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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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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 ·
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 ·
Note to Readers: 15 January 2026. I have been asked to write the commentary for the 2026 reprints of The Wipers Times for Talbot House. As a result, new information and additional details relating to George Turner have been uncovered. This article will be updated in due course; however, readers should note that the …
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