Mary Howitt (1888-1983): War and Memory – Part 1 When being awarded the Red Cross Decoration, the Royal Warrant said that it can only be given upon any ladies, whether subjects …
Jack William Jones, born 1900: War & Memory The mention of the First World War and its association with the life of Jack William Jones is evidenced throughout his memoir. …
Joe Loftus (1914-1998): War & Memory “I can understand now how men were brutalised by the idiotic slaughter and years of doing everything by army numbers, cut off …
Walter John Eugene Elliott (1890- 1977): War and Memory (1) The First World War was a traumatic experience for all involved. It was a time of devastation which still haunts the world …
Amy Gomm (b.1899-1984): War and Memory ‘Everbody’s war, that had been threatening for so long, actually broke out a few months later. It still had little impact on …
Annie Ford (1920 Onwards) : War and Memory The war was inevitable in how it impacted the lives of those in Great Britain. All different classes were affected by the …
Annie Lord (b.1899): War and Memory “… the 1914 soldiers use[d] to line up for there dinners in the High street Hornsey from the drilly Hall Bottom of …
Bessie Wallis (b. 1904) War and Memory Bessie does not dedicate a lot of time in her memoir to the first World War, however what she does include is …
Claude Robinson (b.1898) – War and Memory One of the first things I learnt about Claude Robinson when I was initially discovering his past is that he experienced something …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): War & Memory ‘I have lived through most of the twentieth century – an age of conflict and propaganda in which I have strived to …
