Amy Gomm (b.1899-1984): War and Memory
‘Everbody’s war, that had been threatening for so long, actually broke out a few months later. It still had little impact on …
Anita Elizabeth Hughes (Born 1892): War and Memory
The First World War only occupies a few paragraphs in Anita Elizabeth Hughes’s biography. The only aspects of her life she says …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Home and Family
He wanted me to stay in the army. Had I not been happily married with a son, I think I might have …
Walter John Eugene Elliott (1890- 1977): Fun and Festivities
‘What did it matter if there were a few blisters on the fingers and sparks in the eyes, it was all part …
Mary Denison (1906 – 1997): Life writing, class and identity.
‘But your nursey years were running to a close, your private school years, your childhood years. All running to a close, coming …
Mrs W.E. Palmer (b.1908): Education and Schooling Part One
The village elementary school which came under the auspices of the church, was a very good one (13) This post is the …
Mrs W.E. Palmer (b.1908): Home and Family
On the front of the farmhouse, above the front door and below a little round window was a coat of arms, a …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Reading and (Life) Writing
Percy does not focus on the reading or writing very much at all within his memoir , similarly to Edward S. Humphries. …
Ada Marion Jefferis (1884-1981): War and Memory
“In 1919 the usual celebrations took place all over the country. Sports, fetes, and parties were the order of the day.” (14) …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913) War and Memory Part 1
Then I received a letter to report to Bulford Camp as Heavy Goods driver in RASC where I did my Army training …