Category Archives: WW1

Posts predominantly WW1 related.

A swan-song moment of glory for Tilbury Fortress

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

I thought I would finish my little run of Tilbury Fort related posts but recalling its last great moments and some might say greatest of all, the night it shot down a Zeppelin in WW1. The Zeppelin was invented by … Continue reading →

Posted in history, London, writing, WW1 | Tagged L15, Lest We Forget, River Thames, Tilbury Fort, WW1, Zeppelin | Leave a comment

My offering of Christmas goodies! Books and Video Tours

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

I must be the most useless blogger the world has ever seen at least when it comes to self-publicity. Here I am with a new book that came out at the end of August and I’ve never even mentioned it … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Travel, writing, WW1, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged 101 Most Horrible Tortures In History, Christmas, Lest We Forget, Secret Gardens of the City of London, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, Virtual Video Tour | Leave a comment

My WW1 history book ‘Lest We Forget’ is currently available free on Kindle by the Publishers

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

I know it’s quite a common thing for some writer to make their books available free or heavily discounted for a short period of time. It’s never something I’ve agreed with or indeed done. Whilst checking on some on something … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, writing, WW1 | Tagged books, Free, giveaway, Kindle, Lest We Forget, WW1 | 1 Comment

Visiting WW1 trenches in the heart of England

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

As someone with a keen interest in WW1 or The Great War, I’ve written before on my visits to the Western Front in France and Belgium. Not many people know that there are still trenches in England and conveniently only … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Travel, WW1 | Tagged Berkhamsted, Devils Own, hertfordshire, Inns of Court Oficers Training Corps, Lest We Forget, Trenches, WW1 | 3 Comments

A piss-poor history of urine

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

I’m going to try not to use the P word too much in this post, as tempting as it is as that would be taking the Pee but urine has actually had a long history of practical uses especially in … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny & Humour, history, Life, WW1 | Tagged Idioms, Medicine, Piss Poor, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, The Plague, Urine | 8 Comments

A 1915 piece of fake news… with good intentions

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

When German Naval Airship Zeppelin L9 appeared over Blyth on the evening of 14 April 1915, it was only the second time bombs had been dropped on England. Although nobody was killed, it marked the beginning of a series of … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, WW1 | Tagged Blyth, Fake News, Lest We Forget, Newcastle, Northumberland, Propaganda, war, WW1, Zeppelin | Leave a comment

100 years ago Aviators Alcock and Brown made their pioneering trans-Atlantic flight

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Today, millions of people cross the Atlantic every year thanks to commercial air travel, but it’s easy to forget that it had never been done less than a century ago. Glasgow born Arthur Brown was shot down over Germany during … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, WW1 | Tagged Arthur Brown, Atlantic, Aviation, Churchill, Flying, John Alcock, Planes, WW1 | 10 Comments

The Armistice – The end of The Great War, WW1.

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

The Great War ended much differently than the never-say- die desperation of the Nazis in WW2. In 1918, there was no likely imminent collapse of Germany though the deprivation and starvation of many in the country was startling. Even though … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, WW1 | Tagged 11th November, Armistice, First World War, In The Footsteps of Heroes, Lest We Forget, Poppy, World War 1, WW1 | 3 Comments

Flora Sandes, the only British woman to fight in WW1

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

As we approach Armistice Day in 2018 and the centenary of the end of WW1, I thought I would write a post or to related to the subject as I have done for the last four years. Whilst I have … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, WW1 | Tagged First World War, Flora Sandes, Lest We Forget, Serbia, The Great War, Women in WW1, WW1 | 7 Comments

There but not there

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Last week whilst in the Sussex town of Arundel, I unexpectedly came across a very moving art installation. It is something I had heard about a few years ago and fleetingly throughout 2018 but for some reason had not expected … Continue reading →