Britain’s War Minister, Lord Kitchener, visited Gallipoli and Winston Churchill left the Government in November 1915 amid fading support for the Dardanelles campaign.
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A Fool for Thy Feast: The Life and Times of Tubby Clayton, 1885-1972
Publisher’s Description:’A Fool for Thy Feast is a modern assessment of the career of this remarkable man. Tubby was pursuing a conventional clerical career when war changed his course. He became an army chaplain and ran the famous Talbot House in Poperinghe, the ‘Haven in Hell’ just behind the lines, visited by thousands of the troops fighting in the Ypres Salient.’
Continue readingCentenary Anniversary: UK War Minister backs Gallipoli pull-out & Churchill resigns
November 1915: Britain’s War Minister, Lord Kitchener, visited Gallipoli and Winston Churchill left the Government amid fading support for the Dardanelles campaign.
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Overnight vigils to mark 2016 Somme Centenary in UK
Public vigils will be held overnight in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on June 30th 2016 to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme.
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100 Years Ago: Ottomans halt British/Indian advance in Mesopotamia
British and Indian troops were halted in their march towards Baghdad at the Battle of Ctesiphon from November 22nd-25th 1915.
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French Western Front app explores Bethune & the Artois battles
A new app explores First World War sites at the centre of events in the Béthune area of Northern France 100 years ago.
Continue readingCentenary Anniversary: Ottomans halt British/Indian advance in Mesopotamia
22nd-25th November 1915: British and Indian troops were halted in their advance towards Baghdad at the Battle of Ctesiphon.
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Harlem’s Rattlers at Flanders House in New York
As part of its centennial “In Flanders Fields Events”, Flanders House hosted a book presentation of Harlem’s Rattlers and the Great War (2014) in its Times Square, Manhattan office on November 17th.
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The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916
Publisher’s Description:’The Battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. Alistair Horne’s classic work is a profoundly moving, sympathetic study of the battle and the men who fought there.’
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100 Years Ago: Celebrated First World War cartoon makes its debut
On November 24th 1915.The Bystander magazine in London published the latest contribution from soldier-cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather. His drawing, with its caption – “Well, if you knows of a better ‘ole, go to it!” – would become one of the most well-known and enduring cartoons of all time. Mark Warby tells its story.
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