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Tag Archive: Western Front
1919 Michelin travel guide invites you to motor tour across a France and Belgium ruined by WW1
In the summer of 1919 Michelin published a series of travel guides aimed at the very first WW1 Battlefield tourists. The images, dating from June 1919, show that reconstruction was yet to begin and the scenes of devastation are described in raw and bitter terms.
How the First World War almost began 50 years early in 1864
The ingredients which sparked World War 1 in 1914 were already in place 5 decades before. While it was the fate of Belgium which ultimately led Britain to war in August 1914, it was the role of Denmark which almost caused the British to declare war on Germany in the summer of 1864.
USA lost twice as many troops in 19 months of WW1 than 19 years in Vietnam, but senators dismiss national monument
How many modern Americans are aware of the final butcher’s bill for World War 1, particularly when compared to the Vietnam War, which is much more firmly fixed in the national psyche? Yet, in the news this week, the US Senate has dismissed the building of a national monument for the American dead of the First World War.
First ever recordings of a family Christmas dating from 1902 are digitally restored
Around 110 years ago the Wall family of North London began recording their family gatherings on a phonograph machine. Now the Museum of London has digitally restored 24 recordings made by the family between 1902 and 1917, including what they believe to be the first ever recording of a family Christmas.
Identity of 12 year-old WW1 veteran revealed – Sidney Lewis enlisted during the school holidays in August 1915 and fought on the Somme
The identity of the youngest authenticated British soldier to fight in World War 1 was revealed yesterday, thanks to the soldier’s son.
British Army shames local council by tidying up historic Blackburn Old Cemetery
Friends of Blackburn Old Cemetery are forced to draft in local troops to do Blackburn Council’s work of tending to forgotten war graves, as well as graves of local VC hero and the ‘Blackburn Giant’.
The lazy Victorian labourer, nicknamed ‘Sloper’, recorded in sealed bottle found under 117 year-old floorboards
The life of a Victorian labourer, nicknamed ‘Sloper’ by his workmates in 1895, is revealed by census and WW1 military records.
Blackburn’s Victoria Cross hero is a victim of local government cutbacks
The neglected state of a Victoria Cross winner’s grave in my hometown of Blackburn, Lancashire, has caused local outrage this week.
Australian VC hero walks in his great-grandfather’s footsteps on the beaches of Gallipoli
This week, Australian SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith VC joined a pilgrimage to Anzac Cove, where his great-grandfather fought 97 years before.
English student traces family of American GI who declared his love on a tree
The fascinating study of tree carvings in England and France made by soldiers during the 2 world wars.
Famous faces your ancestors fought alongside, or against, in World War 1
My great-grandfather, Billy Whiteside, was a Great War veteran. Most of his fellow survivors went on to lead unremarkable lives; some went on to fame, or infamy.
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