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Editha
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Loss of the SS Mendi. Editha Jenkinson- The Mine-Sweepers. Image of Chatham War Memorial-courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission. A personal favourite poem of mine from the Great War is 'The Mine-Sweepers' by Editha Jenkinson : A major challenge for anyone writing 'war at sea' poetry at this time was that a whole generation had to get used to a different naval war. The exuberance of say Henry Newbolt's 'Drake's Drum' ,. Drake he's in his hammock till the great Armadas come,. Editha Jenkinson tackl...
Troopship
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Loss of the SS Mendi. Troopships featured in Great War at Sea Poetry. Image"HMT Royal Edward" by Unknown - http:/ u-boat-laboratorium.com. William Murray Kilburn was born in Avla, Clackmananshire in 1887. By 1911 the family had moved to Bellshill, Lanarkshire. Kilburn lost his sight as a child, and during the Great War talked to returning soldiers at Belshill Station and began writing poetry. Which was later published in 'The North East Lanark Gazette'. He died in 1942. H M Troopship Royal Edward. There ...
Lord Kitchener
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Loss of the SS Mendi. Lord Kitchener and the loss of the HMS Hampshire. Image- Kitchener Memorial,Birsay, Orkney Islands. Courtesy of the Kitchener Memorial Project. No stone is set to mark his nation’s loss,. No stately tomb enshrines his noble breast,. Not e’en the tribute of a wooden cross. Can mark this hero’s rest.". The poem 'Kitchener (1916)' was published in. The Henley and South Oxfordshire Standard. All over London the flags are flying half-mast. He died at the top of his wave. Kitchener's deat...
Wilfrid Gibson
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Loss of the SS Mendi. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson-Sea poems. I have already featured the work of Wilfrid Wilson Gibson ( 1878 -1962) on the Great War at Sea Poetry blog with particular reference to his poem ' Troopship Mid-Atlantic'. http:/ greatwaratsea.blogspot.co.uk/. 1915) was among the first volumes of poetry to convey the actualities of War as experienced by common soldiers'. Tim Kendall maintains that Gurney, Sassoon, Owen, Graves and Rosenberg all praised his work.". As gaudy flies across a pewter plate.
Battle of Jutland
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Loss of the SS Mendi. HMS Indefatigable Image held by Imperial War Museum ref 392. The Battle of Jutland. On the afternoon of Wednesday 31st May a naval engagement took place off the coast of. Jutland. The British ships on which the brunt of the fighting fell were the Battlecriuser Fleet. Supported by four fast battleships.'. Admiralty communique of 2nd June 1916. The 98th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland. I am intrigued by the idea of. The implication that Jutland somehow was once considered as a.
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Celebrating Cicely - Contact
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For further information about Cicely. The Complete Poetry of Cicely Fox Smith, edited by Charles Ipcar and James Saville. Facebook Friends of Cicely Fox Smith. For information about war poets and poetry (including Cicely. Great War at Sea website. For other local events:. The Heart of Devon. Website advertises other events in Bow. If you think any other links would be of interest, please email full details to:. Related website www.reynardine.co.uk.
Great War at Sea Poetry Project: Vera Brittain- Testament of Youth -the movie
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Great War at Sea Poetry Project. Friday, 24 October 2014. Vera Brittain- Testament of Youth -the movie. HMHS Britannic" by Allan Green, 1878 - 1954. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons -. Aged 22, Vera sailed on HM hospital ship Britannic. On 24th September 1916, arriving on 7th October 1916, and left Malta on 22nd May 1917. Still grieving for the loss of her fiance Roland Leighton, who served on the Western Front and died of wounds on 23rd December 1914, Vera wrote in 1933. Do the Dead wa...
Great War at Sea Poetry Project: August 2014
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Great War at Sea Poetry Project. Tuesday, 5 August 2014. Great War at Sea Poetry Project Website. Use of above image of HMS Vanguard by kind permission from Orkney Library and Archive. Great War at Sea Poetry Project now has a website at http:/ greatwaratseapoetry.weebly.com/. Pages have been added about HMS Vanguard, Editha Jenkinson, poetry written to commemorate Lord Kitchener's death on aboard HMS Hampshire on 5th June 1916, the Battle of Jutland, war poetry generally. Whether this was due to the sea...
Great War at Sea Poetry Project: October 2014
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Great War at Sea Poetry Project. Friday, 24 October 2014. Vera Brittain- Testament of Youth -the movie. HMHS Britannic" by Allan Green, 1878 - 1954. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons -. Aged 22, Vera sailed on HM hospital ship Britannic. On 24th September 1916, arriving on 7th October 1916, and left Malta on 22nd May 1917. Still grieving for the loss of her fiance Roland Leighton, who served on the Western Front and died of wounds on 23rd December 1914, Vera wrote in 1933. Do the Dead wa...
Links – The Boys on the Plaque
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The Names on the Plaque. The Boys on the Plaque. Unearthing Hidden Histories of WWI Soldiers from Brighton and Hove. For more info on World War One and related events, locally and nationally. Other Projects which might be of interest. Great War at Sea Poetry http:/ greatwaratseapoetry.weebly.com/. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out.
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Great War at Sea Poetry Project
Great War at Sea Poetry Project. Wednesday, 22 July 2015. The North Sea -Dawn Patrol -A study of Contrasts. Paul Bewsher -'The Dawn Patrol '. World War 1 North Sea photo kindly donated by Geoff Harrison. New to the Great War at Sea Poetry Website , there is a page dedicated to Jeffrey Miles Game Day, of the Royal Naval Air Service. Miles Jeffrey Game Day. Paul Bewsher's published anthology 'The Dawn Patrol, and other poems of an Aviator' in 1917, which is now available to read on line. What is particuarl...
The Great War at Sea | 1914-1918, 100 years later
The Great War at Sea. 1914-1918, 100 years later. Re-fight: Battle of Coronel 1914 new sea mat! Played a rematch of the Battle of Coronel today. As usual, my opponent was Wally of Harwood Hobbies fame. We also used the Victory at Sea: Age of Dreadnoughts rules, which are simple, fun, and at times obscure. Something else that’s new: the sea mat! Last time, we played using a sheet. That’s all I had. Fellow GHQ enthusiast and all around nice guy Tanner, of WWII Central blog fame. Is well known for decals.
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A Much Neglected Genre. Image-Newhaven Fort -courtesy of South-East History Boards http:/ sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php. Ldquo;War’- Francis Ledgwidge (Killed in Action 31st July 1917). Darkness and I are one, and wind. And nagging thunder, brothers all,. My Mother was a storm I call. And shorten your way with speed to me. I am Love and Hate and the terrible mind. Of vicious gods, but more am I. I am the pride in the lover’s eye. I am the epic of the sea . The Great War Centenary. But still some 640...
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The Great War Blog
THE GREAT WAR BLOG. Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Movie review - The Blue Max by John Guillermin (1966). The Blue Max, 1966, John Guillermin. Based on the novel by Jack D. Hunter). It's hard to write about this movie as a strictly WW1 movie, so I had to divide my review into two parts:. There is a suitor you have to compete with. And a bottle of champagne to be opened each 15 minutes. The World War I in the movie vs the reality:. I could write a story about it, but just briefly the main comments. The main ch...
Great War Battlefields | Guided Tours of WW1 Battlefields
Guided Tours of WW1 Battlefields. Tanks of the Great War. The Ring of Remembrance & Vimy Ridge. We specialise in short guided tours to the major Great War battlefields of Belgium and France starting from various locations in Kent. The trips are all inclusive; tour guide, channel crossing, hotel, lunch, travel, entrance fees to sites are all included. Indeed, all you need to bring with you is your passport and possibly some Euros for souvenirs. Have a look at some photos of our last trip: Flickr.
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Flanders was the scene of some of the cruelest battles of World War I, known as The Great War . Flanders Fields is associated with the battles of the Yser, Ypres, Passchendaele and the Somme. It is also the place where the Canadian Lt Col John McCrae wrote his most famous poem: In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, between the crosses row on row, …. Discover all the most important places along the battlefront during the Great War. With an experienced guide you explore the Trench of Death in Diks. Lt McCra...
The Great War Blog | Those who forget history are condemned to let others repeat it for them.
Explore the Great War. The Lusitania at end of record voyage 1907 LC-USZ62-64956. 14 August 1915 – Aegean Sea. Seen above, SM. Has already made an epic journey from the Bremen, where she was first laid down in November, to the Austro-Hungarian Navy port at Pola on the coast of Croatia. Upon commissioning, A.G. Weser shipbuilders broke the boat into sections, loaded the parts onto trains, and reassembled them at Pola, where her German crew re-launched at the beginning of June. Commanded by. Was towed to t...
