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Category Archives: WW1
A piss-poor history of urine
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
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A 1915 piece of fake news… with good intentions
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
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The Armistice – The end of The Great War, WW1.
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
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Flora Sandes, the only British woman to fight in WW1
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
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There but not there
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
Posted in history, Life, Religion and Faith, WW1
Tagged Art, Arundel, Cathedrals, church, Lest We Forget, Remembrance, There But Not There, WW1
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Amiens and The Hundred Days Offensive
This week marks the centenary of one of the pivotal but less known battle of the Western Front in WW1, Amiens and the more broadly labelled 100 Days Offensive. The Western Front is often categorised as being a static war … Continue reading
Posted in history, writing, WW1
Tagged Amiens, First World War, Lest We Forget, The Hundred Days Offensive, war, Western Front, World War 1, WW1
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The lonely Isle of Islay and the doomed American soldiers who died there in 1918 in 2 naval disasters.
The Scottish Isle of of Islay is best known these days for its world famous peaty single malt whisky but a century ago, this normally tranquil place which sits on the western coast of the U.K and facing the fierce … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, WW1
Tagged First World War, HMS Mounsey, Islay, Malcom MacNeill, Otranto, Royal Navy, SS Tuscania, WW1
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