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Ep. 144 – British West Indies Regiment and the Taranto 1918 Mutiny – Tony T

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Tony T, Oral Historian and Producer from Sweet Patootee productions, talks about a historical documentary he made with colleagues interviewing former black veterans who served in the British West Indies Regiment during the Great War and who witnessed their Regiment’s involvement in the mutiny at Taranto, Italy, in December 1918....

Great War to Race Riots by Madeline Heneghan and Emy Omora

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Madeline Heneghan and Emy Onuora Writing on the Wall Toxteth Library Windsor Street Liverpool L8 1XF Published by Writing on the Wall 2017 ISBN: 978-1-910580-19-6 We are told how the research for this book came about and are given a succinct history of Liverpool’s maritime trade and how it at the forefront of the slave trade from 1700. Gradually...

Remembering the Great War Church Huts of Seaford Camp

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From September 1914 to the end of the Great War and beyond Seaford hosted two large training camps (North Camp and South Camp). Recruits to Kitchener's Army in the first year were put up first in tents (until they suffered a deluge from a south-westerly gale), and then in huts which began to appear in late 1914 and early 1915. (By the way, when...

WEEKEND EVENT: The Lasting Legacy of the Lewes First World War Green Huts

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ISSUES REGARDING THE VENUE HAVE BEEN RESOLVED: THIS EVENT IS BACK ON! This October, the people of Lewes will once again pay tribute to the history of the WW1 Lewes Green Huts. These huts (actual one building during the war) served as the chapel at Seaford Camp and was used by soldiers of the British West Indies Regiment, as well as Canadian For...