Recent posts

• What a vast difference it makes to know that the War is won 28 November, 2019
• Two German rifles (one without a bolt) 27 November, 2019
• Returned from military service 26 November, 2019
• Changes to war savings 25 November, 2019
• “This hospital is being used for permanently disabled soldiers, so that it will probably remain open for a long time” 24 November, 2019
• “The absolute stillness and reverence of the crowd was most marked” 23 November, 2019
• A memento of the Great War 22 November, 2019
• Slight consolation in proud grief 21 November, 2019
• Always cheery even under the most adverse circumstances 20 November, 2019
• A Memorial which will stand for centuries as a keepsake of the bravery and sacrifice of Mortimer’s sons 19 November, 2019
• A telegram advising closure 18 November, 2019
• An absence (in the Army) of more than three years 17 November, 2019
• Forbury Hill “not really suitable for the erection of a War Memorial such as would be worthy of the great events which it was now proposed to commemorate” 17 November, 2019
• Training for a post at Woolwich Arsenal 16 November, 2019
• A Cross for the war memorial Altar has been promised 15 November, 2019
• “Plenty of beer – more than I’ve had since the War started” 14 November, 2019
• Serving beer to the Entertained Soldiers and Sailors 13 November, 2019
• “It is difficult to obtain a complete list of those parishioners or worshippers in our church who died in the War” 12 November, 2019
• A mysterious peace fell like the dew from heaven upon the hearts of a waiting people 11 November, 2019
• The great silence: the sacrifice of those who fell must not be in vain 11 November, 2019