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‘Trenches full of heads …’ JB Priestley’s letters from the first world war revealed
Martin Wainwright
Friday November 16, 2007
The GuardianThe public will be able to read almost 50 unpublished letters from the first world war trenches by the writer JB Priestley, one of the last great literary voices of the conflict, from next month.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...
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90th anniversary of Beersheba marked with re-enactment
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.
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Washington Post: World War I Veteran Reflects on Lessons
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…
To view the entire article, go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/11/AR2007111101576.html?referrer=emailarticle
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The Observer - 'Wrong man' in Kipling son's grave
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...
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The Observer - ‘Wrong man’ in Kipling son’s grave
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...
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Washington Post: D.C. War Memorial
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: EndangeredDespite its prime location near...
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The Experiences of a Very Unimportant Soldier
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.
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The Spectator: I'll wear a poppy for the first time this year
I hate badges and ribbons, but this year I have decided to wear a poppy for the first time
By Matthew Parris, 7 November 2007[…] 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...
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Javier Ponce's paper now available
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.
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Washington DC 2007: Thanks & Photos
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.
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