Category: World War 1 British newspaper articles

November 12, 2011

World War 1 priest’s ‘lack of patriotism’

Filed under: World War 1 British newspaper articles - 12 Nov 2011

This World War 1 British newspaper article features a letter to the editor from a photographer turned soldier who complains that someone is stealing his photography business while he is fighting in WW1.
The photographer turned soldier had a thriving photography …

September 4, 2011

World War 1 make peace not war plea by German soldiers

Filed under: World War 1 British newspaper articles - 04 Sep 2011

In this British World War 1 newspaper article, a British soldier describes how German soldiers wanted to stop the war
The soldier wrote: ‘We had two letters thrown into our trenches the other night tied round a stone, by some German …

September 1, 2011

World War 1 officer killed in action

Filed under: World War 1 British newspaper articles - 01 Sep 2011

This World War 1 British newspaper article describes how an officer was killed in battle, in a letter written by a comrade to the parents of the fallen officer
In a letter to his parents at Halton Rectory, Spilsby, Lieut, H. …

November 28, 2010

Newspaper report of death of WW1 soldier

Filed under: World War 1 British newspaper articles - 28 Nov 2010

This old newspaper article about the death of a fallen British soldier during World War 1 is interesting because he had been in action for only a few days before he was killed.
The article reports:
‘Mr. and Mrs. Stamper, of …