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Continue reading →: My Family’s WarThe American experience in the First World War has shaped the United States politically and culturally until the present day. The American Soldiers of the Great War, or “Doughboys” as they are affectionately known, had an experience while at the Front, that has been passed over in many of today’s…
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Continue reading →: Morris Polsky’s DiaryWith the anniversary of the primary American battles at the Marne, Soissons, St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne within a few weeks of each other, I thought now to be an interesting time to post the transcribed diary of my Great-great uncle, Morris Polsky. Morris was a Sergeant in Battery A,…
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Continue reading →: The Ideal SubalternOn 24 August 1917, Captain Richard Luard Hardy was killed in action during the height of the Third Battle of Ypres. As Adjutant of the 8th King’s Royal Rifle Corps, he was in battalion headquarters when the 8th was relieved by the 9th Rifle Brigade. As the KRRC moved out of the…
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Continue reading →: Edward Stanley Williams, Loyal North Lancashire RegimentToday’s photo is of a section of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. It looks like a few have battle flashes and at least one is wearing a Stretcher Bearer armband. The name on the back is to Stanley Williams. With a little research, we can tentatively identify the officer in…
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Continue reading →: Scotland and the Battle of ArrasI would like to take a brief look back at my time as a postgraduate at the University of Glasgow. While there I presented at a memorial conference for the centenary of the battle. I was asked to give a brief overview of the Scottish experience and participation in the…
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Continue reading →: The Wounding of Carl MondayCarlton “Carl” Randall Monday was like many other men of Company I, 126th Infantry. They were primarily Michiganders from the middle of the state. Carl himself was from Harrison in Clare County. Having arrived in France in March 1918, Carl and the rest of the 126th, members of the 32nd…
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Continue reading →: Howard Dolf Writes HomeAlthough the First World War is now over 100 years from us, tangible links exist everywhere. The Doughboys left countless photos, books, and other artifacts to us. Many of those artifacts can be used to help teach the public of today about the struggles of 1917-18. Highlighted here are those…
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Continue reading →: Lucien Blaise is Wounded at VerdunI recently obtained this photograph of Lt. Lucien Maurice Blaise, of the 50e Bataillon de Chasseurs à Pied (BCP). Lucien was born in Paris on the 6 August 1890. When the Great War broke out, Lucien was living in Épinal, the capital of the Vosges Department. He enlisted voluntarily (the…
Hello,
I’m James
Passionately working with military history. Guiding on battlefields, researching, writing, and conducting public programs to ensure those who came before us are not forgotten.
James Taub, Historian 