Spent the day doing more research and digging through the Royal Navy records to try and confirm more Pompey men. Been quite successful but still lots to do. At the moment I have today been able to confirm 56 men. Sometimes seems like a never ending task, but one I intend to keep at. Always being asked about doing a book, at the moment the answer to that is no. I think there is so much information to look through and check that this will be a ongoing project for many years to come.

Only four signed copies of, Poppies From the Heart of Strathspey. Are still left to order. The book is still available to order from. But I live in Folkestone and will not be available to sign any more copies. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. 1914, before the cataclysm .

From the reason of a short holidays all orders will be realized after 14th of August. Bentley engine is finally ready! It was really hard work, but there are ANY simplification. 295 of high quality parts can give you really great model. I think, that the final product will be available at the end of August. You can see it here. This quality was possible only thanks to my friend Simon, who measured each even the smalest screw few times a week, when I needed.

Documenting the WW1 Commonwealth Contribution Project. Eating the salt of the King with Daljit Nagra. In this weeks podcast Inara interviews the poet Daljit Nagra. In the Guardian on letters written by Indian soldiers during WW1. We talk to him about the personal stories he came across whilst researching the letters at the British Library. Listen to our podcast here. A summary of some of our lectures to date.

9th Service Battalion The Sherwood Foresters. A Motorcycle Courier in the Great War. A Quartermaster at the Front. Ace of the Black Cross. All the Bright Company of Heaven. And They Loved Not Their Lives unto Death. Dalwood Great War Memorial 1914-1919. Dorking in the Great War.