Great War Portraits blog

2nd Lt. N. C. MARSH - Killed at Loos 1915

keith — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:46:16 +0100

Nicholas Clayton Marsh, elder son of Kenrick Clayton Marsh of Hoylake, was born on November 14, 1895, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, in the Battle of Loos, on September 25, 1915.

After the Great War many Rolls of Honour were produced to remember the dead. I shall be listing extracts from these rolls to illustrate the individual stories of many that died during the conflict.

War Diary Written on Toilet Paper

keith — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:20:25 +0000

WW1 Sapper Edward Sigrist, then 27, from Essex, kept a daily record of his time in France and Belgium from 1917 to early 1919, describing the near-misses, the friends lost, the hardship and also the humour.
© Photograph Times photographer, David Bebber

German Soldiers Found Entombed

keith — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:01:15 +0000

German soldiers found entombed in a perfectly preserved World War One shelter. Amazing find on the Western Front.
Picture BNPS

Last veteran of First World War dies

keith — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:11:32 +0000

Last surviving veteran of First World War dies aged 110.
Florence Green, the world's last surviving First World War veteran has died, marking the end of an era in British history.
Photo © Masons

Birdsong - BBC Part 1

keith — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:01:33 +0000

It’s been a few years since I first read the novel Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. So I was looking forward to the BBCs adaptation hoping it would do it justice, well it did more than that. Mr Faulks must be a very pleased man.

A Real 'War Horse' from Loughborough

keith — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:02:22 +0000

A Story from 1940. "Songster the Oldest Horse in the Army. And with its passing the country has lost its oldest warhorse, the Leicestershire Yeomanry has lost a faithful animal which had endeared itself to the unit.

War Horse - The Real Stories

keith — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:08:54 +0000

The film War Horse has reminded me of the veterans featured in Great War Portraits who had experiences with horses during the First World War. 'Smiler' Marshall and 'Robbie' Burns recall their harrowing experiences during the Great War.

Downton Abbey – How will it deal with the Great War?

keith — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:13:11 +0100

How Downton Abbey portrays the Great War will define it either as an historical drama or just a period soap opera.

Journey's End - A Must See Classic

keith — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:37:53 +0100

Currently on a UK tour is R. C. Sherriff’s WW1 play ‘Journey’s End’, I’ve just seen it at The Duke of York’s Theatre in London.

Great War Portraits - Goes East

keith — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:02:21 +0100

After receiving a mention on the Polish Pentax Users website GWP has shipped copies to Poland and the Czech Republic.