Lillian Westall (born 1893): War and Memory
The First World War, also known as The Great War began in 1914 and ended in 1918. Lilian was nineteen years old …
Wilfred Middlebrook (b.1899): War and Memory
‘We did not know it then, but these carefree days were heading for a close’ (p.104). Compared to the majority of other …
Ada Marion Jefferis (1884-1981): War and Memory
“In 1919 the usual celebrations took place all over the country. Sports, fetes, and parties were the order of the day.” (14) …
Mary Stewart (B.1909-) : War and Memory
Although Mary lived through both World War One and World War Two she does not choose to discuss either event in much …
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 …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913) War and Memory Part 2
I was returning from one of these trips across Dartmoor when I was tailed by a Red Cap. He said ‘Pull in’; …
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 …
William Belcher (1884-1961) – War and Memory Part Two
This post will focus on how Belcher’s personal journey and experiences through the First World War challenged his beliefs and values. Belcher …
May Rainer War and Memory (b. 1909)
In the beginning of May Rainer’s memoir, she writes about her Grandfather’s time during the Zulu War and how it affected his …
Letitia Simpson (1926-2012): War and Memory
This memoir goes through only the Second World War in comparison to the other memoirs from the Burnett collection which go through …