Category: World War One,
Billy McFadzean at the Battle of the Somme
Read how Billy McFadzean won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of the Somme
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Category: World War One,
Read how Billy McFadzean won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of the Somme
Category: Explorers, Sport, World War One,
We’re celebrating some of our Welsh History Heroes on St David’s Day: See who’s there!
Category: Women in history, World War One,
Edith Cavell, one of History Heroes’ World War 1 Heroes, was born 150 years ago today. Read how she played a huge part in helping the allies in World War 1
Category: World War One,
Read how John McCrae, a Canadian surgeon in World War 1, was inspired to write his beautiful, iconic war poem, In Flanders Field
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Read about Fabian Ware – a World War 1 History Hero, who founded the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in 1917
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Walter Tull is a WW1 History Hero: the 1st Black combat officer in the British Army when ‘ any negro or person of colour’ was banned from being an officer.
Category: World War One,
WW1 History Hero, Edward (Mick) Mannock was an unusual British flying ace, albeit 1 of the most successful & highly decorated.
Category: World War One,
History Heroes had a great time, running 3 WWI workshops at a primary school in Basingstoke this week.
Category: World War One,
History Heroes’ WWI Hero, Billy McFadzean’s birthday today, VC winner, he died at the Battle of the Somme before it had even begun.
Category: World War One,
Elsie Inglis is a Scottish, World War I History Hero, who transcended national boundaries when she set up her WWI Scottish Women’s Hospital units