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Filming with David Walliams for Who Do You Think You Are? and a look into his...
Back in early March just before lockdown I spent a half day filming with David Walliams at the Guards’ Chapel for the new series of Who Do You Think You Are? David’s episode was broadcast tonight, 19...
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“No surrender, no retirement and no quarter given or accepted” – The 2nd...
This brief article will look at the actions and casualties sustained by the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers (part of 10th Brigade, 4th Division) during the Second Battle of Ypres. One often feel...
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The 1st King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at the Hohenzollern Redoubt
Introduction Few places on the Western Front held such a reputation as the Hohenzollern Redoubt. Attacked by the 9th (Scottish) Division at the start of the Battle of Loos on 25 September, the redoubt,...
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Local War Memorial now granted ‘listed’ status: success for Fishponds Church...
I have been working with the schoolchildren from a local Bristol school, Fishponds Church of England Academy, for the past couple of years as part of my work with Historic England’s ‘Heritage Schools’...
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New BBC Two series: The Somme 1916 – From Both Sides of the Wire
For the past 12-18 months I have been working as Historical Consultant on the three part BBC2 series, ‘The Somme 1916 – From Both Sides of the Wire’. Written and presented by my colleague Peter...
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Researching the war service of Ioan Gruffud’s Great Great Uncle, Rhys...
Back in May I spent an afternoon filming with Yellow Duck Productions for their hit BBC Wales genealogy series, ‘Coming Home’. The programme, which was shown on at 9pm on BBC One Wales on Wednesday 21...
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A blue plaque for Hardy Falconer Parsons VC – 8 November 2017
Second Lieutenant Hardy Falconer Parsons VC, 14th Gloucestershire Regiment. Image courtesy Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, Ref GLRRM:04750.6 On 8 November 2017 a Bristol Civic Society Blue Plaque...
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Blue plaque unveiled commemorating the life of Hardy Falconer Parsons VC,...
Second Lieutenant Hardy Falconer Parsons VC, 14th Gloucestershire Regiment. Image courtesy Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, Ref GLRRM:04750.6 Today saw the unveiling of a Bristol Civic Society blue...
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‘Remembering Reading’s Heroes’– a talk at Haslams Estate Agents for Reading...
Last week I gave a talk on behalf of Haslams Estate Agents and Reading Football Club in Haslams’ flagship office in Friar Street, Reading. The talk was part of a fundraising evening for ABF The...
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A raid with severe repercussions: the mutilation of 8th Lincolns dead at...
In the course of research for a client whose relative had served in the 13th Battalion Royal Fusiliers I was reading the unit war diary when the following passage, taken from 11 November 1918, the day...
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