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  • The Wipers Times Exposé: A Picture of Dorothy Violet Hall emerges

    calendar Aug 21, 2024 · 19 min read · Dorothy Violet Hall Henry Cecil Hall Annie Selina Hall William Hall Timber Thomas Emmanuel Ward Wipers Times Contributors The Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment The Wipers Times Tatler Violet's Chronicle of Fashion Nottingham Watcombe Circus Ruddington  ·
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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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Robert St.John Smith

Leeds, UK.
Writing about History and Art but not 'Art History'. MA in Britain and The First World War.
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Featured Posts

  • The Blighty Bust!: ‘The Bridge Across the Stream’ by Ivor Novello & J.E. MacManus
  • Soldier-cartoonist: Corporal Harry Cotton, Meteorological Office, 4th Army HQ
  • Bairnsfather’s ‘Old Bill, the influence on Tommy Atkins, and the Better ‘Ole Video Game
  • The Wipers Times Exposé: A Picture of Dorothy Violet Hall emerges
  • Ephemera: Winnie Mary Knight’s Autograph Book: A Glimpse of Bromley in the First World War
  • An Overview of British Propaganda Efforts in the First World War
  • Blighty Mystery File No.1
  • The Wipers Times Exposé: Staff, Suspects, and Witnesses

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  • The Blighty Bust!: ‘The Bridge Across the Stream’ by Ivor Novello & J.E. MacManus
  • Soldier-cartoonist: Corporal Harry Cotton, Meteorological Office, 4th Army HQ
  • Reference: The Meteorological Office and The First World War
  • Reference: Memoirs of an Army Meteorologist
  • Bairnsfather’s ‘Old Bill, the influence on Tommy Atkins, and the Better ‘Ole Video Game
  • The Wipers Times Exposé: A Picture of Dorothy Violet Hall emerges
  • Ephemera: Winnie Mary Knight’s Autograph Book: A Glimpse of Bromley in the First World War
  • Soldier-cartoonist: Sapper Charles Albert Kennett, Royal Engineers

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