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Trench Journals: The Red Feather, Journal of the 6th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry. An Introduction

Sep 21, 2025 · 12 min read · Trench Journals Trench Journal Editors Ypres Soldier Alphabets Kazematten Brewery Ypres Ramparts Red Feather 6th DCLI 43rd Brigade 14th Light Division 11th Battalion, Kings (Liverpool Regiment) Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Robert Mcgowan Barrington-Ward Ben Keeling Regimental Journals Rupert Brooke Bodmin Devon Cambridge Artist Rifles John Maynard Keynes HG Wells The Times New Statesman Fabian Society Lost Generation Gentleman-Ranker Major Carew A. Barnett New Armies Censorship Saint-Martin Delville Wood Ypres 1900s 1910s 1915 1916 Western Front ·
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At a talk I gave on my research into the Wipers Times back in June 2024, I mentioned the journal the Red Feather, the regimental magazine of the 6th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry (DCLI). I was pleasantly surprised when it came up in the questions after the talk, as, in my opinion — although there …

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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 ·
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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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