Wilhelmina Tobias: War and Memory Wilhelmina Tobias remembers ‘…that fateful August week in 1914, [when] crying women took leave of sons and husbands’ and within a few …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Home & Family [Part 2] Jack McQuoid’s lengthy memoir of 343 pages is too long to contain all of his home and family experiences into one post. …
Alfred Ireson (b. 1856): War and Memory Presumably, working class autobiographies that are dated during war periods would more than likely contain a bombardment of images relating to the …
Jack Goring (1861 – 1942): War, Memory and Life Writing In 1914 Jack and his wife Jane, celebrated their silver wedding anniversary. Their neighbour, the Fischers, gave them a beautiful vase of …
Syd Metcalfe (b. 1910): An Introduction “Does one need to end up a figure of national importance to have a story to tell?” Syd Metcalfe, ‘One Speck of …
Syd Metcalfe (B.1910): War, Memory & Life Writing “Our world was without meaning.” Syd Metcalfe, ‘One Speck of Humanity’ War. War never changes. Syd Metcalfe’s earliest memories were of death …
Charles L. Hansford (B.1902): War, Memory and Life Writing In Charles L. Hansford’s autobiography, “Memoir of a Bricklayer”, war is not a main theme as the writer does not participate in WW1, and …
Kathleen Hilton-Foord (1903-1998): An Introduction Kathleen Hilton-Foord was born in Dover in 1903. She moved in with her grandmother when she was three years old as her …
