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Pte. Wallace Tacey, M.M., Robin Hood Rifles, 29th June 1917

Private Wallace Tacey M.M., 1/7th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment (Robin Hood Rifles) was a married Beeston man, employed...

The meeting of two wounded veterans of the Gallipoli campaign in the rather different surroundings of Papplewick Moor (which had been...

The inquest into the death of a local man in a road traffic accident was held at the General Hospital on 29th June 1916. Lieutenant...

The ‘Hucknall Dispatch’ editorial of 29th June 1916 railed against war profiteers – those who sacrificed the least but gained the most...

Cpl. George William Lane, 4th Battalion Special Brigade, Royal Engineers, died as a result of gas poisoning at No. 20 Casualty Clearing...

“IN THE JUTLAND BATTLE. “NOTTINGHAM SAILORS ON THE MARLBOROUGH. “Amongst the ships which played an honourable part in the Jutland battle...

The schism that saw the leaders of Nottinghamshire’s miners split from the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain in 1926 had its origins...

The war affected everyone – even the Thoroton Society, the still going-strong group dedicated to preserving Nottinghamshire’s local...

“FATALITY AT SHERWOOD COLLIERY. “Whilst he was engaged in ripping at the Sherwood Colliery, to-day [29th June 1915], some stone fell on...

Pte. Frederick Robert Heffron, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, described helping a wounded German in a letter, extracts of which were...

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