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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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The Wipers Times Exposé: The Printer and the Presses

Sep 2, 2023 · 12 min read · The Wipers Times Wipers Staff Wipers Printers Sherwood Foresters Sergeant George Turner Sergeants Dinner Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Dr Alfred Caenepeel Flanders Museum Last Post Ypres Railway Wood Hooge John Ivelaw-Chapman Riddle of Wipers Turner & Caepeneel map Sint-Jacobsstraat Ypres Ramparts Kazematten brewery Dickebusch Dr Katheryn White ·
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In my post on the Wipers Times Staff, Suspects, and Witnesses, I mentioned that there was ambiguity around who the printer on the paper was. One of the names associated with the role was that of Sergeant Leslie Tyler — found in a letter he sent in 1916 to his local paper. However, research has uncovered that these were …

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