Questions and Answers Episode 12

Posted on September 14, 2024 by

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In this latest Question and Answer Episode we look at several questions about the changing nature of the British Army in the Great War, and its Regimental system, examine one aspect of how WW1 meets WW2 and discuss whether it is possible to trace a fatal casualty for every day of the Great War.

The image for this episode shows British tanks passing Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery on the Somme in September 1944. (IWM BU 272)

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Category: QnA Episode, WW2

7 Comments on “Questions and Answers Episode 12”

  1. Hi Paul, I hope you enjoyed your well deserved holiday, Another great Q&A episode this morning with 4 brilliant questions. Best wishes for season 7, thanks John.

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  3. Paul,

    Great episode was always.

    Regarding the daily fatalities I would have thought you could use the CWGC website as you can search for casualties on it by date of death. Interesting project for somebody.

    regards,

    Stuart Price

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  4. Thanks for an excellent Q and A Paul.. I bought Sulzbach’s book for £2.99 from N&MP last year. Sadly no longer available from them, but Pen and Sword still have it for 12.99.

    The question on battlefield replacements reminded of my great uncle who was killed in April 1918, aged 18 and buried at Maillly Maillets. He was born in Warrington, then in Lancashire, yet he finished up in the Norfolk Regiment. I doubt, if in his short life, that he went anywhere near Norfolk. So this bears out the situation that conscripts were sent to any regiment without regard to any regional affiliation.

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