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6 November 1914 Carl Hans Lody
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Carl Hans Lody was born in Berlin on 20 January 1877. Following the death of both of his parents before he was eight, he entered an orphanage and later became an apprentice in a shop in Halle. In 1893, aged 16, he joined a sailing ship as a cabin boy and later studied at the German maritime academy, before joining the Imperial German Navy. Lody...
The Forgotten Germans of the First World War
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Barry Kitchener's talk, ' The Forgotten Germans,' throws a spotlight on a little known and rarely mentioned aspect of the Great War. The British Government wanted to utilise the symbolic power that The Tower of London had become by executing eleven German spies convicted of espionage. A thought provoking story, not to be missed.
August Frontline 2024
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WFA MK Branch newsletter for August 2024, containing articles on: Wounded Soldiers by the seaside Preview of talk by Barry Kitchener on 'The Forgotten Germans' Mentioned in Dispatches The Unknown Warrior - A personal Journey of Discovery and Remembrance
Frontline September 2024
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WFA MK Branch newsletter for September 2024, containing articles on: Barry Kitcheners upcoming talk on ' The Forgotten Germans' Stow Maries Great War Weekend Heritage Weekend at MK Museum An Air Raid Remembered
The Enemy Within: Germans in Britain 1914-1918, Tim Lynch
When war broke out, thousands of German subjects - many who had never set foot in Germany - found themselves trapped in Britain and targeted as 'enemy aliens'. From the spy scares of 1914 to the Internment Camps in Britain and Germany, this presentation tells the story of those who found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.