Despite walking round London over 300 days a year for 11 years, the amount of times I’ve been there just for fun like a local or tourist could be counted on one hand. I’ve not been in Buckingham Palace, until last year I’d not been to a West End Show for 16 years nor eaten… Continue reading Face to mask with a WW1 Gashood
Tag: The Great War
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 written a lot on WW1 and indeed on women in WW1 and figures such as… Continue reading Flora Sandes, the only British woman to fight in WW1
Women and The Great War
When we think of The Great War, the role of women is an often forgotten element in comparison to the famous battlefields around the world. However as the German leadership quickly stated, WW1 was a total war that required the participation of each nation to win and that included women. Not only did WW1 change… Continue reading Women and The Great War
Stephen Liddell 