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23 December 1915 : Roland A Leighton
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Roland Leighton was the oldest surviving child of literary parents, Robert Leighton ('man of letters) and Marie (née Connor), a novelist. As a result of the guilt following the death of her first child, Marie spoilt Roland and neglected his younger siblings-sister Clare and brother Evelyn. Roland went to prep: school in St.John's Wood (London Hous…
The Virago Book of Women & the Great War
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Book review by Ann Clayton. I was gratified to see that this collection of women's experiences of the Great War opens with an extract from Beatrice Kelsey's journal which was first published in Stand To! 44. Following this are extracts from the memoirs, journals and letters of dozens of women, many of whose names are well-known to us, such as Vera…
Vera Brittain - The Militant Pacifist: Misconceptions of her Importance in Military History
By Dr. Phylomena H. Badsey Originally published by the Journal of the Centre for First World Studies. Posted here with permission. Vera Brittain (1897-1970) is best known to this audience for her sixth book Testament of Youth An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925, published in 1933 and based on her own war diary, Chronicle of Yout…
Letters From A Lost Generation
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ISBN: 0-316-64664-4 Hardback 427 pp £18.99 Published by Little, Brown. In these days of emails and texts, letters are not used widely as a means of communication. During the Great War however, letters were one of the few methods of keeping in touch. These letters give a more complete picture of Vera Brittain and the 4 men who she writes about …
Peace at Last: A Portrait of Armistice Day, 11 November 1918 by Guy Cuthbertson
Yale University Press, £18.99
293pp, hb, ills, notes, further reading.
ISBN: 978–030–023–338–4
‘It wasn’t a peace treaty, but it was peace’, the author says – and that was how the news of the Armistice was received by relieved citizens and soldiers alike. The author’s account covers events on 11 November 1918, from midnight to midnight, mainly,…
'Vera Brittain 1893 -1970: Her Life Known and Unknown by Dr Phylomena Badsey'
Vera Brittain's 'Testament of Youth (1933)' is an important text for the study of the First World War. Dr Badsey's talk puts this text in the context of the political, social and religious beliefs of Vera Brittain's entire life. Dr. Phylomena Badsey MA was awarded her PhD from Kingston University in 2005, its topic "The Political Thought of V…
A Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
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Feminism of the First Hour? Released in 1933 as Germany faced the beginnings of the rise of fascism, A Testament of Youth recounts the First World War as years of love, desolation and loss leading to a life of pacifism, through the personal narrative of Vera Brittain – a fiancé in waiting turned volunteer nurse. As a middle-class girl from Derb…
Vera Britain
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ONLINE LECTURE Vera Brittain By Michelle Young Michelle will talk about Vera Brittain, and her wartime experiences, told through letters. she will talk about Vera’s life pre-war, and very briefly post war and illustrate this through slides of places where she lived, studied and worked. Michelle’s hope is that at the end of the talk, attendee’s …
Cork Conference on ‘Aspects of the Great War’
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On 7 October 2023, the Cork Branch of The Western Front Association will be holding a one-day conference on ‘Aspects of the Great War’. As the title suggests, during the conference a panel of six leading academics and historians will examine different military, social and political aspects of the conflict. There will also be a display of artefacts …