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Category Archives: Soldiers of the Great War
Shot at dawn pamphlet published online
A campaigning contemporary pamphlet, designed to draw attention to the British army’s relatively common and often arbitrary use of the death penalty, has been made available online. Entitled Shootings at Dawn and written by Ernest Thurtle MP, it uses extracts … Continue reading
WW1 Tank Corps VC winner saved trapped crew
In 1914 20-year-old Cecil Sewell was an articled clerk at his father’s law firm in Greenwich, London. At the outbreak of war he joined the Royal West Kent Regiment. In 1916 he signed up with the newly established Tank Corps, … Continue reading
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The Royal Guernsey Light Infantry in WW1
The Royal Guernsey Light Infantry was one of the lesser known British units of the First World War. It was established comparatively late in the conflict, in December 1916, with its recruits training initially on Guernsey and later in Kent. … Continue reading
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Recognition for Channel Islander killed during retreat from Mons
A Jersey housing development is to be named after the first Channel Islander to be killed in the First World War. Captain EFV (Victor) Briard was 25 when he was killed in action on 24 August 1914 during the retreat … Continue reading
Sussex memorial for Battle of Mons VC winner
A memorial stone is to be unveiled to commemorate one of the first Victoria Cross winners of the First World War. Private Sidney Godley VC, of the Royal Fusiliers, won the medal for his defence of the Nimy railway bridge … Continue reading
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Worcestershire Cricket Club rededicates WW1 memorial
A memorial to the Worcestershire County Cricket Club players who were killed in the First World War has been rededicated to mark the Centenary of 1914. Some 17 club members, including 10 first XI players, lost their lives in the … Continue reading
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Reservists re-join the British army in August 1914
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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The Briton killed within hours of outbreak of WW1
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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Search solves mystery of WW1 officer painting
An unknown World War I officer, depicted in a painting, has been identified by the website Art Detective. The picture was in the collection of Carmarthenshire Museums in Wales. It depicts Second Lieutenant Paul Chancourt Girardot of the 2nd Battalion, Oxford & … Continue reading
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First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 