Tag: the great war

• The Grave of Captain Danny

  

  As part of Remembrance Day, Cemetery Club looks into a forgotten hero whose grave in Stoke Newington has been forgotten…until now. Watch the clip below… Overseen by Field Marshal George Milne, 1st Baron Milne,  the founder of a plucky band of soldiers was commemorated by his comrades.  The Old Contemptibles is a name I’ve found…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  November 11, 2017

  Abandoned, Biography, History, Military, Respect, War

  Abney Park, First World War, Hackney, Lest We Forget, Poppy, Remembrance, Somme, Stoke Newington, Stokey, the great war, ww1

• Propaganda Posters of WW1

  

  Please click on all the links as you read through this post – there are hundreds more World War 1 propaganda posters to look at.  When Britain went to war in 1914, it only had a small, professional army. There was no policy of national service in place as there was in countries like France…

  irismacro

  August 7, 2014

  Advertisement, literature, Memorial, War

  1914, First World War, postcards, posters, propaganda, the great war, War, war posters, world war one, world war one posters, ww1