FWW Journal

First World War Journal. The journey commenced with the discovery of a postcard featuring my grandfather with Cheshire Yeomanry...

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@BNArchive Thanks for the update. Looking forward to seeing the gaps plugged where possible in the scarce 19thC pages.

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@BNArchive Any more news on filling the gaps in the Voilunteer Servcie Gazette coverage? It's getting on for four year since I first raised this and have been repeatedly advised it's forthcoming... but nothing happens. This unique resource deserves full coverage.

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@BNArchive Splendid news! It’s such a unique record of family, social & military history. For some researching their family it’s likely to be the only source to understand who their relatives served with and their experiences. It really does deserve as complete coverage as possible. Thanks

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@BNArchive Any more news on the high priority given to closing the gaps in the Volunteer Service Gazette that I first enquired about in 2022? It is a unique reference and deserves as complete coverage as can be achieved. Hoping 2026 will see this completed… 🙂

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@BNArchive That really is great news! Thank you. There is just so much that can be found in this newspaper for local, family and military historians. To have as complete a run as possible will be fabulous.

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Dear @BNArchive, it's great seeing all the new updates, but two years now since you said 1878 and 1881 editions of the Volunteer Service Gazette were in the digitisation pipeline. This is a unique resource - when can this small gap be closed please?

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Once more some great updates by @BNArchive - but when will the gaps be closed in the Volunteer Service Gazette? I'm looking forward to seeing the promised years of 1878 and 1881. Please...

[CheshireRemembers @cheshire1418]

Delighted to announce that the Cheshire Roll of Honour is a finalist for Community Project of the Year, in the Cheshire Life Champions Awards 2024.

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Evolution of British musketry instruction manuals through the late 19th century and to the First World War. #ww1

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February 1859 saw the beginning of a new series of “Regulations For Conducting The Musketry Instruction Of The Army.” British Musketry Manuals, 1859-1920 is an illustrated guide to the published musketry manuals of the period - https://t.co/RyQwvoy8Ee

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@BNArchive Thanks so much for the update. Volunteer Service Gazette is such a unique resource that it really should be available in its entity. Looking forward to their publication.

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So many new pages from local newspapers being added to @BNArchive - but when will the very few gaps in the absolutely unique and indispensable Volunteer Service Gazette be closed…? This vital resource needs completing …. pleeeeease! :)

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Once more some great updates by @BNArchive - but when will the gaps be closed in the Volunteer Service Gazette? I'm looking forward to seeing the promised years of 1878 and 1881. Please...

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@BNArchive Thanks for the update. It is such an important newspaper with unique coverage. The Volunteers were hugely popular during Victorian times. Despite the millions of pages of local newspapers, nothing matches the coverage of the Volunteer Service Gazette. 👍🙂

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Once more some great updates by @BNArchive - but when will the gaps be closed in the Volunteer Service Gazette? I'm looking forward to seeing the promised years of 1878 and 1881. Please...

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@BNArchive Any news on closing the gaps in the Volunteer Service Gazette coverage? Just two years to be added from your archive holdings… A unique and valuable newspaper for family and military historians. Please complete soon - eagerly awaiting since August 2022… Thanks 😊

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@BNArchive Super - looking forward to it. The VSG is a unique and rare resource and the gaps deserve to be closed as the content is unobtainable from other sources.

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@BNArchive Great to see new update from @BNArchive , but when will the gaps be closed on the Volunteer Service Gazette coverage? A unique and rare paper that deserves full coverage. Please include the updates referred to last August soon.. 👍🙂

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British Newspaper Archive is an invaluable resource and one of the gems available is the 'Volunteer Service Gazette'. @BNArchive it is still missing 1870, 1878 & 1881 to complete 19thC coverage from 1859. Any plans to add these missing volumes? Please...

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@BNArchive Really hoping that the missing years of 1878 and 1881 of the Volunteer Service Gazette will appear soon. Please fill the gap in this unique resource. The information it contains is so valuable to military, social and family historians and can’t be found elsewhere. @BNArchive

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Looking for #warphotos? This wonderful thread will help

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@BNArchive Any news on progress of the digitisation of 1878 and 1881 editions of the Volunteer Service Gazette? Keenly awaited but still not showing in the pipeline. It would be so good to close the gap in this invaluable resource. Thanks for your consideration.

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@LMBD1418 I traced the locations of my grandfather’s regiment during #WW1, via War Diaries. Then sought contemporary postcards of stations he’d arrived at/ departed from, towns where he’d been in billets, etc. He arrived here 25 Sept ‘18.