World War I Articles

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Nellie Taylor's Headstone At The Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery Of Mount Huon
7 June 2025

The Gift of her Sorrowing Parents

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James VII And James VIII
1 June 2025

James VII and James VIII: Two outstanding officers

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Extract From The War Office List
27 May 2025

‘Light Sewings’ and the British War Effort

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Le Touret Memorial
27 May 2025

Five sons lost in the war: a Nottingham family’s loss

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Quintinshill Rail Disaster By David Carter
22 May 2025

The Quintinshill Rail Disaster

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Operation Türkenkreuz
9 May 2025

Operation Türkenkreuz: the Gotha — The prelude

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Turning Points 1914
9 May 2025

Turning Points in 1914

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Lt Col Thomas Wilton On Horse
8 May 2025

Lt Col Thomas Wilton: ‘A Very Capable Man’

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Alamy 33Rd Cavalry
29 April 2025

Killed by Treachery

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Tehran Cem From Pic Agency 2
29 April 2025

First World War Graves and the Memorial to the Missing in Persia

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I Think I Was Better Off In The Trenches Noël Coward, WW1 And The Veteran Mentality
16 April 2025

I think I was better off in the trenches Noël Coward, WW1 and the veteran mentality

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A Self Contained Military Force Canadian Corps Tramway Companies In WW1
3 April 2025

A Self-Contained Military Force: Canadian Corps Tramway Companies in WW1

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Whipsnade Tree Catherdal.
22 March 2025

Whipsnade Tree Cathedral: ‘Here was something more beautiful still…’

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Serre And The Sheffield City Battalion
22 March 2025

Serre and the Sheffield City Battalion

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Charles Cowley The 'Pirate Of Basra'
21 March 2025

The Pirate of Basra

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Logistics Overshadowed The Calais Conference Of 1917
12 March 2025

Logistics overshadowed: the Calais Conference of 1917

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Paying Respects At The 'Lost' Grave Of Private R.A. Thioux
26 February 2025

Not forgotten: A Belgian soldier remembered in Kent

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The Role Of Tanks At The Battle Of Bullecourt, 11 April 1917
26 February 2025

The role of tanks at the Battle of Bullecourt, 11 April 1917

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Lieutenant G.M.A. Hobart Hampden Rememberance Plaque
21 February 2025

The Kohima Epitaph: When you go home...

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Lily Wedge
16 February 2025

Lily Wedge – A Portsmouth War Widow

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