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![The Curious Case of Thomas Brown who served as Thomas Smith and the Dewsbury Roll of Honour and War Memorial](/media/21814/5a-smith-thomas-38465-pension-card.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132676187755230000)
The Curious Case of Thomas Brown who served as Thomas Smith and the Dews...
In 2014 a group by the name of Dewsbury Sacrifices was formed with the primary intention of rese...
Read More![Courage and devotion to duty: 62357 Sgt. Ernest Bashford, 199 Siege Battery](/media/21791/photo-3-6-how-being-moved-iwm.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132675474091970000)
Courage and devotion to duty: 62357 Sgt. Ernest Bashford, 199 Siege Battery
Family history research revealed at least five relatives who served in the Royal Garrison Artille...
Read More![From the Suvla Plain to Victory: William Ralph Peel](/media/21783/2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132675428266430000)
From the Suvla Plain to Victory: William Ralph Peel
On the 16 November 1918, Lt Col William Ralph Peel and the men in his 10/Manchester Regiment were...
Read More![Ivor Gurney: Composer, Poet, Soldier](/media/21761/ivor-gurney.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132674521068430000)
Ivor Gurney: Composer, Poet, Soldier
Ivor Gurney was born at 3 Queen Street, Gloucester, in 1890, as the second of four surviving chil...
Read More![Capt James Donaldson Boswall: Boer War to Great War](/media/21189/gallipolilanding-1-essex.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132667059762970000)
Capt James Donaldson Boswall: Boer War to Great War
James Donaldson Boswall was born in Madras, India in November 1870, the only son of Major-General...
Read More![‘Two years in the making. Ten minutes in the destroying’ – A Sheffield soldier at the heart of ‘Covenant with Death’.](/media/21065/picture-2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132663291242800000)
‘Two years in the making. Ten minutes in the destroying’ – A Sheffield s...
John Harris’s 1961 book, ‘Covenant with Death’, is a well-known ‘fictionary’ account of the Sheff...
Read More![Howitzers, wounds and a pension](/media/20882/photo-2-6-how.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132660871231430000)
Howitzers, wounds and a pension
“The war of 1914-18 was an artillery war: artillery was the battle winner, artillery was what cau...
Read More![General Sir Henry Wilson and the Disaster at Vimy - The German attack on IV Corps](/media/20874/the_battle_of_vimy_ridge-2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132660747216030000)
General Sir Henry Wilson and the Disaster at Vimy - The German attack on...
If anyone who has an interest in the Great War is asked name an event associated with Vimy Ridge,...
Read More![One Man’s Lifelong Link to Vimy - Donald Wood's Story](/media/20693/vimy2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132659999003370000)
One Man’s Lifelong Link to Vimy - Donald Wood's Story
In July 1936, the impressive Canadian National Vimy Memorial was unveiled by King Edward VIII in...
Read More![Remembering Grandad’s war : Sergeant James Fleming](/media/20688/veteranmemories4.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132659991129630000)
Remembering Grandad’s war : Sergeant James Fleming
For many people interested in the First World War, initial enthusiasm can often be traced back to...
Read More![Riding through the ruins of war on the Circuit des Champs de Bataille](/media/20678/cycling2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132659985073900000)
Riding through the ruins of war on the Circuit des Champs de Bataille
In April 1919, barely six months after hostilities had ceased, the toughest bicycle race in histo...
Read More![The Original Long Distance Bombers of the First World War](/media/20672/bomber2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132659980776430000)
The Original Long Distance Bombers of the First World War
Most of us are familiar with the RAF bombing campaigns of the Second World War, but few are aware...
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