The Hull Heavy Battery, RGA

…more information please see links – https://military.wikia.org/wiki/1st_Hull_Heavy_Battery,_Royal_Garrison_Artillery#cite_note-11 http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-boys-fought-Kaiser-s-Germans-Africa/story-20326722-detail/story.html?ito=email_newsletter_hulldailymail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Hull_Heavy_Battery,_Royal_Garrison_Artillery https://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/rgartillery.php?pid= http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/rga11heavybty.php#sthash.9YUWNdHu.dpuf) First part of six sections of a recording of a long interview with L.J. Ounsworth, Royal Artillery (interviewer unknown)….

The East Yorkshire Regiment

…served with the East Yorkshire Regiment. East Yorkshire Officers – https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/a-bloody-war-or-a-sickly-season-the-east-yorkshire-regiment-s-regular-officers-of-august-1914-and-the-great-war/ S oldiers Stories http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/eastyorkshireregiment.php#ebullock The East Yorkshire Regiment Battalions http://www.1914-1918.net/eastyorks.htm What was an Infantry Battalion ? – http://www.1914-1918.net/whatbatt.htm  …

Women in the First World War

…in unglamorous tasks, such as communications; cooking and catering; store keeping; clerical work; telephones and administration; printing; and motor vehicle maintenance. Women also became truck and ambulance drivers as more…

The Changing Views of WW1

…again. Veterans and Civilians argued for more democracy and rights – “A Land Fit for Heroes”. Once subjects of the Crown, the word “Citizenship” emerged in the 1920’s and 1930’s,…