Iso Rae, the Unrecognised War Artist KathrynSunday, March 28, 2021In early 1914 the town of Etaples in Northern France was home to a colony of artists, a predominantly anglophone group of painters noted for... 0 Comments 4 minuteRead
The World's Youngest YMCA Member KathrynSunday, February 14, 2021As part of the YMCA's holistic support for soldiers during the First World War, the organisation made arrangements for the loved ones of... 0 Comments 4 minuteRead
Adventure and Tragedy: The Life of Mrs Alec-Tweedie KathrynSunday, January 24, 2021In the years before the First World War, Ethel Brilliana Tweedie had established herself as a pioneering woman. Writing under the name Mrs. ... 2 Comments 5 minuteRead
'Something Doing Every Night': A Soldiers' Haven in Cairo KathrynSunday, November 15, 2020Throughout the First World War thousands of Australian soldiers disembarked in Egypt for their first taste of army life. After a month trave... 0 Comments 6 minuteRead
'Put Your Trust in God': National Days of Prayer in the Two World Wars KathrynSunday, November 08, 2020This week in the House of Commons DUP Member of Parliament Jim Shannon called for a National Day of Prayer in recognition of the Covid-19 pa... 1 Comments 5 minuteRead
Geoffrey Malins and the Battle to Film the Somme KathrynSunday, July 05, 2020 Just before Zero Hour on 1st July 1916, thousands of soldiers stood in wait, ready to go over the top in the much-anticipated Big Push. T... 11 Comments 8 minuteRead
My Great Great Grandfather, Pte Percy William Parsons KathrynSunday, April 19, 2020 On my first battlefields trip with my school in 2009 we paid a special visit to Athies Communal Cemetery to visit the grave of my great gre... 2 Comments 4 minuteRead