World War I Articles

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137Th Brigade 46Th Division From The Riqueval Bridge Over The St Quentin Canal
29 September 2018

Centenary of the capture of Riqueval Bridge and the breaking of the Hindenburg Line

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Battle Of St Quentin Canal Prisoners Bringing In Wounded And Mark V Tanks Advancing Near Bellicourt 29 September 1918 Iwm
29 September 2018

Remembering the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line 1918-2018

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Q9538
28 September 2018

To Cross the Rubicon You Need… Life-Jackets! The 46th (North Midland ) Division Crossing of the St Quentin Canal: A Supply Perspective

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Malcolm Private Memorial
25 August 2018

Pulteney Malcolm: Private Memorial

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Foot Inspection
30 July 2018

British Medical Casualties on the Western Front Part 1: Dealing with Wound Related Trauma

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Wounded British Soldier
30 July 2018

British Medical Casualties on the Western Front Part 2 : Wound Induced Trauma Related to Technological Advances in War

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Sergeant W G Sweet
27 July 2018

A Memoir of the Final Advance 1918

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14 Officer Cadet Btn
27 July 2018

The Thing Called 'Armistice'

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Edward Cooper VC
18 July 2018

How a Stockton man won the VC

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The Station At Tournai
17 July 2018

The Armistice and Afterwards: Extracts from the Diaries of QMS Edgar Wignall RAMC

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Vera Brittain
14 July 2018

Vera Brittain - The Militant Pacifist: Misconceptions of her Importance in Military History

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George Leonard Collins In Army Uniform
27 May 2018

Visiting the grave of my grandfather, Private George Leonard Collins

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Octavius Darby Griffith
16 May 2018

'From Private to Major via the Foresters Arms': The life, death and rediscovery of Octavius Darby-Griffith, MC

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Martyn And Mond Memorial
15 May 2018

Francis Leopold Mond and Edgar Meath Martyn: Private Memorial

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The Last General Absolution Of The Munsters At Rue Du Bois. Originally Published In The Sphere 27 November 1916, The Original Was Destroyed During The 'Blitz' Of London In The Second World War.
9 May 2018

Absolution at Aubers

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Alexander ('Alastair') Soutar, Royal Engineers
1 May 2018

Missing for 100 years, the story of Major 'Alastair' Soutar, M.C.

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Jon Cooksey
23 April 2018

Interview with Jon Cooksey

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Peter Simkins
23 April 2018

Interview with Prof Peter Simkins

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Hew Strachan
23 April 2018

Interview with Sir Hew Strachan

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Portuguese Windows
16 April 2018

Portuguese Memorial in Twickenham

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