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Somme - The Pietist Schoolman - http://pietistschoolman.com/2013/07/01/this-day-in-history-the-first-day-of-the-somme/
Ypres - 1914centenary.com - http://1914centenary.com/2013/11/29/letter-home-tells-of-dangers-of-ypres-in-1915/
Battle of Passchendaele - Australian gunners on a duckboard track in Château Wood near Hooge, 29 October 1917. Photo by Frank Hurley.
Regiment Images – Various sources. Where applicable have asked for permission, all images used in good faith and any image which require permission please contact us at chapman.lc@btinternet.com to request removal or give permission. Any information or link to owners website, we will be happy to accommodate.
Regiment articles – Various sources. Where applicable have asked for permission, all articles used in good faith and any article which require permission please contact us at chapman.lc@btinternet.com to request removal or give permission. Any information or link to owners website, we will be happy to accommodate.
The Action at Néry - image link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_at_N%C3%A9ry
Somme Image - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2419814/Images-crumbling-buildings-soldiers-Somme-treated.html
HMS Birmingham image - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Birmingham_(1913)
Western front image - http://machineguncorps.com/tag/western-front-2/
Passchendaele image - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele
National Egg Collection: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30092 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/0/ww1/25307614 -
Lemsford parish in the Great War
97 men and 1 woman went to war
Read about the men and women of Lemsford who left the parish of Lemsford to serve their country The regiments – The battles - Those who did not return .
Memories and Letters
Read the letter to and from our servicemen, the letters to the waiting families from commanding officers informing them of their deaths
Lest we Forget
20 men from our Parish died in the Great War – Read Lemsford local History Groups tribute to those menabout-us.html