Remembering Fallen Brothers Henry & Benjamin Skelton
Today I’m remembering two brothers from Woodford in Essex, both of whom lost their lives in the final six weeks of the Great War. The youngest died of wounds 97 years ago […]
Remembering Sgt. John Reid Cunningham, 7th Royal Scots
A couple of years ago I purchased three postcards showing Musselburgh soldiers from the 1/7th Royal Scots. I’ve published several articles about these men and the Quintinshill rail disaster that claimed so […]
CWGC releases 300,000 archival documents on WW1 soldiers
On July 8th the Commonwealth War Graves Commission made a significant update to their website to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. For those of us researching soldiers the most welcome […]
Doing Our Bit 