Date of Update

20 September, 2005

Added a page on 6th Divn.  during 21st March 1918.

30 July, 2005

Overhaul of the page relating to the 2nd Battalion on 21 March, 1918.

8th may, 2005

There have been a number of updates since November, the last has photos of the area where my Grandfather was captured.

13th November, 2004

Further updating of the Spring Offensive pages and German tactics from Bruce Gudmundsson’s book.

15th October, 2004

More on Spring offensive with new page on conclusions.

10th October, 2004

Updated some of the pages related to the Spring offensive of 1918, using the IWM Official History

19th September, 2004

Added a page for the 1/4th, 1/5th and 19th Lancaster Fusiliers who fought at Haspres, 13th October 1918

20th June, 2004

Added extracts from Sir Ian Hamilton’s Last Despatch to the pages on the Gallipoli campaign and the part played by the 6th Battalion.

30th April, 2004

Added the pages related to my tour of the Verdun battlefield.

21st March, 2004

Private James Dillon, killed Gallipoli.  Lance Corporal Dillon killed at Loos.

15th February, 2004

Added more short extracts from General Jack’s diary at various points on the site.

7th February, 2004

Added updates to Hooge, & Canal Bank actions.

1st February, 2004

Added a page on the action on the Canal Bank in April 1916.  The graves of some of those who fell are in Essex Farm Cemetery.

3rd january, 2004

Some changes to the pages and layout of ‘Trench Life’, also added a number of extracts from General Jack’s Diary at various places throughout the site.

16th November, 2003

Extended the page on Henry Williamson

8th November, 2003

There have been a number of updates, but I believe I have not kept this page up to date. Recent large addition was the Battle of Loos, September 1915 , and the addition of material on the 1st Battalion KSLI who were on the left of the 2nd York & Lancs on the 21st March, 1918.

20th April, 2003

Various extracts from different books added as I felt appropriate, around the site.

23rd March, 2003

There have been a number of additions in recent weeks to the pages on Flers.  Also, thanks to Neil Hampson there are now a number of photos of the area where Kings Shropshire Light Infantry and 2nd Battalion York and Lancs fought on 21st March 1918.

27th January, 2003

There are now some pages on the first use of tanks at Flers, 15th September, 1916.

24th December, 2002

Added a page outlining actions that took place around Hooge in 1915, and a page on Private Bywater.

24th November, 2002

Making a number of changes to the arrangement of pages associated with Trench Life. There should be a number of pages added here over the next couple of months.

29th October, 2002

I have added a page on the tanks used in the attack on Monchy.

6th October, 2002

Extracts from Edmund Blunden’s book “Undertones of War”, where I felt appropriate.  Added a page on the action around Monchy-le-Preux.  Also, I have been sent information regarding Lance Corporal Dunkley of the 2nd Battalion.

11th August, 2002

Added a few paragraphs on the Egypt page, to give a brief overview of “why Egypt”

26th July, 2002

Read the section relating to the Somme and Ypres battlefield tour, with some photos.

22 June, 2002

I have just read Max Plowman’s book, “A Subaltern on the Somme” and I have added extracts around the site as I felt appropriate.

18 May, 2002

The last survivor from all the nations who took part in Gallipoli has now died.

6 May, 2002

Added some comments to the section on the battles at Arras.

16 March, 2002

A number of detail additions, including extracts from Henry Williamson’s novels, and some better maps on the Dardanelles section. I hope to update all my hand-drawn maps to make them easier to read.

22 December, 2001

First major update after the first load of the site. This is a fairly major addition to the background to the Dardanelles campaign.  It draws on a number of sources, especially the report of the Dardanelles Commission for comment and quotes.