THE KAISER’S PIRATES – Review by Mark Barnes
Unlike her long established rival, at the start of hostilities the German navy was a young arm short on traditions and heritage. The Kaiser, looking…
WWI Lords: How the Lord Brothers Fought in the Great War and Went Home Alive
The Lord brothers beat incalculable odds when all eight of them fought in the Great War and returned home alive in what could be WWI’s literal…
Ernest Edward Thomas: The British Soldier Who Fired the Great War’s First Shot
Know Dragoon Guard Ernest Edward Thomas, the British soldier who fired the first shot during the Great War, the conflict between Britain and Germany. It…
Soldierly devotion – Letters and photos provide insight into local veteran’s WWI experience
Stored in a dusty plastic container are dozens of letters and photographs from a man who served during a war nearly a century ago. Though…
Influence of WWI on the Bullingdon Club
The Bullingdon Club was a group of young and privileged men. Hailing from Oxford University, these young men all had bright futures ahead of them.…
Series Contemplates Role of WWI Railroads
The use of WWI railroads was an important factor in the transportation of troops, though not everyone is fully aware of this fact. Literally millions…
The Great War and Historical Ignorance
The problem of historical ignorance has been noted in younger generations for some time, but it appears to be especially pronounced now that the world…
War Resisters Honored During WWI Centenary
Many were not too keen on the idea of war resisters while the First World War was in full flux. Even those who believed that…
Great War Viewed Through Aerial Photography
A great deal of images were taken during the First World War through the use of aerial photography. Many of those same images are now…
Mystery behind Portrait of WWI Officer Solved
The identity of the unknown WWI officer, which had hung in Wales’ Camarthen County Museum for years have finally been uncovered…one hundred years after his…
India: Neglected WWI Graves to be Restored
Some of the headstones of these WWI graves may have the words Gone but Not Forgotten carved on them, but the state they are in, neglected with…
BLOODY RED TABS – Review by Chris Buckham
Popular culture likes to paint the senior officers of the First World War as petrified fossils of an earlier style of warfare unable to adjust…