Comments on: More East End Soldiers Of World War I

By: Lisa Steinhauser-Gleinser

Lisa Steinhauser-Gleinser — Sat, 03 May 2014 12:45:39 +0000

Just thinking of my Grandfather’s. One of them was in France, Alsace and the other at Verdun. Both coming home, but Dad’s father died early and Mum’s Dad after WW2. Both had written diaries about their time at the front. Horrible what they’ve described and what they had seen. Mum’s Dad: “On the other side there were guys like us, why should I kill them?”

By: Donald Carlton Burns

Donald Carlton Burns — Fri, 02 May 2014 23:07:08 +0000

On 5 August there will be a ceremony commemorating the start of WWI at the Tower. As I understand it, the ceremony will feature a display of poppies arranged in the moat area, one for each British soldier who died during this terrible war. This will be a singular event and I, along with a great many others, look forward to being in attendance.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 01 May 2014 09:51:09 +0000

Hi…Many thanks for helping to promote our search to recall and remember the lives and stories of people who lived in or worked in Tower Hamlets and fought in WWI.

As mention above, please email me ,andy.coleborn@thch.org.uk if you would like to contribute to our exhibition.

For info – we will be sharing the photos and stories with the Imperial War Museum’s “Lives of the First World War’ project and the Bishopsgate Institute so that a record can be kept for future generations.

Thanks

By: ROBERT GREEN

ROBERT GREEN — Thu, 01 May 2014 09:06:35 +0000

I have never felt so humbled as I do upon reading the story’s of these men, and yet it fill’s me with hatred and bitterness towards the Establishment of the time who both USED and ABUSED the incredible bravery and loyalty of these men and the countless other’s who fought alongside them in a VAIN and POINTLESS conflict that achieved NOTHING.

By: Karen Hart

Karen Hart — Thu, 01 May 2014 09:04:08 +0000

What a terrific post: thank you. There is a Facebook group with goals for recognition for Walter Tull: https://www.facebook.com/groups/33844959524/?fref=ts

Prince Harry will visit Folkestone to unveil a WW1 memorial arch in August. An announcement about a medal at least would seem appropriate.

By: Achim

Achim — Thu, 01 May 2014 08:28:52 +0000

Yes, these World War I themes will keep us busy this year. Great things are there to come!

In Kassel we have a cemetery with 1783 soldiers of the British Commonwealth, which I have visited several times:
http://regimentalrogue.com/rcr_great_war_cemeteries/rcr_gw_cem148.html

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Salvatore Scotti

Salvatore Scotti — Thu, 01 May 2014 08:04:57 +0000

Such brave men…perhaps we should start a campaign to award Second Lieutenant Walter Tull the Military Cross posthumously.

By: Valerie-Jael

Valerie-Jael — Thu, 01 May 2014 07:17:09 +0000

Beautiful photos, but a sad memory of all those young men who gave their lives in that awful war. Valerie