There can’t be many World War One veterans who won a Military Medal for bravery, went on to become a Prime Minister, then to become an ‘Official Hero’, and to... read more →
‘The aftermath of an earthquake!’ Do the words express the reality before us as we move along the mile of road between Albert and La Boisselle! Hardly. The earth-shudder that... read more →
Most of the memorials you’ll see as you walk round Lochnagar Crater are for men who fought in the First World War. But we also remember that women took part... read more →
Looking back, it’s now very hard to untangle the hundreds of different trips to the Somme. The first one is easy to remember as is... read more →
25th Battalion northumberland Fusiliers (2nd Tyneside Irish) Killed in Action 1 July 1916, aged 29 John Foley was born... read more →
The two Lochnagars, one a mountain in Scotland, the other a Great War crater in France and now a Peace Memorial, are linked together by having the same name. [caption... read more →
Extract from 'The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War' by Captain H. FitzM. Stacke MC. That afternoon the 58th Brigade attacked the La Boisselle salient, securing a lodgment on the southern... read more →
The original Cross was erected in 1986. Made from ancient pine rescued from a deconsecrated church in northumberland, it was struck by lightning soon after it was erected. It did... read more →
Losing the cross was a very sad moment, however our thoughts were with Richard and what could be done to help. I put forward suggestions to Richard and once he... read more →
I'm living in the past, in the WW1 days, probably I have inherited this from my maternal grandfather,... read more →
