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Reference: Memoirs of an Army Meteorologist
Sep 4, 2024 · 129 min read · 1917 1918 Meteor Meteorological Office Meteorological Field Service Royal Engineers 4th Army 3rd Army 15th Division Headquarters GHQ OTC ASC WAAC Harry Cotton chlorine gas Phosgene gas Gas Artist Rifles Meteor Met Office Meteorological Officer Meteorological Section Kite Balloon Demobilisation Albert Amiens Beauquesne Bray Dunes Chatham Estrées Helfant Hesdin Montreuil Passchendaele Pont Noyelle Senlecques Somme St Omer Terramesnil Flanders Ypres Villers Carbonnel Spring offensive ·Originally published in The Meteorological Magazine between 1979 and 1980. © Crown Copyright. Figure 1. WW1 Era Kite Ballon, similar to what Harry Cotton would have made his observations from, Author's Collection Sourced and provided by the National Meteorological Library and Archive — Met Office, UK. Reproduced here …
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Reference: The Meteorological Office and The First World War
Sep 4, 2024 · 15 min read · Zeppelins E. Gold GHQ Artillery Gas Cambrai Hulluch Italy France St. Omer Ypres Meteor Meteorological Office Meteorological Field Service Royal Engineers 3rd Division 51st Division 8th Brigade 76th Brigade 154th Brigade 4th Gordon Highlanders Loos Projectors Kite Ballon RFC ·Original published in The Meteorological Magazine , Volume 84, No. 996, June 1955, pp.173-178. © Crown Copyright. Link to original . As sourced and provided by the National Meteorological Library and Archive — Met Office, UK. Reproduced here under the Open Government Licence. Figure 1. Source Unknown, Wind and Weather …
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Corporal Harry Cotton, Meteorological Office, 4th Army HQ Service Number: 160163 Later Lieutenant Harry Cotton, MBE, DSc. Born: 17 June 1889, Wandsworth, London (grew up in the Potteries) Died: 27 July 1985 (aged 96), Deben, Suffolk Figure 1. Harry Cotton, Liddle Collection WW1/GS/0371, Reproduced here with permission …
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Bairnsfather’s ‘Old Bill, the influence on Tommy Atkins, and the Better ‘Ole Video Game
In terms of surviving, processing and enduring the environment that Tommy Atkins faced during the war, humour played a vital role, one which should never be undervalued for its contribution. Lord Moran (1882-1977), President of the Royal College of Physicians, Winston Churchill's personal doctor, and author of The …
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The Wipers Times Exposé: A Picture of Dorothy Violet Hall emerges
I mentioned in the Staff, Suspects and Witness post that I was at something of an impasse regarding researching Dorothy Violet Hall. While I had fragments of information, there wasn't really enough to form more than a fragmented sentence here and there. I received an email in October 2023 from Richard Sheppard, a …
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Ephemera: Winnie Mary Knight’s Autograph Book: A Glimpse of Bromley in the First World War
Jul 1, 2024 · 16 min read · VAD Red Cross KENT COUNTY TERRITORIAL ASSOCIATION The 7th London Regiment Honourable Artillery Company Welsh Guards Auxiliary Hospitals Ontario Military Hospital ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY COUNTY OF LONDON TERRITORIALS ARMY SERVICE CORPS QUEENS OWN (ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT) WEST KENT YEOMANRY LONDON AIR DEFENCES SCOUTS BBC IVOR NOVELLO AYLESBURY ROAD SCHOOL MOSS BROS ADVERTS SCRAPBOOKING ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART LAMBETH SCHOOL OF ART BROMLEY BOROUGH LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY Royal Scots Fusiliers Sunday School Shortlands Bromley Parish Church BROMLEY KENT LONDON LONDON REGIMENT HOME FRONT AUTOGRAPH BOOK ·For the fifth entry in this series, while this autograph book is a modest affair, with just 26 entries, it is one of the more interesting and insightful, books I have come across and was beneficial during my Master's research. The book belonged to a Winifred Mary Knight (1899-1981), a 1914 Christmas present from her …
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Soldier-cartoonist: Sapper Charles Albert Kennett, Royal Engineers
Jun 27, 2024 · 10 min read · Royal Engineers Sapper Labour Battalion Queens Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment 706th Labour Corps 2nd Army 4th Army IX Corps Charlton Dover Kent The Out-of-Work-Donation Postcard Dole George William Macey Imperial War Museum Blighty Postcard Series SOLDIER CARTOONS BLIGHTY A BUDGET HUMOUR FROM HOME ·Sapper Charles Albert Barlow Kennett, Royal Engineers 7th Labour Company (later 706th Labour Company) Service Number: 59312 Born: 7 March 1898, Crewe, Cheshire. Died: 16 May 1979, Waterloo, Liverpool (aged 81) Figure 1. Charles "Chas" Albert Kennett, picture courtesy of Craig Williams, reproduced here with permission …
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An Overview of British Propaganda Efforts in the First World War
Apr 18, 2024 · 49 min read · Propaganda Parliamentary Recruiting Committee National War Aims Committee Ministry of Information Wellington House The Bryce Report Atrocity Propaganda Propaganda Techniques Government and Media Relationships Press Bureau Mi7 Northcliffe DORA Censorship Propaganda Bureau Charles Masterman Lloyd George Lusitania Atrocity Propaganda Raemaekers NWAC John Buchan MOI Crewe House War Weariness Beaverbrook Daily Mail MI7A PATRIOTISMN PUBLIC POLICY RUSH TO THE COLOURS ·This was originally one of my essays written as part of my master's degree at the University of Wolverhampton, and I am posting it here for two reasons: First, the subject of propaganda during the First World War has arisen in previous articles on this site, and I have several future articles in the pipeline that will …
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Soldier-cartoonist: Private Louis Ollier, 8th Cheshire Regiment
Private Louis William Ollier, 8th (Service) Battalion Cheshire Regiment (later 12th Combined Depot) Service Number: 59312 Born: 7 March 1898, Crewe, Cheshire. Died: 16 May 1979, Waterloo, Liverpool (aged 81) Ollier was born in 1898 in Crewe, Cheshire, the son of Richard Ollier, a Railway Clerk, and Nellie.1 He attended …
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Ephemera: An Autograph Book Belonging to an Unknown Arthur, and Postcard Propaganda
Nov 13, 2023 · 14 min read · Henry Newbolt Propaganda Postcard Propaganda Raphael Tuck and Sons Trench Journals The Pow-Wow War Propaganda Bureau Vigil England What Thou Wert Valentine & Sons Autograph Book Edwardian Profanity Patriotism Jingoism Monthly Review Julian Corbett John Fisher Newbolt Report ·I mentioned in the last entry in this series that I had been experimenting with a photography set-up. I chose this book from my collection next, which is considerably larger than a typical autograph book, to see if the set-up would still work. The result was so-so, with a bit of rejigging needed. I have been unable to …
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