Adullamite

This is quite a good book if you like sinking in a hurricane force storm. The story concerns the sinking of two ships, the damage done to tw...

The purpose of this book is to publicise 'The Western Front Way.'  This is an idea based on the thoughts of one 2nd Lieutenant Dougl...

During the Great War Australia and New Zealand  provided a great many men for the war.     Some 60,284 Australian men died. Around 18,000 ...

On Friday I sauntered out because the BBC Weather forecast was for gray clouds.  I took this picture from underneath one of the wonderful...

I spent a decent afternoon listening to Peter Jones telling us about Zeppelins and the Great War.  Around 20 of us were happily ensconced...

Blunden's war memoirs are not like other peoples.  They discuss his two years as a young officer spending time at all the best places...

Trundling down to church in the sunshine was an unusual experience today.  I found my tinted glasses and looking like someone from Hollyw...

The Somme battle was a result of war co-operation between the allies Britain, France and Russia for the offensive's in 1916.  Wh...

Last night I dug out some old, decaying albums and found one or two old pics that I liked.  In fact some were well taken and I was plea...

This was the scene yesterday. Cold mist hanging around and in the afternoon freezing all and sundry, and my bony knees were part of that sun...

Douglas Haig was given the unenviable task of winning a major war. Haig was a career soldier who through hard work had reached the rank of G...

One notable reaction to the losses incurred during the Great War was the deeply held need for a place to mourn the dead. The war had to be f...

On Sunday we see many Remembrance services throughout the UK, but one I wish I could attend is the short service at the Haymarket in Edinbur...

Every so often I take to writing, but I never get far. Recently I had an idea for a short story. I began to scribble the main idea, some o...

Funny how we treat remembrance. It has become popular once again to stand for two minutes on November the 11th at precisely eleven o' cl...