

Harry Odams Lands in Salonika, 1st July 1916
Sergeant Henry D. Odams, Army Service Corps, landed in Salonica on 1st July 1916 after a trouble-free crossing of the Mediterranean. “We...


Clarence Henry Armstrong: A 17 Year-old Robin Hood, Killed 1st July 1916
Seventeen year-old, Pte. Clarence Henry Armstrong, “C” Company, 1/7th (Robin Hood Rifles) Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, was...


"Glorious News from the British Front," 1st July 1916
The front page of the 'Nottingham Evening Post', 1st July 1916.


A Methodist Witnesses "Saturday's Orgies," 1st July 1916
Rev. Henry Dixon Longbottom described his horrified reaction to seeing young women, many he believed to be under-age drinking and smoking...


Concerns About Training Female Workers for the Land, 1st July 1916
On 1st July 1916 the Independent Labour Party wrote to Nottinghamshire County Council questioning the wisdom of providing local farmers...


Three Crowns, Ruddington: Trading After Hours, 1st July 1916
On 1st July 1916 the landlord of the ‘Three Crowns’,Ruddington, was arrested for serving beer after time. “EARLY CLOSING ORDER...


Flag Day for Belgium, Nottingham, 1st July 1916
A flag day in support of Belgian refugees was held in Nottingham on 1st July 1916. There had been opposition to the fund raising effort...


Whiskey to be Weakened from 1st July 1916
“NO CHEAPER WHISKEY. “From July 1st whiskey is to be reduced by order of the Liquor Control Board to 25 per cent. under proof, and it has...


Organising War Munitions Production in Nottingham & District, 1st July 1915
“LOCAL FIRMS AND WAR MUNITIONS. “In view of what is being done by the Nottingham City and County Munitions Committee in order to embark...


10,000 War Munition Volunteers Enrolled Daily, 1st July 1915
“MUNITION WORKERS. “10,000 MEN A DAY, AND MORE NEEDED. “Mr. H. E. Morgan, the Munition Ministers principal assistant, remarked last night...