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has been serialised on Twitter The diary of a Cornish soldier killed in World War One has been serialised on social media site Twitter, exactly 100 years after it was written. Richard Graves-Sawle ...
a young man from Lancashire started a diary. It might not sound like much to write home about, but the 21-year-old — Lawrence Enderson Grimshaw — happened to be a soldier stationed in the ...
Diaries from British soldiers describing life on the frontline during World War One are being published online by the National Archives. About 1.5 million pages from soldiers who recorded their ...
From the muddy battlefields of France, to a home in Victoria, a tiny war diary has finally been returned home to Tasmania — 102 years after it was lost. WWI soldier Oliver James Illingworth made ...
The front-line experiences of a World War One soldier are being published online through a new blog. The diaries of Regimental Sergeant-Major George Beck are being published by the Dorset History ...
A diary has revealed that ­British and ­German soldiers made secret pacts to cut the carnage of the trenches in the First World War. The story of how both sides put down their weapons to play ...
"Some diaries are funny, some are heart-breaking, that that's not their intention. They show tensions between soldiers and the institutions of war." Today the WWI War Diaries are held by The ...
A diary from a World War One soldier has come to light providing details of a Christmas Day truce in 1915. Pte Robert Keating's account explains how a ceasefire was held by some men despite orders ...
Two diaries written by a soldier during the First World War have ... York Castle Museum came across the books in boxes of World War One archive material before Christmas, after they were donated ...
A RARE diary, giving an unique insight into life in World War One's trenches, has been transcribed by a history student for public use. An unknown soldier is responsible for the log, which gives ...
A recently discovered handwritten diary of a World War One soldier has offered a rare glimpse into the harsh reality of trench warfare in the frontline. A remarkable piece of Australian war ...