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1 September 1914 : 2nd Lt George Edward Cecil

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Born on 9 September 1895 off Hanover Square, London, George Cecil was the son of Lord and Lady Edward Cecil (daughter of Admiral Frederick Maxse) and the grandson of the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (three times Prime Minister). At the 1901 Census George (age 5) was at home with his mother (age 29) and their seven servants: butler, nurse, cook, ki...


Private Memorials on the Western Front

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Book review by Ann Clayton. The Western Front Association Memorials Officer (who recently stood down from his post after a good number of years' work) has put many years of research into this most informative book. As a service to members of the Association the book is sold at cost, and is excellent value. It lists 37 private memorials to ind...


The Kaiser's Battle by Martin Middlebrook - how accurate are the statistics?

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I am sure that many members of The Western Front Association were introduced to the subject of the Great War by reading Martin Middlebrook's The First Day on the Somme, which was first published 53 years after the end of the war in 1971. It is sobering to realise that nearly as many years have elapsed since its original publication to the recent...


'The Grave by the Roadside' : Remembering 2/Lt. H G Thorpe who died 24 March 1918

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One of the illustrated WFA talks ('Six Months with the King’s (Liverpool) 1917-1918’) I’ve given over the last twenty years or so tells the story of my uncle, 2/Lt H G Thorpe MC, 1/King’s Liverpool Regt, who was killed in action on 24 March 1918. Members who have heard it might be interested in a recent development. Gordon Thorpe’s is a remarka...


Help raise £5,500 to fund the restoration of a First World War private memorial

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Help raise £5,500 to fund the restoration of a First World War private memorial to Captain Houston Stewart Hamilton Wallace in Bazentin, Somme, France. Donations would be most welcome > Project Houston  Two of these memorials are located in the village of Bazentin-le-Petit situated between Pozières and Longueval on the Somme battlefield. The...