First World War

31 Oct 2018

Remembrance 2018 services and events

Remembrance services will be taking place across the borough during the next week, leading up to Remembrance Sunday on 11 November. Ealing will join …

15 Oct 2018

First World War: Local heroes

Tens of thousands of local men served in the armed forces in the First World War. At least three of them were decorated for extreme valour …

9 Oct 2018

Remembering the fallen of the First World War

Three of my relatives fought and died on the western front in the First World War. It is commonly used as a touchstone for …

1 Oct 2018

First World War: Tanks and Ealing

One major invention that came out of the First World War was the armoured vehicles armed with powerful guns, known as tanks. One prototype …

15 Sep 2018

First World War: Women and the war

Women were debarred from serving in the armed forces in any capacity in the First World War, writes Dr Jonathan Oates. However, there was …

1 Sep 2018

First World War: Air raids

The invention of the zeppelins and aeroplanes meant that war could be carried on from the air as well as land and sea. Civilian …

7 Aug 2018

Remembering a local hero for his ‘conspicuous bravery’

On 13 August a paving stone will be laid in Spencer Road, Acton W3 commemorating the Victoria Cross awarded to local hero Robert Spall …

1 Aug 2018

First World War: Refugees

As we draw closer to the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, in November, we will run a series of …

8 Nov 2017

Silence, remembrance and revisiting stories

A two-minute silence will, as ever, take place on Armistice Day at 11am this Saturday (11 November) – echoing the so-called ‘eleventh hour of …

11 Apr 2017

Daughter finds her father’s war medal on Ebay

The daughter of a First World War fighter-plane pilot accidentally found her father’s RAF war medal on the internet. Lieutenant Harold Wilfred Auerbach was …

1 Nov 2016

Time to remember

On Armistice Day (11 November), and on Remembrance Sunday (13 November) the country will stop to commemorate the sacrifice of our armed forces, past …

18 Nov 2015

First World War: Harold ‘Houdini’ Medlicott

Harold and Sidney Medlicott’s family lived in Ealing and the pair fought and died during the First World War. Harold’s story reads like a Hollywood …

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