Farnhill Volunteers and the WW1 Poets – 2
Another of our short pieces, connecting the experiences of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers with the iconic poetry of the war period, the work of the so-called War Poets. Article – Mobilization and recruitment
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Updated biographies
Since the armistice centenary commermorations, material has come to light which has allowed us to update the biographies of several of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers, namely: Cecil Green Charles Green Harry Green John Hill Joseph Smith Thomas Edward Sugden Percy Walmsley William Ward The full set of biographies can be found on the Biographies page. […]
Farnhill Volunteers and the WW1 Poets
The first in a planned series of short pieces, the combined effort of two members of the project, Isobel Stirk and Graham Taylor. The pieces are based on one of the displays in our end-of-project exhibition, “From Farnhill to the Front”, showing how the experiences of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers were reflected in the iconic […]
Final HLF Project Report
The two-year Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) funding for the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers Project concluded at the end of December 2018. In the past two years, members of the project have achieved far more than any of us thought we would (or even could). A full report on our activities during that period has been prepared […]
Kildwick War Memorial
The story of how the Kildwick War memorial came to be erected. A slideshow of the war memorial, including details of the men named on it, is available from the Farnhill & Kildwick Local History Group website. Article – Kildwick War Memorial
BIG UPLOAD – Family trees
A start has been made uploading family trees for the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers, with the rest to follow in the next few days. These are not only interesting for their own sakes, but they also show the way in which the WW1 Volunteers were connected – often with deep family ties, reflecting a tightly-knit village […]
Missing volunteers & other men who served
The Farnhill WW1 Volunteers Project has very deliberately restricted its research efforts to the 68 men whose names appear on the Farnhill Parish Council Roll of Honour. However during the course of the project we have come across the names of other local men who served during WW1 whose stories deserve to be told. Article […]
BIG UPLOAD – Farnhill Mathodist WW1 Roll of Honour – article and slideshow
During the course of our project the Farnhill Methodist Chapel WW1 Roll of Honour, previous thought to be lost, was given to us. We set about raising funds for the conservation and digital restoration of the Roll which, after 100 years, was in clear need of professional attention. You can read an article describing the […]
BIG UPLOAD – Percy Walmsley’s WW1 Postcard Album
Postcards were the text messages of their day and, throughout the war, Percy Walmsley collected the postcards sent to him from home as well as those he sent home from France. These were gather together into an album and loaned to the project by his grand-daughter, Kath Whitton. This gallery shows these postcards, photographed in-situ, […]
BIG UPLOAD – Biographies of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers
Two years of research has enabled us to produce biographies for all 68 men whose names appeared on the 1916 Farnhill Parish Council Roll of Honour. Today these are published on the Biographies & photographs page.
