British Prisoner of War Deaths: a case study from one PoW camp

British Prisoner of War Deaths: a case study from one PoW camp

Lidzbark Warminski, previously known as Heilsberg, is a town in northern Poland. In 1918, the area w…

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'1917' - using the Pension Records to track down the characters in the film (if they'd been real!)

'1917' - using the Pension Records to track down the characters in the film…

The new film '1917' by Sam Mendes is about to be released in the UK (and has already been released i…

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The Infamous Dutch Lady And Other Famous Espionage Agents of the Great War

The Infamous Dutch Lady And Other Famous Espionage Agents of the Great War

Arguably the two most famous, or infamous, individuals engaged in espionage during the Great War wer…

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Identifying the Dead: a Short Study of the Identification Tags of 1914-1918

Identifying the Dead: a Short Study of the Identification Tags of 1914-1918…

Introduction to Identification Discs and Tags of the First World War   Perhaps one of the m…

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Handbook of the 18 Pounder Field Gun

Handbook of the 18 Pounder Field Gun

This is the 1913 edition of the British Army Handbook of the 18 Pounder Field Gun of the British and…

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Truth in the Telling: A Review of 1917

Truth in the Telling: A Review of 1917

There is much to write about the film 1917. But in the interest of those prospective cinema-goers wh…

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Captains Frederick ‘Fred’ C. Selous and Frederick ‘Freddie’ H.B. Selous  - The father and son killed on the same day

Captains Frederick ‘Fred’ C. Selous and Frederick ‘Freddie’ H.B. Selous - …

There are of course lots of coincidences in the First World War, but one that is quite remarkable is…

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1917: Right Story, Wrong Location

1917: Right Story, Wrong Location

The following piece, by military historian Andrew Rawson discusses the location implied in the new f…

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The Action at Rafa: 9 January 1917

The Action at Rafa: 9 January 1917

The Battle at Rafa, (or more accurately the 'Action at Rafa') which took place on 9 January 1917, wa…

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Some instances of the award of the Albert Medal in the First World War

Some instances of the award of the Albert Medal in the First World War

During the Great War the Albert Medal was awarded to fewer than one hundred servicemen. Less than on…

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Hooge Tunnel, Essex Farm and other drawings by Tony Spagnoly

Hooge Tunnel, Essex Farm and other drawings by Tony Spagnoly

Tony Spagnoly sent the following drawings. They were made in 1917 by a member of the 69th Field Ambu…

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Gun Fire 'Notes and Queries'. Some examples

Gun Fire 'Notes and Queries'. Some examples

For the entire 59 editions of Gun Fire the editor, Alf Peacock, ran (with the exception of one or tw…

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