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| | Another of the British War poets I discovered in my research of The Great War for my novel in progress, is Edmund Blunden. The poem I've included at the conclusion was inspired by his experience at the Somme in 1916. The first large offensive of the Battle of the Somme was the offensive at Thiepval...
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| | In 1798 an organisation called the United Irishmen incited a revolt in Ireland, with the aim of expelling the British. While it was clea...
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| | It's exactly 40 years since the Battle of Long Tan, a notable feat of Australian arms during the Vietnam War. But I have a more personal anniversary in mind -- yesterday was 90 years to the day since my great-grand uncle John Joseph Mulqueeney was killed by an artillery round during the Somme campaign, on [...]
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| Richard or Dick Whittington left his name on many landmarks around Archway including Whittington Park and Whittington Stone on Highgate Hill