Nine reports that nine soldiers from the Lee died in the … Continue reading →

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Body of missing British officer to be reburied in France

Posted on April 16, 2013 by DH

A British officer is to be buried in France after his remains were discovered by a farmer, according to the Daily Mirror. The newspaper reports how Didier Guerle uncovered the remains of Acting captain John Pritchard, along with five other … Continue reading →

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World War I time capsule to be opened in Dundee, Scotland

Posted on April 15, 2013 by DH

The opening of a 100-year-old Dundee war memorial made by post office workers is to be part of the city’s commemoration of World War I, reports the Dundee Courier. Local woman Janice Kennedy’s discovered the location of the historical treasure … Continue reading →

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