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Great War Barcombe News from a Sussex Village 1914 -1919
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Publisher: Country BooksISBN: 9781910489611 Edited by Ian Hilder Five years in post as the Digital Editor for The Western Front Association (since May 2015) and one of the regular and most enjoyable and indulgent tasks is to research and refresh our daily commemoration of the men or women who served during the First World War for ‘Remember On Thi…
The Great War Dead of Crewe & Nantwich by Mark Potts & Joy Bratherton
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Softback, 219pp, 2001. Copies priced £10 may be obtained from Joy Bratherton. [Available in 2021 for £7.25 from Abebooks] This privately published book is another very good example of the valuable work being done in the field of local history by Great War enthusiasts. The title refers to the typical letter sent to bereaved relatives after a ser…
Dear Mrs Jones - The Great War Dead of Crewe & Nantwich by Mark Potts & Joy Bratherton
[This review first appeared in Stand To! No. 63 January 2002] Softback, 219pp, 2001. Copies priced £10 may be obtained from Joy Bratherton at 40 Greenway, Coppenhall, Crewe, Cheshire CW1 4JN, UK. This privately published book is another very good example of the valuable work being done in the field of local history by Great War enthusiasts. T…
Farnham in the Great War by Maurice Hewins
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Printed and bound by Print2Demand Ltd. 17cm x 24cm 202 pages When I was asked to read and review Maurice Hewin's Farnham in the Great War I jumped at the chance. Having struggled myself to produce a history of the men of Rowledge who fell in the Great War, I knew only too well that the source of material for any work relating to that period was …
Ep. 312 – Barcombe in the Great War – Ian Hilder
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Author Ian Hilder talks about his labour of love 'Great War Barcombe : News from a Sussex Village 1914 -1919' in which contemporary events and local news are blended with the stories of those who served during the First World War. Illustrated from cover to cover, with photographs, newspaper cuttings and other ephemera it is a joyous recreation of t…