Steffens’ War
24.11.1915 – No duties. Cleaning Guardroom. Corporal Gründler is shot in the head. If the issue of the ‘glorification’ of war has been pressing close […]
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Student, soldier and author: Basil Godfrey Quin MC.
The Battle of Passchendaele, or Third Ypres was fought one hundred years ago between July and November 1917. One of the regiments involved was the […]
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Frederick George Dunnett 1896 – 24 April 1917
On 24 April 1917, one hundred years ago today, Private Frederick George Dunnett of the 2nd Suffolk Regiment and a member of University Library staff […]
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“The beauty of expression”: M.R. James and the First World War Memorial Scroll
The War Reserve collection in the University Library, initiated by Librarian Francis Jenkinson, contains a wealth of interesting things for the military researcher, ranging from […]
Continue reading »Sassoon manuscripts on exhibition in Newcastle
Several items from the library’s collection of the manuscripts of Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) are currently on display at the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in an […]
Continue reading »Cambridge University Press at War
A fascinating post about the activities of Cambridge University Press during World War I has been published on the Press’s blog, fifteeneightyfour. It’s written by […]
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