Great War Portraits

Corporal John Dodds gunner in the 12th Royal Scots (son of Mrs Dodds, Wilton Path, Hawick). who was first reported wounded in France 25th September 1915

A complementary and unique photographic print offer of my friend and Great War veteran, Alf Razzell, who went 'over-the-top' in the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. Alf was one of only 160 survivors from 800 brave men in his battalion.

Wonderful collection of period WW1 portraits from the Imperial War Museum Collection via Flickr.

Decorated WW1 officer who became the first UK disc jockey after eventually persuading the BBC to adopt his idea for a record programme.

From the hockey field to the battlefield, the team which lost half its players in WW1. Looking resplendent in their striped hockey blazers, and older than their tender years suggest.

The Somme landscape as viewed from OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY - On 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the 8th Division attacked Ovillers and the 34th Division La Boisselle.

Always a difficult task, producing a drama on the First World War without falling foul of clichés. Similar in places to the classic and critically acclaimed ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’. The BBC's production ‘The Wipers Times’ did a pretty good job

Captain Leslie Head, 'A' Coy. 9th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI). 21st Division, 64th Brigade. Killed in Action 1st July 1916 during his battalion's attack on the Somme.

When the name of Churchill is mentioned ones immediate thought is WW2. The BBC’s new drama-documentary ‘Churchill’s First War World’ spreads new light on his career during the Great War.

In episode 5 of the BBCs drama ‘The Village’ Joe is home on leave and is suffering from ‘shell shock’. He discloses to his family that at the front he was sentenced to field punishment No.1 for striking an officer. Read the experience of Great War veteran Bob Russell..........