Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Dec 3, 2009, 4:12 am
This article entitled “My Three War Christmases In Flanders, Denmark, and Old England by Basil Clarke” comes from the excellent site “The Great War in A Different Light.” Christmas 1915 by Wa...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Dec 1, 2009, 9:38 am
Over the last two years I posted many articles on the first two Christmas’s of the First World War. Christmas 1916 brought to the end a devastating year for the British Army. The Battle of the Somm...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Nov 26, 2009, 9:22 am
This account of the Battle for the Suez Canal was published in ‘The Times’ on February 19th 1915. Interesting reading for the British public. Battle of the Suez Canal A First-Hand Account of th...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Nov 24, 2009, 3:45 am
At the outbreak of war in 1914 Egypt, was ruled by the British, who had taken charge in 1882, but it was officially part of the Ottoman Empire. Free and secure access to the Suez Canal was vital to t...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Nov 23, 2009, 9:54 am
This great poem appeared in the ‘Punch’ on August 15th 1917. Entitled the V.A.D., it’s amusing, funny and captures the ‘Florence Nightingale’ effect of the common girl now turned angel. I�...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Nov 21, 2009, 4:33 am
The ‘New York Times’ carried an amusing article from London on September 10th 1914. The day before the Admiralty tried to stop over enthusiastic citizens from getting their guns and shooting at a...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Nov 19, 2009, 7:55 am
This interesting article and pictures comes from “The Illustrated War News, Number 21, Dec. 30, 1914.” I not sure how sucessful the Aarsen Grenade-gun was, but it looks a pretty terrifying weapon...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Nov 13, 2009, 4:34 am
This amusing little extract comes from the Punch in January 1916. I’m never sure with the ‘Punch’ what is real and what is fiction. But I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt as it ...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Nov 11, 2009, 4:15 am
For Armistice Day I have chosen this poem by an unknown author. It was published in the New York Times – June 1915 and captures the spirit and feelings of the time. Under the Heading “The Soldie...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Nov 10, 2009, 10:08 am
I love this quote taken from ‘The Punch’ in March 1916. How to treat a Wife. An extract from lecture by N.C.O.:— "Your rifle is your best friend, take every care of it; treat it as you would ...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Nov 9, 2009, 6:49 am
This ia an excellent article from 'The Great War in a Different Light'. Originally from the book 'Many Fronts' edited by Lewis R. Freeman 1918. This provocative piece captures the w...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Oct 28, 2009, 8:37 am
This fascinating article appered in the London Times on 22 January 1915. It informed the public of the range Zeppelin’s had to fly to reach England, their ammunition and what the conditions a Zeppe...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Oct 23, 2009, 3:54 am
Pictures of Oulton and Woodlesford War Memorial in Yorkshire. Kindly taken by Malcolm Saunders. For more information on the Memorial go to : Wakefield Genealogy
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Oct 22, 2009, 3:58 am
This recruitment advertisement appeared in The London Times, March 17, 1915 Entitled Lord Kitchener Advertises for Recruits If the German Army were in Manchester. If the German Army were in Manchest...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Oct 19, 2009, 6:23 am
This excellent article comes from the New York Times magazine ‘The European War’. Originally published in the London Times by an anonymous British Surgeon on December 22nd 1914. The Things the ...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Oct 9, 2009, 3:53 am
This article comes from “The Great War in a Different Light’ and describes the Daily News correspondent’s escape from Berlin at the start of the war. Mr H W. Nevinson was a hardened professiona...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Oct 7, 2009, 8:00 am
Following on from yesterday’s post on the work of the British Consul in Berne, concerned with bringing home stranded British tourists at the outbreak of war. This article published in the Eastbourn...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Oct 6, 2009, 8:05 am
At the outbreak of war in August 1914 many British tourists were ‘stranded’ in foreign counties. This article from the Times on 24th August 1914, Mr. Lunn of Lunn’s Tours gives the readers an ...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Oct 1, 2009, 8:32 am
I love this advert in The Times from 1915. Fels-Naptha was a famous brand of bar laundry soap used for pre-treating stains on clothing and as a home remedy for exposure to poison ivy and other skin i...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 28, 2009, 5:31 am
This advert appeared in The Times on 28th August 1914. Reminding the British public that the holiday season was now in ‘Full Swing’ and that for Eastbourne ‘The Garden by the Sea’ business was...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 25, 2009, 8:38 am
In the churchyard of All Saints Church is the War Memorial which is a tribute to the thirty three men of the parish of Botley killed serving their country during the First World War.
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 24, 2009, 6:54 am
The 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment was heavily involved in the action at Loos. Their Regimental history gives a vivid account of the action. For more information on the Battalion go to the excelle...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 21, 2009, 5:22 am
This unique perspective of the Battle of Loos is written by the Rev. Innes Logan from his book ‘On the King’s Service.” The Rev Logan was posted to the ‘2nd London Territorial Casualty Cleari...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 18, 2009, 4:07 am
This 4.5 meter high granite momument in Alton Hampshire is the focal point in front of the Crown Close which has become known as the Alton War Memorial. For the full story of the War memorial go to L...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 17, 2009, 9:24 am
The final part of Philip Gibbs account of the Battle of Loos, he sums up in the last few paragraphs his view of the battle. It is his statement “It was impossible to make any accurate sum in that ar...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 16, 2009, 4:40 am
The third installment of Philip Gibbs account of the Battle of Loos deals mainly with the aftermath of the first day. To onlookers there were some of the signs of victory on that day of September 25t...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 15, 2009, 4:07 am
The second part of Philip Gibbs account of the Battle of Loos covers the preliminary bombardment and the attack on 25th September 1915. In Phiplip Gibbs own words he writes : “Let me now tell t...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 14, 2009, 4:23 am
... than usual, deeply introspective, wondering how many days of life they had left to them. Life was good out of the line in that September of '15. The ... It was "Ranjitsinji," who had carried...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 11, 2009, 4:24 am
Photographes of Saffron Walden War Memorial taken by Roger Stoakley.
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 9, 2009, 7:23 am
This amazing story of a French heroine ‘Emilienne Moreau’ who was named ‘The Lady of Loos ‘ This article comes from the excellent website ‘The Great War in a Different Light.’ On the 25...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 7, 2009, 3:48 am
This excellent article was first published in ‘the Sphere’ on July 15, 1916 and comes from The Great War in a Different light. It gives an account of the work of the 'The 2nd Royal Munster Fu...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 3, 2009, 4:38 am
This account of the action at Loos comes from a slightly different angle. C.A. Rose M.C., was a member of the Royal Field Artillery and his book “Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 2, 2009, 4:52 am
This account of the Battle of Loos comes from the book “The Story of the "9th King's" in France by Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts. “ The 9th Kings (Royal Liverpool) were a territorial Battalion...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Sep 1, 2009, 9:05 am
This month on 25th September 1915, 94 years ago, the Battle of Loos was fought on the Western front. This two week battle cost the allies nearly 170,000 casualties (120,000 French & 50,000 British) wh...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Aug 28, 2009, 9:25 am
Wimborne Minster War Memorial is outside the Minster in the church grounds. The names of the soldiers who gave their lives, are comemorated within the Minster. (click on the image to enlarge)
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Aug 26, 2009, 4:06 am
Continuing on my culinary delights in the Great War. This except from Everyday Foods in War Time by Mary Swartz Rose is much friendlier than the previous post. Mary Swartz Rose even tries to blend hu...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Aug 25, 2009, 4:33 am
This great little piece advising the home makers of America how to save sugar during the war comes from Foods That Will Win The War and How To Cook Them by C. Houston Goudiss Food Expert and Publisher...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Aug 7, 2009, 3:06 am
Yesterday the last fighting ‘tommy’ was laid to rest. Harry Patch who fought at Passchendaele in 1917 was the last of a generation of men who lived and fought through the ‘war to end all wars.�...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Jul 31, 2009, 3:48 am
This chilling account of the use of flame throwers comes from the book “The Soul of the War' by Phillip Gibbs. The soldiers of France have learned the full range of human suffering, so that one...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Jul 30, 2009, 8:47 am
The New York Times carried a review of Claude Lowther’s famous play. It was not a glowing report, unfortunately. Play By An M.P. “The Gordian Knot,” by Claude Lowther, Produced in London – I...
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Alan S. posted an article on Out of Battle - Jul 27, 2009, 6:53 am
I read last week of the sad news that Harry Patch the last survivor of the First World War passed away, just a week after Henry Allingham. With Harry’s death the generation that fought through the ...
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