‘For Conspicuous Gallantry…’ Special Offer for the last few remaining copies!
As I was taking part in the annual event that is clearing out my garage yesterday, I came across one box of my book – For Conspicuous Gallantry…Winners of the Military Cross During The Great War...
View ArticleMilitary Ancestor Stories Wanted for Publication!
I haven’t posted on here for a while, and lots have been going on. My new website is very nearly done – hopefully all will be live before the end of January, this will incorporate an updated version of...
View ArticleMy neighbour is WW1 hero!
There is a small brick wall that separates my driveway from that of my next door neighbours, it is only a foot or two high and when I am washing my car it comes in handy as a place to store the debris...
View ArticleWW1′s (Joint) First VC Fetches £276,000 At Auction
The joint first Victoria Cross awarded in World War One has recently gone up for auction and fetched a cool £276,000. The VC was awarded to Private Sidney Godley, the son of a painter and decorator,...
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A Proper Hero…
I write this particular blog post from a hotel room somewhere in central Stockholm. It has been a long but memorable day… I have been hosting a number of business partners at the Imperial War Museum....
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15 WW1 Victoria Cross Facts
I have spent much of my spare time this Christmas period working on the next wave of infographics for ‘The Great War 100′ project I am working on. In particular I have been working on a number of...
View ArticleBattered Suitcase Provides a Treasure Chest of WW1 Memories.
Earlier this week I read a great story in the Daily Mail about a recently found old suitcase that held a plethora of items relating to the life of a WW1 nurse. Margaret Maule was a nurse for 52 years,...
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Heroes of The Line: Captain Charles Lemprière Price DSO, 2nd Royal Scots.
I am currently working on a new Kindle publication called ‘Heroes of The Line’. It is a memoir of my 2009 cycle ride across the entire WW1 Western Front trench lines, intermingled with a number of...
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New Kindle e-book launched: Heroes of The Line
I am delighted to announce today that my latest e-book ‘Heroes of The Line’ has now been launched on Amazon Kindle. Priced at £2.49 it tells the story of my Cycling the Line tour of the Western Front...
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Hero of The Line: 76645 Lance Corporal John Rimmer M.M., Tank Corps
John Rimmer was born in Blackburn in 1895, and as a child attended both the Norfolk Street Day School and St Francis’ Church Sunday school. There is little detail available of his early life, but what...
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