Not the Western Front Conference

Not the Western Front Conference

The “Not the Western Front Conference” will take place on Saturday 25th October 2025 at The Cluntergate Centre, Cluntergate, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5DA Lectures start at 10am More details will be available soon

The 14th King Georges’s Own Sikhs

The 14th King Georges’s Own Sikhs

14th Ferozepore Sikhs was raised in 1846 after First Anglo-Sikh War from former soldiers of Sikh army. The Regiment originally recruited local Sikhs and Punjabi Muslims but in 1866, Punjabi Muslims were phased out and the regiment became a single

The Campaign in Gallipoli

The Campaign in Gallipoli

Major General Hans Kannengeisser was initially employed to conduct an inspection of the Ottoman forces in Northern Anatolia, to assess their ability to mobilise for war, but on the outbreak of war he found that his role would significantly change.

A Record of the 58th Rifles F.F. In the Great War

A Record of the 58th Rifles F.F. In the Great War

Vaughns Rifles was originally raised in 1849 as the 5th Regiment of Punjab Infantry. Lord Kitchener’s Indian Army reforms of 1903 meant the regiment’s designation was changed to 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force). During the First World War, the regiment

The Life of Sir Stanley Maude Lieutenant General K.C.B, C.M.G., D.S.O.

The Life of Sir Stanley Maude Lieutenant General K.C.B, C.M.G., D.S.O.

By Major General Sir C. E. Callwell. K.C.B. Lieutenant general Maude is perhaps unfortunately mostly remembered for his part in the evacuation of Gallipoli. During the evacuation Maude worked hard to ensure that Headquarters Kit was evacuated, whether by this

Peninsula Press

Peninsula Press

The Peninsula Press was a news sheet produced throughout the campaign from May 1915 to Jan 1916 initially it was produced daily but as the campaign continued it reduced in frequency to weekly. It was apart from the first issue