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  • Special offer - Uncovered Fields

    29 October 2007 by Jenny Macleod | 0 Comments | Categories:

    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)

    http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=75&pid=11502

  • The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion

    26 October 2007 by Mike Finch | 0 Comments | Categories:

    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 Oxford Roof Climber’s Rebellion

    26 October 2007 by Jenny Macleod | 0 Comments | Categories:

    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...

  • Washington conference papers now available

    30 September 2007 by Jenny Macleod | 0 Comments | Categories:

    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.

  • Website Developments

    28 September 2007 by Mike Finch | 0 Comments | Categories:

    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! Bienvenue !

    01 September 2007 by Jenny Macleod | 0 Comments | Categories:

    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...

  • Internet archive puts flesh on the bones of first world war soldiers' experiences

    08 August 2007 by Jenny Macleod | 0 Comments | Categories:

    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...



  • At 92 he mentioned his time spent as a POW

    03 August 2007 by Jenny Macleod | 0 Comments | Categories:

    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,...

  • Last Post sounds again at Passchendaele but no old comrades are there to hear it

    12 July 2007 by Jenny Macleod | 0 Comments | Categories:


     



    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...



  • Unseen footage from Gallipoli campaign found by war museum

    21 April 2007 by Jenny Macleod | 0 Comments | Categories:

    By Kathy Marks in Sydney


    The Independent (London), 21 April 2007


     


    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.


    Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)...



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