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The Great War

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My father's recollections of the 1st July 1916 by Major Philip Wright OBE
Lance Serjeant Stevens of the Cambs Suffolks at Roeux (1917)
The Somme & Ypres - Flickr Collection
The 46th Division at Gommecourt (1916)
The Battle of Tannenberg (1914)
The Battle of Tannenberg - Flickr Collection
The Cambs Suffolks at La Boisselle
Joe Parish - A tragedy from 11th November 1918
Caporetto to the Piave - Italy 1917
Verdun
Gallipoli - Helles and the Narrows
Gallipoli - Anzac and Suvla
Verdun - Flickr Collection
Caporetto and the Piave, Italy [1917] - Flickr Collection
Gallipoli - Flickr Collection
South West Africa - Namibia
The Swavesey Chronicles - Stories from a War Memorial
The 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment - Online Archive
South Carlton Airfield - Flickr Collection
Lloyds Bank Memorial


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My Mission

I have a passion for travel, an enduring interest in military history and a network of like minded friends. This blog is a natural development of my long established web site which features a large number of visits to battlefields all over the world. To view my battlefield walks please click on one of the header links above or view the 'What's New' link below.

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What's New

  • The Viking ships of Roskilde, Denmark
  • Vaxholm Fortress - Stockholm's Lock
  • The Last Invasion of Britain (1797)
  • Sidney Day VC - 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment
  • The Vicksburg Campaign (1863)
  • Shiloh - Railroads and Rivers (1862)
  • Recollections of the 1st July 1916 by Major Philip Wright OBE
  • The Fight for Bolkhov (July 1943)
  • Cambs Suffolks - Interview with Phil Curme
  • Victory Day in Bolchov & Orel (2016)
  • Objective Ponyri - Battle of Kursk (1943)
  • Rokossovsky at Kursk (1943)
  • Army Detachment Kempf at Kursk (1943)
  • The Tank Battle at Prokhorovka (12th July, 1943)
  • The Psel Bridgehead, Kursk (July 1943)

My Book Reviews

  • Nieuwpoort Sector 1917: The Battle for the Dunes
  • Decisive Battles in Chinese History
  • Rendezvous with Death: Artist & Writers in the Thick of It 1914-1918
  • War of the White Death: Finland against the Soviet Union 1939-40
  • Bullets, Bombs & Poison Gas: Supplying the troops on the Western Front 1914-18
  • The Crimean War: Then & Now
  • The British on the Belgian Coast: The North Sea as Front Line during the Great War by Luc Vanacker
  • Valentine Baker's Heroic Stand: Tashkessen 1877
  • Dawn of Victory - Thank You China - Star Shell Reflections 1918-1919: The illustrated diaries of Jim Maultsaid
  • Best Love To All: The Letters and Diaries of Captain Rigby-Jones, MC and Bar.
  • Fighting the Somme: German Challenges, Dilemmas and Solutions
  • Send More Shrouds by Jan Gore
  • The Siege of Tsingtau by Charles Stephenson
  • The Confederacy at Flood Tide by Philip Leigh
  • Images of War: The Crushing of Army Group North 1944-45 on the Eastern Front
  • Victory on the Western Front: The development of the BEF 1914-1918 by Michael Senior
  • Betrayed Ally: China in the Great War by Frances Wood and Christopher Alexander
  • Cambridgeshire Kitcheners: A History of the 11th (Service) Battalion (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment by Joanna Costin

The Cambs Suffolks

  • Public archive
  • Private archive (restricted access)

My Links

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  • The Swavesey Chronicles
  • Lloyds Bank Memorial
  • Clevedon Memorials
  • Walking the Battlefields

My Maps

  • Bristol WWII HAA Batteries
  • The Cholm Siege 1942

My Family History

  • Arthur Taylor in Canada
  • Arthur Taylor in the Crimea
  • Bernard Taylor
  • Alfred Baker
  • Alf Curme in Germany
  • Alf & Jo Curme in the Sudan
  • Edna Curme & HMS Warspite
  • Joan Curme & V Weapon Sites
  • Ernest Ward
  • Frank Saunders in the RFC
 

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