How George William Cover led me to examine this unit My interest in this unit came through my study of George William […]

The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down

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Betfred founder Fred Done threatens 500 shop closures over tax rises that have left him fearful for the UK’s prospects

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

The story of the magical and mundane in a suburban cul-de-sac is the BBC’s biggest new comedy of the year

I’m doing research on women doctors who qualified in the UK up to 1916, and their careers. I have a database of 1600 women in this category. My current interest is those who might have worked in the W...

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The former Duchess of York is renting a six-bed house in the Home Counties, reports say.

Researchers in fields like climate and medicine are being lured north by new research funding.

Produced by the talnted Mark Ellis on behalf of the Leamington History Group. The filiming of this was done some years ago, […]

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Following a single complaint, a taxi firm has been ordered to remove veteran-honouring poppies and stickers from its fleet.

I offer archive research and document photography at The National Archives, National Army Museum, British Library, and Imperial War Museum – plus other archives across London and south-east E…

Anya Page, Grounds for Appeal volunteer, tells us about some unusual claims among the Great Yarmouth Tribunal papers at Norfolk Record Office

This relates to the move of 72nd Heavy Battery RGA from India to Mesopotamia in December 1915. The transport ship’s name is very faint. Any thoughts?

George's parents were Thomas Allan and Sarah Elizabeth Allan née Mitchell who were married on the 7th of September 1872 at St. Peter's Church in Bradford

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This article is derived from some work I did for a private client in 2020 in connection with a study of Walter […]

Walter's parents were John Ainge and Mary Ainge née Saunders, who were married on the 25th of October 1890 at the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist in

This article is derived from work I carried out for a private client in 2020, examining the life of Albert Edward Harnott. […]

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The source of this information is the war diary of the General Staff at X Corps headquarters (National Archives piece number WO95/853). […]