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For what we have done: The first attack on Bellewaarde, 16 June 1915

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By Michael R B Mclaren £35.00 (Pb), Helion, 480pp,  107 b/w photos and illustrations, 16 maps.  ISBN 978191239083 0.  As the Official Historian, Sir James Edmonds, put it, ‘The story of 1915 is but a commentary on the straits to which the British Empire was reduced by lack of preparedness for war, and the consequent heavy cost in life and mater…


Brothers in Arms: Three Died and Three Survived the First World War

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The First World War resulted in terrible suffering for many families, but the Willis family was among those that paid the highest of prices: six brothers went to war, but only three came home. Of the surviving siblings, one had lost a leg and the other two also left with recurring health problems. The Willis family had travelled from Nottingham to…