Another of our short pieces, connecting the experiences of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers with the iconic poetry of the war period, the work of the so-called War Poets.
Article – The Volunteer chaplain
Another of our short pieces, connecting the experiences of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers with the iconic poetry of the war period, the work of the so-called War Poets.
Article – Life in the trenches
Another of our short pieces, connecting the experiences of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers with the iconic poetry of the war period, the work of the so-called War Poets.
Article – The Farnhill sailors (and one lucky soldier)
Another of our short pieces, connecting the experiences of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers with the iconic poetry of the war period, the work of the so-called War Poets.
The WW1 SB36 Pension Ledgers – showing details of payments made to men who were discharged from the forces on medical grounds and to the next of kin of men who died in service – have recently been digitised and made available.
The biographies of the following 18 Farnhill WW1 Volunteers have been updated with information obtained from these ledgers:
- Willie Barker
- Albert Edgar Bower
- Harry Bulcock
- John William Dawson
- Cecil Green
- Harry Green
- Joseph Green
- Ben Hargreaves
- Fred Hargreaves
- George Holliday
- William Birch Holmes
- George Inskip
- Harry Kitson
- George Frederick Myers
- Frank Pollard
- John Pollard
- Harry Walmsley
- Percy Walmsley
The full set of biographies can be found on the Biographies page.
If you have information that will enable us to further enhance our biographies of any of the 68 Farnhill WW1 Volunteers, please contact us.
Another of our short pieces, connecting the experiences of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers with the iconic poetry of the war period, the work of the so-called War Poets.
The biographies of all the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers whose names were included on the Farnhill Methodist Roll of Honour have been updated to include an image of the digitally restored version of the Roll, created as part of the project, rather than the poor quality image used in the original texts:
- Herbert Barker
- Rupert Barker
- Willie Barker
- Cecil Baugh
- Harry Bulcock
- Thomas Bulcock
- Eric Green
- Joseph Green
- George Holliday
- Sam Holmes
- Maurice Joy
- Harry Kitson
- Herbert Kitson
- Frank Pollard
- Harry Pollard
- James S.T. Pollard
- John Pollard
- Leo Spencer
- Ernest Thompson
- William Thompson
- John R. Thornton
- Harry Walmsley
The full set of biographies can be found on the Biographies page.
If you have information that will enable us to further enhance our biographies of any of the 68 Farnhill WW1 Volunteers, please contact us.
Another of our short pieces, connecting the experiences of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers with the iconic poetry of the war period, the work of the so-called War Poets.
Article – Mobilization and recruitment
Since the armistice centenary commermorations, material has come to light which has allowed us to update the biographies of several of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers, namely:
- Cecil Green
- Charles Green
- Harry Green
- John Hill
- Joseph Smith
- Thomas Edward Sugden
- Percy Walmsley
- William Ward
The full set of biographies can be found on the Biographies page.
If you have information that will enable us to further enhance our biographies of any of the 68 Farnhill WW1 Volunteers, please contact us.
The first in a planned series of short pieces, the combined effort of two members of the project, Isobel Stirk and Graham Taylor.
The pieces are based on one of the displays in our end-of-project exhibition, “From Farnhill to the Front”, showing how the experiences of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers were reflected in the iconic poetry of the war period, the work of the so-called War Poets.
Article – Calm before the storm
