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3 September 1915 : Lt Wilbur Taylor Dartnell VC
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Wilbur Taylor Dartnell was born on 6 April 1885 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia, the son of Henry and Rose Ann. William enlisted, only age 15, in 1901 in the South African Rifles and went to Africa. He returned to Australia 12 years later, became an actor and married Elizabeth (née Smyth) in April 1906. They lived at 'Maktau', Phillips Ave...
15 October 1914 : Pte Arthur William Heptinstall
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Arthur Heptinstall was born in Batley, Yorkshire in 1878, the son of James (a joiner) and Ann Heptinstall. Arthur was the seventh of their children born between 1864 and 1878. He enlisted in Bradford on 10 November 1899, joining 2nd Bn Royal Scots (Infantry) at the age of 21. He served in South Africa from 1900 to 1902 and in India from 1902 to...
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Major Arthur Hughes-Onslow: soldier, jockey and one of the first British deaths in the Great War
Arthur Hughes-Onslow was born in 1862. He joined the 10th Hussars at Lucknow, India and stayed in the regiment for 20 years. Along the way, he acquired the nickname of 'Junks', although he had no idea why it was given to him.
It soon became the name by which he was known by family, friends, the racing public and fellow soldiers alike. Everyone...
6 January 1915: Lt. Gerald 'Robin' Adair Seckham
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Gerald Seckham was born in Shortlands, Kent in 10 January 1893, the son of Gerald Seckham (barrister at law) and Rebecca Mary (known as 'Minnie') (née Adair). At the 1901 census Gerald junior was eight and he had a sister Nora, age five. They lived at the Lodge in Whittington, Shortlands, Kent. At some point he become known as 'Robin' - clearl...
27 February 1915 : Pte John Barley
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John Barley was born in Broughton, 6 April 1876. His parents were Thomas, an agricultural labourer and his mother was Sarah Ann (née Sharp). He was one of seven children. He worked as a farmer labourer by the age of 14, living at 57 Farm Houses, Welbourn, Lincolnshire. John enlisted, age 17, on 24 November 1893 in the Lincolnshire Regiment. He...
Ep. 111 – L/Cpl Wijnand 'Vic' Hamman, 2nd South African Regt – Emile Coetzee
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Emile Coetzee, from North West University in South Africa, talks about L/Cpl Wijnand 'Vic' Hamman, who served in South African 2nd Regt during the Great War. Your browser does not support the audio element.
Ep. 125 – The 1914-5 Campaign in German SW Africa – Antonio Garcia
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Antonio Garcia talks about his recent book on the South African campaign against German South West Africa in 1914/5 (published by Helion). Your browser does not support the audio element.
Ep. 127 – The 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion – Emile Coetzee
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Emile Coetzee, from North West University in South Africa, talks about the 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion. Your browser does not support the audio element.
12 April 1917: L/Cpl. William Lennox Farquharson Holland
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William Holland was born on 3 September 1885 in the Bombay Presidency. His parents were Henry and Hannah (née Jopp) of 27 Eaton Rise, Ealing. He was the grandson of General H W Holland. William was educated at Tonbridge School. Employed on the staff of the London County & Westminster Bank and subsequently on the staff of the National Bank o...
War, Journalism and the Shaping of the 20th Century: The Life and Times of Henry W Nevinson by Angela V. John.
L B Taurus, London & New York. £29.50. 246 pp. 2 appendices. Notes, bibliog. Index. 3 maps, 16 ills. ISBN 1-84511-081-9 Henry Nevinson is now far less well known than his painter son CRW Nevinson whose disturbing images of the Great War have become justly renowned whilst Henry's journalism has been largely forgotten. Angela John’s study of...
21 June 1917 : Major Henry George Vergottini Adler
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Henry Adler was born on 7 June 1873 Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa. His parents were Wilhelm Heinrich and Cecelia (née Virgottini) of Gloucester Crescent, London. Henry was educated at Army House, Neuenheim College, but resigned after 2 years to study mining and metallurgy at the School of Mines, South Kensington. He was a Member of...
29 June 1918 : Lieut. Reginald Edward Guise M.C.
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Reginald Guise was born in Cuttack, India 30 October 1896, the son of Rivett Francis Guise (Deputy Inspector-General, Indian Police) and Mary Elizabeth Maud (née Boissier). He was also the great-grandson of Sir John Wright, a distinguished military man of the French War in Egypt, Hanover on the Peninsula, where he was awarded the Victoria Cross...
Ep. 170 – Louis Botha, South African PM during WW1 – Prof. Ian Van Der Waag & Dr Tony Garcia
Professor Ian Van Der Waag, Professor and Head of Department of Military History at Stellenbosch University, and Dr Tony Garcia, an independent scholar talk about their research into life and career of Louis Botha, Boer military commander and South African Prime Minister before and during the Great War....
Ep. 201 - Jan Smuts - Prof. Ian Van Der Waag and Tony Garcia
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Professor Ian Van Der Waag, Professor and Head of Department of Military History at Stellenbosch University, and Dr Tony Garcia, Research Fellow History at Stellenbosch University, talk about their research into the life and career of South African statesman, soldier and politician Jan Smuts, before and during the Great War....
Ivor Thord-Gray - Mercenary, Spy? Thief? … and CO 11th Northumberland Fusiliers
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Ivor Thord-Gray was a man for whom war (to paraphrase Lord Reith) was ‘in his bones’. A Swede, born Ivar Thord Hallström (the change in name being for reasons unknown) in Stockholm on 17 April 1878, he set out on a life that would have made good fiction if it were not actually true. After two years on merchant ships (1893-5), he landed in Cape...
'The War in West Africa' a talk by Christopher Mellor-Hill
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This talk is the second of two talks given by Christopher Mellor-Hill of Noonans auctioneers looking at the War in Africa. This will consider the war in West Africa including the actions in South-West Africa by the South African forces. Christopher is head of Client Liaison at Noonans - the specialist Medal & Coin Auctioneers. His enthusiasm...
Ep. 321 – Field Marshal Lord Birdwood – Richard Farrimond
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In this podcast, Richard Farrimond discusses their motivation for writing a comprehensive biography of Field Marshal Lord Birdwood, highlighting their personal connection to Clifton College and Birdwood’s autobiography, Khaki and Gown, as initial inspirations. Your brow...
ONLINE: Harington of Chanak
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The presentation will be live and online. Widely known for the address before the battle of Messines which commenced 'Gentlemen, we may not make history tomorrow, but we shall certainly change the geography' and often remembered solely for being General Plumer's Chief of Staff, the life of Sir Charles Harington Harington, known to all as 'Tim...