Robert Ward (B. 1907): War and Memory
This post discusses how the themes of War and Class are mentioned in Robert Ward’s memoir ‘A Lancashire Childhood’. You can read …
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 …
Anita Elizabeth Hughes (Born 1892): War and Memory
The First World War only occupies a few paragraphs in Anita Elizabeth Hughes’s biography. The only aspects of her life she says …
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 …
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 …
Samuel Mountford (b. 1907) War and Memory (Continued)
Following on from my last blog where I talked about Samuel Mountford’s experiences with the start of the war, including the announcement, …
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. …
John Gibson (1887-1980): War & Memory
Whilst the First World War no doubt had an impact on John’s life, it is a subject he only touches on briefly. …
William belcher (1884-1961) – Memory and War Part One
William Belcher’s untitled memoirs are pervaded by a sense of fear and trauma that comes about from his experiences of war. His recollections …
Eleanor Hutchinson (B 1915): War and Memory
“I wasn’t afraid of the Germans” (Hutchinson 30) Eleanor Hutchinson was born in 1915 in the midst of the First World War. …