Freda’s Grave Listed on War Memorials Site
Freda, the Harlequin Great Dane mascot of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, was stationed with the Brigade at Cannock Chase, near Brocton in England. The 5 (Reserve) Battalion had been at Broct
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Wartime Horn Dance Honoured Century On
One hundred years ago, four brave men who were about to head off to war joined members of their village to take part in an historic dance. The Fowell brothers, Jack, Arthur, Alfred and David
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Medals donated to the Museum of Cannock Chase
John Alfred Hallum fought in the South Staffordshire Regiment and died in January 1919. He was 21 years old. The son of George and Sarah E. Hallum of Brindley Heath, Private Hallum is buried
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RAF Museum’s ‘First World War in the Air’ exhibition wins National Lottery Award
‘GOLD’ for Royal Air Force Museum as musician and actor Martin Kemp celebrates the Museum being voted the UK’s Best Heritage project. Today (Tuesday 1 September 2015) musician and acto
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Shenstone History Group Appeal for Information
The Shenstone History Group are a small collection of local enthusiasts who meet at Shenstone Library. In late 2013 the group decided they would research the First World War soldiers remembe
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Hell at Hohenzollern
A UHNM hospital porter with a passion for local history has had his first-ever book published. Callan Chevin’s ‘Hell at Hohenzollern: Staffordshire’s Blackest Day’ relives the events
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World War 1 Research Funding Available
The second phase of the Voices of War and Peace Community Research Fund has now opened. The fund is open to academics who are working in collaboration with community groups and up to £15,0
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New Dates Announced for CBA Home Front Legacy Training
The CBA is encouraging heritage bodies, centenary and community groups to record the surviving remains of First World War places across Britain, and open up our knowledge of the Home Front t
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WW1 Casulty Clearing Station Board Game Launched
Innovative maths resource the WWI Casualty Clearing Station Board Game launched in Worcester on 16 July. Designed for secondary school mathematics pupils the player takes on the role of a Fi
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We Will Remember Them Vol 2
A new book on the Great War has been published by the Black Country Bugle. Bugle_WW1_Remembered_2
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- Freda’s Grave Listed on War Memorials Site
- Wartime Horn Dance Honoured Century On
- Medals donated to the Museum of Cannock Chase
- RAF Museum’s ‘First World War in the Air’ exhibition wins National Lottery Award
- Shenstone History Group Appeal for Information
- Hell at Hohenzollern
- World War 1 Research Funding Available
- New Dates Announced for CBA Home Front Legacy Training
- WW1 Casulty Clearing Station Board Game Launched
- We Will Remember Them Vol 2