Centenary News contributor Ottilia Saxl tells the story of her great-uncle John Miller Coutts Weir, who was awarded both the Military Medal in 1916 and Military Cross in 1917 and served in all three services.
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The Story of John Miller Coutts Weir, M.M.,M.C – a family hero
Centenary News contributor Ottilia Saxl tells the story of her great-uncle John Miller Coutts Weir, who was awarded both the Military Medal in 1916 and Military Cross in 1917 and served in all three services.
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Your Loving Son: The letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas August 1914
Captain Cuthbert Lucas’s arrival in France was obviously an auspicious one. Very much the advance party for the BEF, he had been sent to provide the coordination for the successful disembarkation.
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Your Loving Son: The letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas August 1914
Captain Cuthbert Lucas’s arrival in France was obviously an auspicious one. Very much the advance party for the BEF, he had been sent to provide the coordination for the successful disembarkation.
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The World War I in Africa Project: A visual exploration of an overlooked history
‘The World War I in Africa Project’ has been launched to provide information on one of the most overlooked theatres of the war: Africa.
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The World War I in Africa Project: A visual exploration of an overlooked history
'The World War I in Africa Project' has been launched to provide information on one of the most overlooked theatres of the war: Africa.
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First World War Exhibition opens at National Library of Ireland
An exhibition has opened at the National Library of Ireland, in Dublin, running from November 2014 until the end of centenary events in 2018, which reveals the impact of the First World War in Ireland.
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Archaeologists survey Britain’s largest airfield during First World War
Archaeologists in the UK have completed the first comprehensive survery of RAF Narborough, a military aerodrome, the largest of its kind used during WW1.
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Blog talks of rethink about the role of the Indian soldiers in the First World War
Shashi Tharoor, an author and member of the Indian National Congress, has written a blog about the 1.3 million Indian troops who served in the First World War.
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Your Loving Son: The letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas. What a difference a month makes
It took just a month for the realities of war to strike home for Captain Cuthbert Lucas. Here, in a third extract for Centenary News from his letters home, he describes the increasingly desperate conditions his ‘Biscuit Boys’ were facing.
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