We have been asked to participate in a History Festival organised by the University of Nottingham. Avid followers of our activities will of course know we have (repeatedly) run these events before, but do not fear – there is also a new and VERY exciting new project being worked on – so watch this space! More
Events for the University of Nottingham’s History Festival
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Charlie & Bluebell Hill Boy – Launch Event Dec 7th
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Following the publication of our brand new book Charlie & Bluebell Hill Boy, we invite you to the launch event:
7th December 2016 – 7pm
Nottingham Mechanics
Charlie & Bluebell Hill Boy – Our brand new book is out!
18 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
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We are delighted to present our brand book:
Charlie & Bluebell Hill Boy
Two biographical sketches
By Colin Brett
What we have been up to…
07 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
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Well, we always say that our online presence is updated rather irregularly, but still, sorry for not having posted any news for quite a while. More
103 Foresters – Project update
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We have been asked how our 103 Foresters project is progressing and when to await the next pamphlet.* More
103 Foresters pamphlet series: Issue 3 now available
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Since the start of 2014, we have been working on an extensive research project, looking into the cases of the 103 Sherwood Foresters who were sentenced to death or sentenced on mutiny charges during World War One.
We approached this from the outset as a long term project and plan to publish a series of pamphlets, looking into the individual cases as well as their wider context.
We are very pleased to announce that the third issue in our pamphlet series ‘103 Foresters’ is now available as a free download:
103 Foresters
Mutinies and Death Sentences in the Local Regiment – 1914-18
Issue 3: Wipers, Helles and beyond – Three Foresters’ death sentences, July 1915
Apologies as we are a few weeks (three to be precise!) behind schedule, but our original timetable was a bit optimistic. As always, this remains a work in progress.
Please find the new pamphlet, more information about the project and links to (marginally updated versions of) Issues 1 and 2 on the 103 Foresters page.
Distribute and quote as you like (non-commercial use only!).
103 Foresters pamphlet series – Issues 1 and 2 now available as free downloads
06 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
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We are delighted to launch the first two issues of these pamphlets, the first introducing and contextualising the project, the second looking into the case of a soldier sentenced to death on the Western Front on February 5th, 1915.
103 Foresters project, Pamphlet launch, Sat 7th February
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103 Foresters: Mutinies and death sentences in the local regiment – 1914-18
Pamphlet launch with talks, discussions, tea and biscuits
Sat 7th February, 2015, 2-4pm
See also digital leaflet or our events page.
Room A18/19, Department of History
Lenton Grove (building number 5 on the University Park Campus map) More
Putkowski lecture on exexuted Foresters – 18th October
09 Oct 2014 Leave a comment
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We were thrilled to hear that Julian Putkowski, renowned author of Shot at Dawn – Executions in World War One under the Authority of the British Army Act, will be giving a lecture at the University of Nottingham regarding the eight Foresters executed during WWI. More
103 Foresters project – Update
09 Oct 2014 Leave a comment
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A few months ago, we announced our current research project: ‘103 Foresters’. In short, we are researching the cases of the 103 soldiers who served in the local regiment (then known as the Sherwood Foresters) and were either sentenced to death or sentenced on mutiny charges by courts martial during World War One. More