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![Aubers Ridge 9 May 1915: The Unpleasant Truth](/media/32860/aubers-map.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133172266812300000)
Aubers Ridge 9 May 1915: The Unpleasant Truth
For it appears ridiculous to call it so, the 'battle' of Aubers Ridge fits perfectly the stereoty...
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British Corps Commanders in the Great War
As identified by Andrew Simpson in his PhD thesis,[1] there is remarkably little written about Br...
Read More![The Chatsworth Rifles raid at Richebourg](/media/6870/richebourg-map.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132073109004830000)
The Chatsworth Rifles raid at Richebourg
An ideal way to obtain an understanding of the First World War is through reading the memoirs of...
Read More![The Battle of the Boar's Head](/media/5673/boars_head_btl.gif?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131913501796200000)
The Battle of the Boar's Head
Lord Kitchener's famous call for volunteers 'Your Country Needs You' resulted in an overwhelming...
Read More![The Coldstream Guards and Irish Guards at Cuinchy 1915](/media/5380/michael_oleary_wwi_poster.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131913482776630000)
The Coldstream Guards and Irish Guards at Cuinchy 1915
Cuinchy is a village astride the La Bassée Canal and is referred to by Robert Graves in his class...
Read More![The (other) man who shot down the Red Baron](/media/5313/dogfight-capture.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131913487755000000)
The (other) man who shot down the Red Baron
By far the most famous ‘ace’ of the Great War was Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen, popularly know...
Read More![Two men with five names: The Curious Case of Cornelius Costello](/media/5278/identity-change-capture.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131913484661870000)
Two men with five names: The Curious Case of Cornelius Costello
The image of the headstone below, which is in Dover (St James's) Cemetery, is perhaps not terribl...
Read More![The loss of HMS Bulwark : 26 November 1914](/media/5255/792px-hms_bulwark_explodes.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131913498574430000)
The loss of HMS Bulwark : 26 November 1914
Losses of life in the First World War are more often than not attributed to engagements in battle...
Read More![The Battle of Dogger Bank : January 1915](/media/5327/cartoon.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131913454147370000)
The Battle of Dogger Bank : January 1915
The naval arms race between Britain and Germany had, in the early years of the 20th Century, been...
Read More![Escape from the Desert : October 1915](/media/5419/dttte-page-380-381.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131913442733400000)
Escape from the Desert : October 1915
This article could almost be taken from a 'Boy's Own' story of Great War adventures. It features...
Read More![The VC that never was: Colonel Souter's gallantry against the Senussi, 1916](/media/5409/38080298jpggallery.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131913444149600000)
The VC that never was: Colonel Souter's gallantry against the Senussi, 1916
Colonel Hugh Maurice Wellesley Souter was born in India in 1872. Originally commissioned into the...
Read More![One of the last true cavalry charges: The Charge of The Dorset Yeomanry at Agagia, Western Desert, 26 February 1916](/media/5385/agagia-colour.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131913443289100000)
One of the last true cavalry charges: The Charge of The Dorset Yeomanry...
Britain's declaration of war on Turkey on 5 November 1914 created a threat to the Suez Canal, a v...
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