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018: Winter 1986
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25 May 1917 : Pte Charles Henry Gill
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Charles Gill was born in Bradley, Yorkshire in 1896, the son of Amos (a warp dresser) and Annie.
At the 1911 Census the family were living at 49 St John St, Silsden, nr Keighley, Yorkshire. Older brother and Victor, ages 16 and 14, were 'clog iron makers'.
Charles enlisted on 2nd March 1916 and was called up for service on 1 February 1917. He...
21 October 1917 : Pte Friend Whitwam
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Friend Whitwam was born in Mirfield 19 May 1876 to parents Zachariah and Mary Whitwam of Snake Hill, Mirfield. Zachariah Friend was a card dealer at a woollen mill. Friend was baptised 25 April 1877. Friend had two sisters, Clara and Sarah. At the time of the 1901 Census, Friend lived with his parents and younger sister Sarah at 126 George Str...
20 May 1917 : Pte James Ewart
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James Ewart was born 7 April 1888 in Leeds. His parents were John Ewes of 6 Romilly Road, Cardiff, a jeweller’s manager and Charlotte (née Ireland). James was one of four children. He was educated in Manchester and Wakefield. In 1901 the family lived at 92 Llanfair Road, Cardiff. In 1911, the family lived at 102 Llanfair Road and all three grow...
George Horey's Parents’ Pilgrimage to the Somme 1923
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Some of the most moving photographs in the 40-year archive of The Western Front Association are those featuring the bereaved – the people forced to pick up the pieces and continue with their lives having lost a loved one in the war. Their pain all too often appears visceral. That is very much the case with these pictures of London tram conductor...
From ceremonial duties to First Ypres and beyond: The 1st Life Guards and their single worst day of the war
This is a brief account of one cavalry regiment's war which reached its nadir in unlikely circumstances whilst they were in a supposedly safe location on the French coast re-training for a new role. The story starts and ends at Etaples Military Cemetery. The cemetery is – as those who have visited it can testify – a vast and (for its size) relat...
Betty Stevenson – ‘the Happy Warrior’
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Within days of the war being declared the YMCA established recreation centres in the United Kingdom – largely near railway stations and other places where large numbers of troops were likely to be gathering. By the end of 1914, similar centres had been established at Le Havre in France and later in other areas of France. Above: The first YMCA...