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13 February : 'Imagining the West Indian soldier: from empire to multicultural commemoration' with Richard Smith

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The role of the 16,000–strong British West Indies Regiment in the First World War has been recuperated from a marginalised afterthought in accounts of the British imperial war effort to occupy a more central, even symbolic, position in contemporary interpretations of the conflict. This process gained momentum during the recent centenary commemor...

Blacks v. Whites 29 April 1919 Winchester, Hampshire

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Blacks v. Whites Fight at Winchester Camp. A dozen men wounded. This shocking headline appeared in the Hampshire Telegraph on 2 May 1919 to describe events of the previous Monday 29th April 1919 when violence broke out between black British West Indian soldiers and white American soldiers serving with British forces who were housed in barracks a...

We are delighted to announce the publication of Stand To! No.131

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Stand To 131 Contents Page Editor’s Introduction 2 AIF Machine Gun Tactics – Bullecourt 1917 by Greg O’Reilly 2–9 The Camera Returns (112) by Bob Grundy and Steve Wall 10–11 Success and Failure XIII Corps and VIII Corps 1 July 1916: An artillery perspective by Richard Smith 12-19 A Coalition of Dissenting Voic...

131: August 2023

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Hawthorn Ridge—Then and Now.

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Richard Smith : Hawthorn Ridge—Then and Now. Richard will be looking at what happened at Hawthorn Ridge and the surrounding area throughout the Great War, followed by an up-to-date overview of the work of the Hawthorn Ridge Crater Association. A founder member of Hawthorn Ridge Crater Association, Richard Smith has been visiting the Western Fron...