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Mud and Bodies: The War Diaries and Letters of Captain N.A.C. Weir, 1914-1920

February 2, 2014June 19, 2020 Alexander Nicoll 0 Comments 'great war', 'world war one', diary, flanders, loos, Ploegsteert, somme, vimy, weir, wwi

At just nineteen-years of age, Captain Neil Weir found himself a captain and company commander in the 10th Battalion, Argyll

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I Survived The Somme: The Secret Diary Of A Tommy – Charles Meeres

May 21, 2013June 17, 2020 Martin Mace 0 Comments 'history book review', somme, wwi

It is wonderful that documents from the First World War are still being uncovered. Often though, the letters and journals

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A Gunner’s Great War: An Artilleryman’s Experience from the Somme to the Subcontinent – Ian Ronayne

January 28, 2013June 17, 2020 John Grehan 0 Comments 'history book review', 'western front', ahier, somme, wwi

As Ian Ronayne writes in his introduction, the motives behind Channel Islander Clarence Ahier’s meticulously written journal are unclear. Did

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