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7 December 1917: Pte James Shuttleworth
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James Shuttleworth was born at Cowling, Yorkshire on 10 October 1878, the son of John (a worsted weaver) and Ann. He was one of 13 children, 10 of whom lived beyond childhood (two brothers, Christopher and Gladstone died in their first year. William died when he was 8). James attended Cowling Infant School then went to work as a cotton weaver i...
30 April 1915: Driver Alfred Harold Smith
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Alfred Harold Smith was born in Nelson in 1893. A coal-carter with the Nelson Co-operative Society pre war (in the town where he lived:7, Cross Street), 21 year old Alfred enlisted into the army on 12 September 1914. After getting married whilst on leave in January 1915, he travelled to Weyhill Camp, near Andover to undergo further training. Sti...
18 May 1917 : Richard John Grandin
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Richard Grandin was born 22 July 1892, St.Helier, Jersey, the son of Elias Grandin and Louise (née Alix). Richard was educated first at Victoria College, Jersey and on the Training Ship Conway and then at the Lycée St. Breuc, France. At the 1911 Census Richard was at home in the 18 roomed Gloucester Lodge, St. Saviour’s, Jersey with his now...
26 June 1917 : Pte James F Croucher
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Born at Tottenham, London on 14 July 1885, James was the son of James (a gold jeweller and journeyman) and Emily (née Ward). He was educated at Page Green School. Age 15 at the 1901 Census James was at home (16 Rangemoor Road, Tottenham Park) with his parents and two younger siblings, brothers William (13) and Frederick (11). He was a bricklaye...
ONLINE: Lemons, Chewing Gum, Whale Oil and Rivets: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Army Service Corps on the Western Front but Were Too Afraid to Ask
The presentation will be live and online. The Army Service Corps tended to be the butt of the Western Front joke but without them there was no fighting or surviving. By mid-1917 the ASC had mushroomed into a gigantic supply and movement organisation supporting every aspect of the BEF. Guns and shells, rations and RE materials, bullets and boots,...
A Century Old 'Thank you' : Frederick Clark KIA 21 March 1918
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The events of World War I have burned themselves into the national consciousness - especially during the past four years, when every battle, every incident, every death has had its 100th anniversary. With the centenary of the end of the war in sight, many are the stories that have been told and are waiting to be told. This is just one. My father...
Horses on the Western Front by Elspeth Johnstone
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Horses on the Western Front by Elspeth Johnstone (This article first appeared in Gun Fire pp38-52. All issues are available to Western Front Association members to access via your member login.) (1) You have shod them cold, and their coats are long, and their bellies stiff with mud; They have done with gloss and polish, but the fighting heart'...
The Rob Thompson Memorial Conference
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The late Rob Thompson was, in his own words, an "accidental military historian". But, in the opinion of others, he was "a true scholar … with a new way of looking at the Great War" and "an off the wall character with rock star charisma". This conference celebrates his lifetime achievements - in historical research, critical interpretation and pu...
The Invisible Corps - Roy Larkin
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Roy will be making a return visit to Ruddington to talk his specialist subject, the Army Service Corps. In this talk he will give a brief overview of the Army Service Corps 1914-18, revealing a story of evolution, passing the buck and meddling civilians!
London's Buses That Stayed at Home, Roy Larkin
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A welcome return for Roy who will be giving his new talk on the varied work of the London General Omnibus Company in support of the war effort on the Home Front.