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Woolwich in the Great War
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Woolwich in the Great War
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Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Photographs from the Royal Herbert during the Great War ............ a unique album of pictures
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The Royal Herbert, date unknown Now the story of the Royal Herbert has just got a lot more exciting and that has a lot to do with a fas...
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Friday, 10 October 2025
“At present we do nothing at all other than parade” ......... sharing a day in 1915 with George Davison at Woolwich Barracks*
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Mr and Mrs Davison and their son, 1916 Ireland Now I went looking for anything that might have happened on October 27 1915 but the data...
Friday, 3 October 2025
A tank, a souvenir, and the soldier far from home in Woolwich
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Now the romantic in me would like to think that George Davison bought one of these as a souvenir for his wife Nellie and their son Duncan....
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Stories of the Great War from Eltham and Woolwich ............. nu 4 a fitting memorial
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How we chose to remember the Great War was varied. Some families erected their own memorial plaques in the local church, or parish gravey...
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
More from the Royal Herbert and that unknown nurse
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"Myself" date unknown Now while I am pretty sure where this picture outside the Royal Herbert was taken I am no nearer to ...
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