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WG Heighton, shooting down a German aeroplane | Great War London
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London and Londoners in the First World War. Patience Huthwaite and Reginald. Bombs begin to fall on London, 31 May 1915 →. WG Heighton, shooting down a German aeroplane. We have heard stories about pilots who were shot down, like Sidney Herbert Quicke. Shot down by the Red Baron, or John Young and Cyril Taylor. An RGA Lewis Gunner at Monchy-le-Preux, 18 March 1918. Is it Gunner Heighton? Image IWM (Q 10748). In March 1918, the Germans launched their Spring Offensive, their last attempt to break the Alli...
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Stuart | Great War London
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London and Londoners in the First World War. One road at war: Arthurdon Road, SE4. The Great War had a global impact, but it was experienced my millions of individuals, families and communities across the world. By focussing on one street in South London, we can see something of the variety of war experiences. 1930s map of Ladywell showing Arthurdon Road – from ideal-homes.org.uk. Arthurdon Road today(from googlestreetview). In March 1919 in France, serving with 14th Balloon Section; his death was offici...
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SH Quicke fought the Red Baron | Great War London
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London and Londoners in the First World War. John Henry Dollittle, aviation enthusiast. Harry Fusao O’Hara: Japanese Fighter Pilot, 1918 →. SH Quicke fought the Red Baron. Manfred von Richthofen was credited with the most ‘victories’ of any Great War fighter ace, bringing down 80 allied aircraft between September 1916 and April 1918. Londoner Flight Sergeant S.H. Quicke faced him at least twice and perished in the Red Baron’s 29th victory. F/Sgt Sidney Herbert Quicke. Having joined 16 Squadron, Quicke wa...
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The Book | Great War London
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London and Londoners in the First World War. Coming to a bookshelf (or e-reader) near you in November 2014: the London volume of the History Press’s Great War Britain series! From the author of the Great War London blog, book explores the history of London and Londoners during the First World War. The paperback is available to pre-order from the History Press here. If you prefer to use Amazon, they are also available on there ( pbk. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Harry Lamin's ...
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Westminster’s air raid plaques – a war memorial that never was | Great War London
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London and Londoners in the First World War. Your King and Country Need YOU: the initial rush to the colours. London’s first casualties in France, August 1914 →. Westminster’s air raid plaques a war memorial that never was. Great War bomb sites in central London (from a post-war Harmsworth atlas). In February 1919, a councillor called Philip Conway put forward a motion to the council stating. The Council’s Works committee reported back in July with a design for a plaque, which was to state:. They also re...
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Lewis Havens’s voice: lost on the Somme, found in Hampstead | Great War London
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London and Londoners in the First World War. Gibb Mapplebeck: early aviator and escaper →. Lewis Havens’s voice: lost on the Somme, found in Hampstead. Delving into London and the Great War throws up many extraordinary stories, some of which happy endings. Lewis Havens’s story is one of those – seeing him lose his voice in the horror of Delville Wood but recover it three years later. Lewis Havens. Lewis Havens in uniform (image uploaded to Lives of the First World War by Milford Harrison). British and So...
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Bombs begin to fall on London, 31 May 1915 | Great War London
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London and Londoners in the First World War. WG Heighton, shooting down a German aeroplane. Capture the flag →. Bombs begin to fall on London, 31 May 1915. A hundred years ago today, 31 May 1915, the much-feared aerial attack on London began. The Zeppelins, whose visits to England had begun earlier in the year with bombs dropped over East Anglia, visited the East End of the capital their first bomb was dropped on a house in Alkham Road, Stoke Newington. Where the bombs fell in London, 1914-1918. Notify m...
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Capture the flag | Great War London
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London and Londoners in the First World War. Bombs begin to fall on London, 31 May 1915. Lewis Havens’s voice: lost on the Somme, found in Hampstead →. In the newspapers a hundred years ago today were the exploits of young Londoner Ernest Norman Lawrie, who had gone out into no-man’s land to capture a German flag. Lawrie and the German flag, Daily Mirror 9 June 1915. Plate silver makers of Regent Street in 1912. The first time I went into the trenches as an officer I had rather an exciting experience.
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Museums | Great War London
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London and Londoners in the First World War. The Great War in London:. The Imperial War Museum. Museums elsewhere that deal with the British Great War experience:. Guards, Royal Fusiliers, Household Cavalry, Royal Artillery, Rifle Brigade, London Irish, London Scottish, Honorable Artillery Company, Inns of Court and City Yeomanry, and the RAF Museum. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Long, long trail.
