Kathryn's history blog: fifth Glosters

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Trench Raider to Dam Buster: Air Cdre Wilfred Wynter-Morgan CBE MC

KathrynSunday, June 02, 2019

In the Summer of 1914, the nineteen-year-old Wilfred Wynter-Morgan was living on his widowed mother's farm in Slimbridge, Gloucestershi...

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KathrynSunday, May 05, 2019

In the war poetry of both Ivor Gurney and FW Harvey, their mutual love of their Gloucestershire home shines through, intensifying as thei...

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KathrynSunday, March 03, 2019

In much of my research into my local t territorials, the Fifth Glosters, I have come across the name of Raymond E Knight, a soldier who ...

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KathrynSunday, May 14, 2017

Artist's impression of a trench raid ( source ) During the First World War, long periods of time went by on the Western Front betwee...

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KathrynFriday, January 27, 2017

Postcard of Hebuterne dated 20th November 1915 ( source ) The 5th battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment first arrived in Hebuterne at the ...

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KathrynSaturday, December 24, 2016

Christmas 1915, from the Fifth Gloster Gazette: 'Christmas was spent out of the trenches at the rest village, and our celebration of t...

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