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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 Actor, Avesnes, and the Forgotten Evening Edition of the Wipers Times

Oct 15, 2023 · 22 min read · Sherwood Foresters Avesnes-Lez-Aubert Sommerset Light Infantry The Wipers Times Trench Journals The Wipers Times The Better Times The Avesnes Advertiser Wipers Staff Cassell's Magazine J.O. Twiss Fred Roberts Josiah Oliver Twiss Barrow-in-Furness London Theatre Bandmann Circuit Bandmann Comedy Company Violet Blyth Pratt Heritage Play Jessie Belmore Belmore Theatre Family Eugenics Education Society Worm's Eye View Winston Churchill Alfred Balfour Actor Galatic Central 1918 Shell Scandal Lost Generation ·
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In my last piece, about the Printer and the Presses , I mentioned that I had come across a signpost in the second to last issue of the Wipers,now named the Better Times, in relation to the printing of the final two issues. This was the signpost: Our new paper is born in very different circumstances to the old Wipers …

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