-
Recent Posts
Archives
- May 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- May 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- October 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- May 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
Categories
Meta
Tag Archives: Artists’ Rifles
Private Percy Hamlen of the Artists’ Rifles
Hidden away in a partially overgrown area of St Pancras Cemetery, North London, is the grave of Private Percy Hamlen of the Artists’ Rifles, who died in March 1915.
Artists’ Rifles HQ in Euston, London
The former HQ of the Artists’ Rifles still stands at 17 Duke’s Road in London, close to Euston station. It is easy to walk past it without noticing that, above the doorway, is a rendition of the regimental badge and … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Artists' Rifles, DSO, Euston, London, news, relics, Victoria Cross
Leave a comment
The effect of a shellburst as seen by a First World War soldier
A First World War soldier reflects on his first experience of shellfire. ‘And was I panic stricken? No. Not in the least. It would be hard to analyse my feelings as I gazed at the ugly brown hole in the … Continue reading
Posted in Soldiers of the Great War, World War I memoirs
Tagged Artists' Rifles, London Regiment, shelling
Leave a comment
First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 