The Real Birdsong: The Kilian Tunnel

The Real Birdsong: The Kilian Tunnel

In the BBC adaptation of Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong we have seen how the character Stephen Wraysford…

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The day my family came

The day my family came

The 20th August 2013 was a hot day. Probably not as hot as the 20th July 1918. Despite these dates b…

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Leonard Maidment: missing, found, now remembered

Leonard Maidment: missing, found, now remembered

As Serjeant Leonard Maidment nervously waited in the pre-dawn gloom of the morning of 20 July 1918 p…

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The German Spring Offensive March 1918

The German Spring Offensive March 1918

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which marked Russia’s withdrawal from the war, was signed on 3rd March …

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The Great War and March Casualities from Lewes, East Sussex

The Great War and March Casualities from Lewes, East Sussex

During the early years of the war, March on the Western Front was a time of preparation for the spri…

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Lewes and the Great War : February Casualites

Lewes and the Great War : February Casualites

February’s Lewes casualties provide a glimpse of the contrasting life experiences and backgrounds of…

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Lewes and the Great War : January Casualties

Lewes and the Great War : January Casualties

By the end of autumn 1914 the German advance on Paris had been halted and both sides had dug in for …

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The Battle of the Somme - A Royal Flying Corps perspective

The Battle of the Somme - A Royal Flying Corps perspective

On 1st July 1916, the Battle of the Somme opened. With 60,000 casualties (including 20,000 dead) on …

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Götterdämerung – June 1919  The End of the German High Seas Fleet  by Robin Brodhurst

Götterdämerung – June 1919 The End of the German High Seas Fleet by Robin…

The surrender and scuttling of the Kaiser’s High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands is a…

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Victoria Crosses awarded on the Western Front

Victoria Crosses awarded on the Western Front

The Victoria Cross (VC) is awarded for 'conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy'. For a me…

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The Liverpool Scottish at Bellewaarde

The Liverpool Scottish at Bellewaarde

This article is intended to briefly tell the story of one not particularly well known action that to…

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Rex Warneford and the downing of LZ37

Rex Warneford and the downing of LZ37

Zeppelin raids on London had started as early as January 1915 when towns in North Norfolk came under…

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