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In early April 1918 Ludendorff launched his "Georgette" offensive and the soldier in the grave shown on the frontispiece…

Lancashire North Branch Issue 19: May 2017 Despatch The RAMC at Messines during the 1917 Offensive by Lancashire born a…

Lancashire North Branch Despatch Issue 18: November 2016 The frontispiece photo shows troops moving from their assembly…

Lancashire North Branch Despatch issue 17: May 2016 The front page of this Despatch takes on an unusual layout to disp…

Lancashire North Despatch Issue 16: November 2015 On 18th September 1919 General Sir John Cowans received the acclaim o…

Residents of North Lancashire, especially Over Kellett, in the 1870s would never know that the young Jack Cowans growing…

The frontispiece shows the 1/5th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster (KORL) Regiment marching along Caton Road to Lanca…

This edition's frontispiece is a photo taken on the Braemar Castle when bound for France on 22nd August 1914. Leaning o…

This month's frontispiece is thanks to Barrie Bertram's cancelled summer holiday and his interest in the WW1 involvem…

This frontispiece is especially for our long serving Chairman who is renowned for his interest in “Old Bill”. Read more …

Katie Hampson’s sketch of the Menin Gate has been specially commissioned for this 10th Issue of Despatch. A former pupil…

Lancashire North Despatch Issue 9: May 2012 The frontispiece group photo is of the staff at the Staff College, Quetta, …