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The Wipers Times Exposé: Jack Johnson, the Private Who Discovered the Press
Jul 31, 2026 · 9 min read · Sherwood Foresters Wipers Times Contributors Ypres Ypres Ramparts Wipers Times Staff Jack Johnson Boxing Private Jack Johnson Printing Press Buxton Talbot House Reverend Meyer Charles Brown National Free Church Council Winston Churchill Baden-Powell Home Office Race Imperialism Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton Eye-Witness Official Press Bureau Soldier Slang Soldier Humour BBC Chris Rainbow Buxton Advertiser George Critchlow Ernest Goodwin Compositor Chapel-En-Le-Frifth Field Punishment No 2 ·
In 2025, Talbot House obtained the original proof copies of the Wipers, which were once owned by Frederick Roberts. At the time of writing, they have been republishing the issues and sending them out via subscription on the original dates they were published. I was privileged and honoured to be asked to write 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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The Wipers Times Exposé Addendum: Conclusive Proof, the Letters of Thomas Moore Emmanuel Ward, and Other Contributors Identified
Jun 1, 2023 · 18 min read · The Wipers Times The Red Feather Cockles Tumley Wipers Times Contributors Bruce Bairnsfather Beach Thomas Daily Mail Tatler Sabretache Dorothy Violet Hall Thomas Moore Emmanuel Ward Fred Roberts Stanley Melbourne Mohr Captain W.J. Asher Richard Donald Bell Woods FWW Publications Nottingham Nottinghamshire Archives Nottingham Electrical City Department Nottingham Freemasons Sherwood Foresters Shipstones Brewery Soldier Poets H. Smalley Samson Trench Journals Violet's Chronicle of Fashion Ypres ·
Following on from the previous article, I got my first lead regarding tracking down the identity of Violet, of 'Violets Chronicle of Fashion', in the form of letters written by Thomas Moore Emmanuel Ward (1895-1947). Ward was a Lieutenant in the 12th Battalion (Pioneers) Sherwood Foresters as well as a contributor to …
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