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 …
Samuel Mountford (b. 1907) War and Memory War takes a prominent place in Samuel Mountford’s memoir, although not from a first-hand perspective. He is not involved with the battle …
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 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 …
Hilda Ann Salusbury (1906-1993): War and Memory Although Hilda does not go into great detail about life during the years of the war, it did have a great impact …
Leslie John Robinson (b.1929): War and Memory The theme of war and memory is present at the beginning of Leslie John Robinson’s memoir as he recalls traumatic military events …
Nora Lumb (b. 1912) War and Memory Blog “The Great War was about to begin and no doubt the grim affairs and negotiations leading up to it were hastening to …
Joe Ayre (b.1910): War and Memory The two World Wars have undoubtedly had a huge impact on history. I myself have studied the effects of both wars throughout …
May Jones: War and Memory “I knew then that I should die an old maid, I was only twenty years old” May’s memoir is about her childhood …
Charles Whiten Sanderson (1906-1990): War and Memory Part Two. ‘After twenty years of uneasy peace it was all to begin again, begun by the same nation who had supposedly been the …
