The first week of the Somme was the beginning of a terrible period of the war. Two Masters and good friends from Shrewsbury School, Malcolm White and Evelyn Southwell, were killed in the Battle of the Somme. Both joined the School in 1910; both were inspiring and inspired teachers, admired and respected by pupils and […]
Shrewsbury School is running a project which commemorates the lives of former staff and pupils who were killed during the First World War. Many of these Old Salopians were killed in the Somme and Ypres campaigns and this is reflected in the numbers buried in the Somme (around 60) and Arras (around 40) cemeteries with […]
On the 26th August 2016, Madeley Town Council held a dedication service for the commemorative stone to Major Yate, V.C. The memorial has been laid in the refurbished square on Russell Green along with the repositioned war memorial. Major Charles Allix Lavington Yate was one of the first soldiers to win the Victoria Cross. It was […]
Since 2014 the Shropshire Remembers project has been delivering an ambitious programme of arts and heritage events to honour and remember those who were affected by the First World War. Filmmaker, Nick Fogg was commissioned to make a short film which would summarise these wide ranging projects – quite a challenge! Nick said the film […]
A is for armour all shiny and bright that men used to wear when they went off to fight. B is for button that ought to be bright when you fight for your King, your home and your right. C is for commandant whose uniform is red and when a train load comes in she […]
Keith Pybus can be seen here chatting to Shefali in the Shropshire countryside. He has been filmed by Midlands Today discussing the Somme Tunnel at the Bog mines. He says that “the BBC cast me in the role of the very sceptical historian who pooh-poohs the local legends”. To find out more about this tunnel […]
An interpretative board telling the story of the Shrewsbury Prisoner of War Camp has been unveiled at the Abbey Car Park, Shrewsbury. Despite persistent rain a good crowd turned out to see Colonel Michael Evans TD DL welcome Lt Col Oberdorf (a serving officer from the NATO Rapid Reaction Force) representing Germany, to Shrewsbury. In his address […]
To commemorate the centenary of the battle of the Somme, Powis Castle will be exploring the story of Percy, Viscount Clive, 4th Earl of Powis’ eldest son and an officer in the Welsh Guard. Visitors will be transported back to life in World War One as they step into the replica Somme trench and officers […]
Buried among the documents that have survived in Stokesay Court’s WW1 hospital archive I came across a sheaf of 4 large, double sided printed pages headed: …WASTE NOT, WANT NOT… ECONOMY WILL WIN THE WAR As I started to read them in detail, I realized that these recipes themselves, together with the ingredients they used, […]
Schools from across Shropshire will be participating in a remembrance event to commemorate the Battle of the Somme. About 200 pupils will be converging on Southwater, Telford on the 14th July. The event is being held on this date to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of Bazentin Ridge. This was the worst day, in […]
