From the BBC website: “Clare Hollingworth was the war correspondent who broke the news that German troops were poised to invade Poland at the start of World War Two. She went on to report on conflicts across the world but it was that moment that defined her career. She was by no means the first…
Tuesday 6th November 2016 – Report I visited Groby Community College to work with a news team of pupils from Brookvale High School to capture their WW1 Experience event. There were 4 classrooms to visit: Room 1 – Soldier (Jed Jaggard) Quote: “I was wearing a cloth forage cap at the start….now I’m…
The Military Service Act of 1916 brought in conscription for the first time; however, provision was made for some young men to be given exemptions from its provisions. The various reasons for exemption applications included difficult domestic circumstances, the importance of the man’s employment and conscientious objection. Based on research by Jess Jenkins, the staff…
Robert Hope was born in 1950. Leaving school at the age of 15 years, starting as an apprentice, he retired as a Senior Building Surveyor. Whilst at primary school he read a graphic account of the defence of the hospital and stores at Rorke’s Drift that took place during the Zulu War of 1879. From…
Abigail Wattam is a History Tutor at Leicester Adult Education College with a BA Hons. in Education Studies and History. Current research interests consist of: crime and punishment through time, witchcraft and the Tudors and Stuarts. Future planning is taking place to complete MA in History. Published works include an article for Misc.Don exhibition at the…
Jan works in the Recruitment Industry and resides in Essex. A childhood of toy soldiers, model kits, war comics and war stories developed into a passion for communicating Poland’s military history in WW2, supported by an extensive Militaria collection, especially of photographs and documents. Published works include, Armoured Hussars, Images of the Polish 1st Armoured Division…
Iain Smith is a Chartered Tax Adviser by profession, working for an international food company based in Lincolnshire. But his hobby and passion is the history of the Indian Army. He has been collecting seriously for about 15 years, mainly books (principally regimental and campaign histories). This led to a connection with the Sikh Pioneers…
Simon Peaple is a teacher and military historian who plays an active role in local politics. Having originally graduated in History from Bristol University he gained his PhD from Birmingham University as a mature student and has been Head of History and Politics at Princethorpe College, a leading Catholic independent HMC school, since 2001. Simon…
Nigel Atter is a military historian of the Great War. Nigel has been a member of the Western Front Association (WFA) since 2010 and was a founder member of the WFA Leicestershire and Rutland Branch. He is military history advisor and Secretary to Oadby Remembers 1914-1918. His recent publications include: Their name Liveth for Evermore, a military history…
Christopher Brice was born and raised in Leicestershire, where he has lived all his life except for two years in Suffolk. He read History and Politics at undergraduate level before embarking on his PhD thesis, initially as part of a joint research agreement between the War Studies Department of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and…
Considered by many to be the UK’s finest living military painter, commissioned by the majority of the country’s regiments, covering practically all of the major conflicts from Clive, East India Company 1757, right up to Afghanistan 2014 – this is Peter Archer’s official website.
Look up your relatives who served in the military and find out whether Grandad got a Distinguished Conduct Medal or reprimanded for drunken behaviour! Find out details of where he was killed or injured and how. Bring any details you have to Military History Live and let’s see what we can find out.
