WWI Trench Standing Orders
Having spent much of the past four weeks analyzing and reporting on my historical fiction survey, I thought it time to offer something different. This post originally appeared in my
May 10, 2012
Having spent much of the past four weeks analyzing and reporting on my historical fiction survey, I thought it time to offer something different. This post originally appeared in my
When I visited the war museum in Peronne, France, I was struck by its compelling simplicity, the displays laid out in simple frames on the floor, cream walls unadorned except
This post appeared earlier on One Writers Voice. Some time ago, I posted a piece written by a friend of mine, Michael Kirk, on how to research your connections to WWI. Mike
During WWI, official war diaries were a matter of standard practice, recording day by day the events that occupied millions of men. The following post originally occurred in One Writer’s
While on leave in London, June 1918, my WWI soldier, Martin Devlin, visits the home of his sweetheart, Cynthia Gibson. For some reason – probably because I knew the town
I’m currently writing a story with two timelines, one for Martin Devlin living through WWI and the second for his granddaughter, Grace Hansen, in the early 1990s. The storyline emerged
The Imperial War Museum has begun a project leading up to the 100th anniversary of WWI. An important endeavour. Get involved, remember, learn.
This picture is in my grandfather’s army scrapbook. Since I know he was with the army of occupation and he has this picture, I imagine he was there. Must have
While my grandfather’s army scrapbooks are eighty percent WWII, he kept a few pictures and mementos from WWI. This one, taken at Versailles, intrigues me. Why did this group of
This chilling quote, which I came across the other day, reportedly stems from the WWI battle of Verdun. As many subsequent battles with stupendous losses confirmed, sometimes artillery does not
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