News: Appeal For Information On Lorient Poilus
On 2 August 1914, France mobilized four million men. In Lorient, nearly 1,400 Poilus did not see the end of the war. Patrick Bollet undertook painstaking research to try to clarify this figure and thus...
View ArticleNews: French Plans To Commemorate WW1 Centenary
The year 2014 will mark the beginning of the centenary of the First World War. In view of this great international memorial event, a report written by Mr. Joseph ZIMET, Directorate of memory, heritage...
View ArticleCentenary Website: Pas de Calais Remembrance Tourism
I will be reviewing some of the new sites coming online getting ready for the WW1 Centenary in 2014 over the next few weeks and months. This site, entitled Remembrance Tourism : Pas de Calais. is a...
View ArticleCentenary Website: French Government Portal To WW1 Centenary
In the past couple of weeks the French official Government website which will act as their portal into the WW1 Centenary went live. Mission Centenaire 14-18 is a well designed and slick site, with...
View ArticleWW1 Books: A Tommy At Ypres
A Tommy At Ypres: Walter’s War by Doreen Priddey (Amberley Publishing 2011, ISBN 978-1-4456-0213-4), 351pp, illustrated, paperback £16.99. As we approach the centenary of the Great War a large amount...
View ArticleWW1 Books: The Great War by Peter Hart
The Great War by Peter Hart (Profile Books 2013, ISBN 978 1 84668 246 9), 522pp, illustrated, hardback £25.00. For anyone with even a passing interest in the First World War, Peter Hart needs little...
View ArticleLives Of The First World War Project
The Imperial War Museum announced a new project yesterday entitled Lives of the First World War which will encourage the public to register with a new website and in time upload details about soldiers...
View ArticleForgotten Heroes: North Africans in the Great War
A new website has been launched to highlight the role of North Africans in the Great War. Men from every part of North Africa fought in the conflict either in units of the British or French Armies....
View Article2014: Dawn of the Great War Centenary
As we pass into the New Year, 2014 brings with it the approach of the Great War Centenary. While it will not be until the summer before the actual anniversary of the start of the First World War...
View ArticleWW1 Centenary: Blackadder A War Crime?
Only a few days into 2014 and the WW1 Centenary has very much been part of the news. Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Education began with a pronouncement that people’s misconceptions about...
View ArticleWW1 Centenary Battlefield Trek by Mark Banning
The Royal Star & Garter Battlefield Trek Guest WW1 Centenary Blog Post by Battlefield Guide Mark Banning The Royal Star & Garter Homes provide excellent nursing and care within a friendly,...
View ArticleNew WW1 Books From Pen & Sword
A round-up of some current WW1 books from military publishers Pen & Sword. Breaking The Fortress Line 1914 by Clayton Donnell (Pen & Sword 2013, ISBN 978-1-84884-813-9, 225pp, Illustrated,...
View ArticleWW1 Centenary Battlefield Trek by Mark Banning
The Royal Star & Garter Battlefield Trek Guest WW1 Centenary Blog Post by Battlefield Guide Mark Banning The Royal Star & Garter Homes provide excellent nursing and care within a friendly,...
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