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Tag Archives: Home Guard
April 20, 1917
Under the headline Vicar’s Son Dangerously Wounded, came news that Lieutenant Francis St. Vincent Morris of the Royal Flying Corps had been seriously injured when his plane crashed in a blizzard. The accident on April 10 had resulted in a … Continue reading
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June 30, 1916
An Act of Parliament dating back more than 50 years – The Volunteer Act of 1863 – was used to bring the Home Guards of Ashbourne into the regular army in the summer of 1916. A meeting of the Home … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashbourne, Ashbourne Telegraph, Dardanelles, Derbyshire, Derbyshire Volunteer Regiment, First World War, Great War, Home Guard, newspapers, WW1
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June 23, 1916
A letter from the Duke of Devonshire was reproduced in the Ashbourne Telegraph this week, appealing for men to sign up for the newly-formed Derbyshire Volunteers. “Sir, The Derbyshire Volunteer Regiment having been officially recognised, I venture to make an … Continue reading
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December 3, 1915
A Sherwood Forester was awarded the French Medaille Militaire – for his service with French forces at Hooge. Harry Wright, of the 6th Cyclist Corps had been commended by his commanding officer for distinguished conduct and General Foch of the … Continue reading
June 18, 1915
After the horrors reported in the pages of the Ashbourne Telegraph in recent weeks the edition of June 18, 1915 was mercifully short on tragic news from the front. A picture was reproduced of Trooper Thomas Tunnicliffe whose death had … Continue reading
May 14, 1915
The sinking of the steamship RMS Lusitania on May 7, 1915, caused one of the greatest civilian outrages of the war and the Ashbourne Telegraph was able to bring its readers a first-hand account. Within days of the incident, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashbourne, Ashbourne Telegraph, Derbyshire, First World War, gas, Great War, Home Guard, Lusitania, newspapers, Sherwood Foresters, sinking, torpedoed, Trenches, WW1
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March 5, 1915
Although not for the first time since the start of the war, the March 5, 1915, edition of the Telegraph featured photographs on its pages. A first was a picture of some troops serving overseas, though not servicemen from … Continue reading
February 19, 1915
Fear of invasion by German forces had prompted the urgent formation of a Home Guard and bolstered calls for more urgent recruitment of men to the armed services. Page 3 of the Ashbourne Telegraph was unusually dominated by an illustration … Continue reading
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February 12, 1915
The enthusiasm for the establishment of a Home Guard unit in Ashbourne was mirrored by residents of nearby villages who flocked to parish meetings to discuss defending homes against a German invasion. The Telegraph’s News of the District column reported … Continue reading
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February 5, 1915
Drunkenness among the womenfolk of the nation was a causing concern with reports in the national press of a dramatic increase in the numbers frequenting pubs. L Eardley Simpson of Bank Chambers, Derby wrote to the Ashbourne Telegraph on the … Continue reading
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