Holm Leigh School, Buxton and the Great War

On Remembrance Day, David Roberts looks at the sacrifices made by the Old Boys of Holm Leigh Preparatory School in Buxton

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The Killing Of Private Law at Camp 106- by David Roberts

David Roberts delves into the War Office records to tell the story of the killing of Private J E Law at Camp PG106 Vercelli

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On the history trail in Rapallo with David Roberts

David Roberts revisits some scenes from O Level history on the Ligurian Riviera

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On the track of PG106 with  David Roberts

David Roberts visits the location of workcamps of Campo PG106 in the rice fields of Vercelli and digresses on the history of Italian Rice Cultivation

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Milan War Cemetery- The Massacre at Varallo by David Roberts

The story of James McCracken VX45756 and Corporals Fred Miller and William Brown escaped Allied POWs murdered in Varallo , Italy 15 April 1944

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Book Review by David Roberts: Prisoners on Cannock Chase- Great War POWs and Brocton Camp. By Richard Pursehouse

A review of Prisoners on Cannock Chase -Great War POWs and Brocton Camp. By Richard Pursehouse, Frontline Books 2020

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