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WWI: Fifty two months, fifty two posts – 47 – The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

June 14, 2018

Yet another post where I recommend you leave this blog and go and read something else! However this time it’s a book, rather than something else on the internet; Empires of the Dead by David Crane to be precise. Front and Back Cover of Empires of the Dead by David Crane If you’ve ever traversed … More WWI: Fifty two months, fifty two posts – 47 – The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

WWI: Fifty two months, fifty two posts – 23 – On the Eve of Battle

June 30, 2016

On this night, one hundred years ago, men were packed into trenches and billets all along the battle front of the Somme. Overhead, shells continued to fly from the heavy artillery that had been pounding the German lines for weeks. This bombardment, their officers assured them, would destroy the barbed wire, the machine gun posts, … More WWI: Fifty two months, fifty two posts – 23 – On the Eve of Battle