C.Q.S.M. Frank Parr, M.C., D.C.M., South Staffordshire Regiment
On 21st July 1916 it was reported that C.Q.S.M. Frank Parr, D.C.M., [1] 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, had been awarded the...
Exclusion of Women Munition Workers from Commemoration, 18th July 1919.
“PLEA FOR THE MUNITION WORKER. “I would like to know how it is that the munition girls are not asked to join in the procession with the...
Conditions at Anzac, 18th July 1915
Veteran war correspondent Henry Nevinson wrote on 18th July 1915 describing life at Anzac: “The flies were so numerous that one had to...
Destroying Medical Certificates, 17th July 1917
An art teacher took legal action against the president of the Nottingham Army Medical Board for destroying medical certificates attesting...
Ypres in Ruins, 17th July 1915.
An anonymous description of Ypres by a Nottingham Royal Engineer was published in a New Zealand newspaper on 17th July 1915. He suggested...
A Day in the War: 9th August 1915.
A Day in the War: 9th August 1915. In the early hours of 9th August 1915 near Hooge in Belgium Sherwood Foresters were preparing to...
George Spencer Supports Beer Control, 16th July 1919
On 16th July 1919 it was reported that Hucknall's M.P., George Spencer, was one of the supporters of a move to retain the Liquor Control...
Equal in Sacrifice, Equal in Remembrance?
A former serviceman wrote on 16th July 1919 that if the Nottingham peace commemorations were to segregate officers and men he would not...
Anti-Enemy Alien Agitation
On 15th July 1918 it was reported that John Robert Clynes, M.P., the Food Controller, might have to face a challenge to his re-election...
Support The Citizen Army, 15th July 1915
“THE CITIZEN ARMY. “Sir, — In view of the present situation I say emphatically it is the bounden duty of every capable man in these...
