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Ep. 105 – Researching British Officers in WW1 – Prof. Michael Durey

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Emeritus Professor Michael Durey, from Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, talks about his background and interest in history and his current research project which explores the lives of British officers killed on the Western Front during the Great War. Born in Bethnal Green, Blackheath, Michael Davey took his first degree at York Univ...

A Comparative Analysis of the Profiles of the Officers of the 36th (Ulster) Division Between Formation and 1 July 1916

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Until the beginning of this century it has been very difficult for historians to analyse the profiles of the officer corps in the New Armies formed in late 1914. Consequently, it has been assumed that the newly commissioned officers were similar in background to those of the pre-war Regular Army namely public schoolboy educated members of the Of...

'A Lieutenant at Fifteen: the remarkable story of Alfred Davis' - by Paul Harris

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We are very pleased to welcome back Paul Harris to our October branch meeting. Paul will be speaking on 'A Lieutenant at Fifteen: the remarkable story of Alfred Davis'. Commissioned at the age of fifteen, Alfred Davis fought at the Battle of Mametz in 1916 and survived the German offensive of March 1918. His story offers a valuable insight into...