Today, 7th June marks the anniversary of the Battle of Messines Ridge… The Messines Ridge, situated a few thousand yards to the south of the town of Ypres, had been taken by the Germans in 1914 and they had fought tenaciously to keep it ever since. Strategically this ridge was hugely important; although at 260 [...]

Today we have added 8 big new infographics to our popular ‘The Great War 100′ app. This latest update covers 7 new ‘battle’ graphics covering the decisive battles at Mons, the Marne, Cambrai, Amiens, Neuve Chappelle, Loos, First Ypres, and the Brusilov Offensive. Another graphic covering the Battle of Tannenberg is not quite finished and [...]

Yesterday, 8 new infographics were added to the ever-growing ‘The Great War 100′ app. This latest update covers the Distinguished Flying Cross gallantry award. These new graphics cover a general overview of the award including award criteria, size, material, as well as some facts and figures as to how many were awarded, what they were [...]

I have recently had a small run of my latest kindle book, ‘World War One: A Layman’s Guide’ printed in paperback version primarily to help get some reviews of the book by websites, newspapers, magazines, bloggers etc. The e-book itself is selling beyond my expectations (I don’t really know what ‘success’ is and how many [...]

In early 1915 the Western Front resembled a tag-team wrestling match. No sooner had the French had jumped out of the ring after the disaster at Champagne, they slapped the hand of the British who took up the baton for the Allies and launched their own offensive at Neuve Chapelle. The objective handed to the [...]

Earlier this week I read a great story in the Daily Mail about a recently found old suitcase that held a plethora of items relating to the life of a WW1 nurse. Margaret Maule was a nurse for 52 years, until she retired in 1969 aged 82. During that time, she cared for wounded WW1 [...]

On the back of my latest Kindle e-book (World War One: A Layman’s Guide) I thought it might be interesting to put together a short online questionnaire to test the nation’s knowledge of The First World War! So, get your clever face on and help us get a better understanding about the nation’s general knowledge [...]

We have put together a slideshare presentation which explains our thinking behind our ‘The Great War 100′ project. As well as explaining what prompted us to do it, it also has some nice example infographics included to give you a taster as to what is included within the app, and what will be printed in [...]

Today we have issued a another small update  to our popular “The Great War 100″ app  consisting of 8 new infographics covering some of the various trench weapons used by the infantrymen whilst serving in the front line. In the close confines of a front line trench, the rifle was often too big and cumbersome [...]

I have spent much of my spare time this Christmas period working on the next wave of infographics for ‘The Great War 100′ project I am working on. In particular I have been working on a number of Victoria Cross infographics, some of which will appear as an app update in a few weeks time… [...]