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Tag Archives: Prisoner of War
November 29, 1918
The first Ashbourne prisoner of war to return home received a hero’s welcome when he arrived at the top of Compton this week in 1918. “Seldom has there been witnessed such an enthusiastic scene as was witnessed on Wednesday evening,” … Continue reading
November 22, 1918
A petition from a hundred farmers in the Ashbourne district calling Saddler F Lowndes of the Royal Field Artillery to be released from military duties led local MP, Captain H Fitzherbert-Wright, to ask a question in the House of Commons. … Continue reading
August 9, 1918
A crowded audience in the Ashbourne Empire heard a rousing address to the nation from the Prime Minister, read by town magistrate JP Woodyatt. “The message which I send to the people of the British Empire on the fourth anniversary of … Continue reading
June 28, 1918
For many weeks following the German Offensive, readers of the Ashbourne Telegraph had read news of soldiers, killed, wounded, missing or being held prisoner by the Germans. The ‘Local Military Items’ this week were less harrowing. First was news that … Continue reading
June 14, 1918
A soldier who enlisted in January 1915 had been seriously wounded – the fourth time he had been invalided from the trenches. Private WJ Tully of the Gordon Highlanders, who went out to France in March 1915 was reported to … Continue reading
May 31, 1918
Regular readers of the Ashbourne Telegraph, anxious for news of friends, would have turned each week to page five, column three, which was the established position for ‘Local Military Items’. In recent weeks there had been many deaths reported – … Continue reading
May 10, 1918
A remarkable first-hand account from the trenches of a Great War battle – and life as a prisoner of war – was published in the Ashbourne Telegraph this week in 1918. A letter from a soldier who had been part … Continue reading
March 15, 1918
A dearth of news of Ashbourne district servicemen in recent weeks came to a tragic end with the announcement that two more soldiers had lost their lives as a result of injuries received in fighting. Private James Lee, son of … Continue reading
February 23, 1917
Food, or rather the shortage of it, was a recurring theme in the columns of the Ashbourne Telegraph in early 1917, reflecting the national picture which had seen the Government appoint a Food Controller. Lord Devonport, officially the Minister of … Continue reading
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