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Martin Wainwright
Friday November 16, 2007
The Guardian
The public will be able to read almost 50 unpublished letters from the first world war trenches by the writer JB Priestley, one of the last great literary voices of the conflict, from next month.
The archive of 47 letters and postcards to his father, sister and stepmother have been given to Bradford University...
FIFTY Australian riders in First World War kit and uniform will take to the saddle in southern Israel today to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Light Horsemen’s charge at Beersheba.
Their trek across the stony Negev Desert will end on Wednesday with a scaled-down re-enactment of the famous battle, in which an Anzac mounted infantry corps seized the ancient Bedouin town from the Turks with one of the last successful horse-borne charges in Western warfare.
...By Fredrick Kunkle
One by one, members of the small crowd on a hilltop at Arlington National Cemetery approached the man who had beaten all the odds…
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War historians believe that a different officer who died at Loos in 1915 lies in cemetery
David Smith, Sunday November 4, 2007
The Observer
‘Known unto God’ – the simple, consoling epitaph on the graves of nameless soldiers will resonate next week on Remembrance Sunday. It was penned by Rudyard Kipling, the writer whose own son went missing in action on a...
War historians believe that a different officer who died at Loos in 1915 lies in cemetery
David Smith, Sunday November 4, 2007
The Observer
‘Known unto God’ – the simple, consoling epitaph on the graves of nameless soldiers will resonate next week on Remembrance Sunday. It was penned by Rudyard Kipling, the writer whose own son went missing in action on a...
Project Preservation: 8 Sites in D.C.
While maintaining a watchful eye on historic buildings in Washington, the D.C. Preservation League has created a list of “Most Endangered Places” to track particularly vulnerable real estate. Some of the following locations from previous lists have been saved, but others remain endangered.
D.C. War Memorial
Location: West Potomac Park
Status: Endangered
Despite its prime location near...
One man’s diary of his experiences on the Western Front have been published on-line by his grandson on this website.
The diary has been featured in The Guardian and on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
[…] So why was it that last week at Marylebone Station, for the first time in my life, I found myself marching up to the elderly gentleman at his poppy stand and, without a moment’s...
Javier Ponce’s paper for the Washington conference, ‘Germany and Spain during the First World War: A Difficult Relationship’, is now available in English and may now be accessed by conference delegates here.
Many thanks to everyone who participated in the conference and contributed towards three days of lively debate and friendly exchanges. Particular thanks to Jennifer Keene and Mike Neiberg whose tireless efforts made it all possible, and to Randy Papadopoulos and Sanders Marble who were invaluable points of contact in Washington itself.
A few photos from the conference available here.
The publisher Brill is currently offering the proceedings of the society’s first conference at a reduced rate. Uncovered Fields is usually very expensive to buy. Now it is merely quite pricey. ($69)
Theatre Review
World War I Veterans Face Sweet and Fitting Lie
By WILBORN HAMPTON
from the New York Times, October 27, 2007
Two young men who have just returned from war meet one night at a college party and discover that their mutual abhorrence of what they have been through has led them to a deep loathing of the politicians...
Theatre Review
World War I Veterans Face Sweet and Fitting Lie
By WILBORN HAMPTON
from the New York Times, October 27, 2007
Two young men who have just returned from war meet one night at a college party and discover that their mutual abhorrence of what they have been through has led them to a deep loathing of the politicians...
The papers for the Washington conference are now available. They are password protected – the password is the same as the one Jennifer Keene used when she posted the papers on the file sharing service at her university.
Greetings everyone,
Website developments are now proceeding at a good speed. Login and check out the member index and the new additions to the members’ CVs section.
Please continue to send me your CVs – or a link to your personal website/webpages – at CV[at]firstworldwarstudies[dot]org, and I’ll endeavour to get them posted up as quickly as possible. In order to do this...
Welcome to the International Society for First World War Studies’ brand new website. We hope that it will combine the most informative elements of our old website with new functions that are now possible with the latest blogging technology.
We are in the process of developing the look and content of the site. Please bear with us during the process, and...
Records on web detail injuries, character, appearance and illnesses.
Where to trace your genealogy on the web.
Esther Addley
Wednesday August 8, 2007
Guardian
Like many men of his generation and experiences, Pattie Townsend’s father didn’t talk much about the Great War.She knew he had enlisted in 1914, full...
Sydney Morning Herald
3 August 2007
At 92 he mentioned his time spent as a POW
William Young, 1900-2007
AS IF fighting the Germans in World War I was not enough of a challenge – a German shell pierced his jacket but missed his chest – William Young had a nasty encounter with the Japanese in World War II. Captured in Sandakan, Borneo,...
From The Times
July 12, 2007
David Charter
The Queen presided over a perennial military ceremony with a difference yesterday – the first major Passchendaele memorial...
The Australian War Memorial has unearthed what it believes is only the footage of Anzac Cove during the Gallipoli battle of World War One, an iconic event in Australian history that is commemorated each year on Anzac Day.