Great War books round up – Review by Mark Barnes
Great War books have been coming thick and fast and while it is true that a good many are part of a well established blueprint,…
WWI Stories: Search is On for the Owner of the Lucky German Medal Pierced with Bullet from the Great War
The search is on for the rightful owner of the lucky German medal pierced by a bullet during the Battle of Mons in 1914. The Story…
The Christmas Truce of 1914 – When Germans entertained the British by Dressed Up in women’s clothes!
When the world was going through the most devastating war in the history of mankind in 1914, it was then that soldiers of the two biggest…
UNDERGROUND WARFARE 1914 – 1918 – Review by Wayne Osborne
Thousands of miners on both sides joined their countries’ armies in the Great War. In Britain, during 1914/15 the output of the pits was put…
Letters to WWI Soldiers Project Offers Glimpse into the Brutalities of the Great War
A British centenary undertaking, Letter to an Unknown Soldier, which invites the public to write letters to the Great War’s “unknown soldier” is giving people a glimpse…
‘THE LAST POST’ Phil Hodges pays a memorable visit to Ypres
The Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres goes together with the town like strawberries and cream at Wimbledon. It’s as ingrained into…
Christmas Truce Story: Ordered to Kill Each Other, British Captain and German Baron Shared Beer Instead
One hundred years ago, instead of killing each other as they were ordered to do, British Captain Clifton Stockwell and German Baron Maximillian von Sinner…
Is This the First Moving Image of a War Poet? WWI Poet Isaac Rosenberg Captured in Archive WWI Trenches Footage
The Imperial War Museum is investigating a WWI footage in its archives for the proper identification of WWI poet Isaac Rosenberg. If indeed verified that…
ARTILLERY SCOUT – Review by Mark Barnes
I’ve read a fair number of Great War stories but this is the first one about the experiences of an American soldier to come into…
Christmas Day Truce Centenary Commemorated with Touching Ceremony at No Man’s Land
A poignant ceremony to commemorate the centenary of the Christmas Day Truce, which took place on Christmas Day in 1914 between the British and German troops,…
The First World War Rose went through auction
“An angel took my flower away, Yet I will not repine, For Jesus in his bosom wears, The flower that once was mine.” These words…
Digital Mosaic of Fallen World War One Private Beaney
A digital mosaic has been made of a fallen British World War One soldier using over 30,000 images. Private James Ernest Beaney who was killed…