Does anyone have access to the Newspaper Archive? There seems to be a notice concerning the death of Frank Rainbow from 9th November 1917 in the Leamington Courier. He was one of 3 brothers from Leamington killed during the war.

I love this story of CSM Donnelly, 10th Durhams- he ‘deserted’ back to the frontline from a ‘bloody conscript battalion’

The Cloth Hall, Ypres, yesterday- looking slightly surreal.

Mother Canada- Canada Bereft. Visit to Vimy last Thursday.

*Late Notice* I will be giving a talk tonight at Cambridgeshire WFA concerned with the evolution of the medical evacuation chain in the Ypres Salient in 1914-1915.

War Diary help required again! Second line- ‘new ? Hut well underway…’ the same word appears towards the end of the paragraph, ‘the half finished ?’

Canadian War Diary from April 1916- hedges bets.

Excellent find this morning- colour map of the St Eloi- Hill60 - The Bluff Sector from early 1916- V Corps war diary.

On holiday, guess where I am? Clue probably not where you think I am

A foray into my family tree today- this is George A Randle who took part in the last Cavalry charge at Omdurman 1898- with B Squad 21 Lancers. Same regiment as Churchill, who was there. He is the uncle of the husband of my great aunt Mary Blanchard- who married William Randle.

Prague Second World War Memorial, yesterday. For the Czechs and Slovaks the war began in 1938.

I am looking for a higher resolution image of this photograph of the Olympic torch relay from 1936 passing through the Brandenburg Gate. And was is the significance of the S on the athlete’s vests?

Can anyone tell me why there is no stolperstein (stumbling stone) in Krausnickstrasse in Berlin for Regina Jonas the first woman to become a rabbi murdered in Auschwitz? There is a memorial on the street where she lived. Perhaps, there is a stolperstein elsewhere? Berlin Companion

Interesting billing from 1937 in Berlin - Mussolini takes takes precedence over Hitler at the Reichsportsfeld.

Regiment of this chap please!Engineers?