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The Royal Artillery 1914-1915

The Battle of Messines 1917. The prelude to the Battle of Passchendaele and the biggest man-made explosion before the A-bomb.

The Battle of Messines 1917. The prelude to the Battle of Passchendaele and the biggest man-made explosion before the A-bomb. 

'The Old Contemptibles'

'The Old Contemptibles' 

The Great War at Spanbroekmolen 1914-1918

Tunnelling at Spanbroekmolen  

Observers with the Royal Flying Corps

A welcome return for Colin who is an expert on all things 'air-war' - this time looking at the unsung heroes: the RFC observers 

Lost Opportunity – 22 August 1914

How the Battle of the Ardennes on 22 August 1914 had consequences for the whole war 

The Indian Corps on the Western Front

In 1914, Indian troops provided much-needed reinforcements to a beleaguered B.E.F. 

1915 – Lessons Learned but not Learned

The battles of 1915, most of them forgotten actions, what lessons were learned from these battles? 

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission's (CWGC) Enquiries Files.

I'm out! Escape from German POW Camps 1914 - 18

Mountain Warfare in the Great War

Playing the Great Classical Game: Sir Edwin Lutyens and the Imperial War Graves Commission

Special Railway Loads in WW1

'The Changing Face of Army Chaplaincy During the Great War'

'Halt! Who goes there?' 'Army Chaplain.' 'Pass Charlie Chaplin, all’s well!' 

An introduction to the R. E. Tunnelling Companies 1915 – 1918

Tunnelling companies were crucial in WWI trench warfare. From 1915 - 1919 they developed British underground tactics using offensive/defensive mining techniques that culminated in the successful Messines attack