Tag Archives: First World War

They Called It Passchendaele

Posted on July 29, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

For the last three years or so, I have been post occasional extracts from my WW1 concise history book Lest We Forget, published by Endeavour Press of London. July 31st marks the centennial of yet another of the landmark actions … Continue reading →

Posted in history, writing, WW1 | Tagged First World War, Lest We Forget, Passchendaele, Remembrance, Tyne Cot, Western Front, World War 1, WW1, Ypres | 5 Comments

My Film With The CWGC For The 100th Anniversary of Reuel Dunn & The Red Baron

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

You might remember that in early February I received an impromptu telephone call which had me driving and crawling around the old Western Front in France to do a video for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission who had seen my … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, WW1 | Tagged Bloody April, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, First World War, Life, Red Baron, Reuel Dunn, Royal Flying Corps, Video, war, WW1 | 8 Comments

The Last Post

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

It is one of the most evocative and moving pieces of music and as with every year, The Last Post will be played all over the world on Remembrance Day but its origins had nothing to do with mourning. The … Continue reading →

Posted in history, WW1 | Tagged Armistice, Death, First World War, history, Lest We Forget, Life, Remembrance, The Last Post, war, World War 1, WW1 | 4 Comments

The Battle of The Somme 100 Years On

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

Friday July 1st 2016 marks the centerniary of the commencement of The Battle Of The Somme. It is fair to say that July 1st 1916 might possibly the most horrific day in British history and most likely in the top … Continue reading →

Posted in history, WW1 | Tagged #Somme100, Death, First World War, Heritage, history, In The Footsteps of Heroes, Lest We Forget, The Somme, war, Western Front, World War 1, WW1 | 3 Comments

The Battle of Jutland

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

Today marks the centenary anniversary of the single most important naval battle of WW1 and as I have been doing for the last few years, I thought I would write a dedicated post taken from extracts of my WW1 history … Continue reading →

Posted in history, WW1 | Tagged Battle of Jutland, books, First World War, Germany, history, Lest We Forget, Life, North Sea, U.K., World War 1, WW1 | 9 Comments

The Battle of Verdun 100 years on.

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

France and its military have something of poor reputation amongst many. Centuries of rivalry with Britain where it increasingly came off second best, its requirement to be rescued in WW1 and quick capitulation in WW2 coupled with decisions to stay … Continue reading →

Posted in WW1 | Tagged 100th anniversary, Battle of Verdun, First World War, France, history, Lest We Forget, Life, Long reads, Military, Verdun, war, World War 1, WW1 | 4 Comments

WW1: A nation remembers, a family grieves.

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Stephen Liddell

With the war memorial services of the last week, I thought that I would share just one or two of several family photos related to WW1. Though I already knew of many of their stories, I did quite a bit … Continue reading →