Category: First World War
Border Regiment prisoners of war: WWI
Prisoners of war have long been a staple of movies and TV dramas, from those based on true stories like The Great Escape, to the enjoyable nonsense of Escape to Victory. The focus is almost always o... Read More
Tom Telford – one more casualty
Tom Telford is another of the men recorded on the 1920 Penrith Congregational Church memorial plaque. It’s ‘just’ one plaque among countless tributes to the dead of the First World W... Read More
Mustard gas – a delayed killer
Mustard gas is possibly misleading in this piece about the deaths of two Cumbrian First World War soldiers. Chlorine gas and phosgene were also used as chemical weapons. Which somehow have always seem... Read More
Penrith brothers in arms: the Pilkingtons
Henry and Jane Ann Pilkington, of Penrith, lost three sons to war. This is their story. Penrith Congregational Church unveiled a memorial table on September 26, 1920, ‘in grateful memory of the men ... Read More
Brunswick Square Penrith – and the First World War
Brunswick Square, Penrith, isn’t famous, or remarkable. On the Penrith Town Trail, it is described as: Brunswick Square, a Victorian housing development commenced about 1850 and built around an ... Read More