As the German army advanced into Belgium they met unexpectedly strong resistance from Belgian, French and British forces.
The first local man to die was Harry Murphy of Avenue Road, St Neots, who was killed in August 1914 during the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) withdrawal from Mons, Belgium, as German soldiers tried to advance.
Scoutmaster Harris Marshall from Waresley, wrote home to his wife about the Battle of Mons and his letter was published in St Neots Advertiser, 18th September 1914.
Private Holyoake wrote home about the Christmas truce in the trenches of 1914.
Map of the Western Front, 1915
Avenue Road, St Neots, about 1915
Waresley soldier in the trenches, 30th April 1915
Letter from Harris Marshall, Waresley, 18th September 1914
Christmas 1914 Truce letter, 29th January 1915
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New technological developments in the early 1900s allowed warfare on an industrial scale. By the end of 1916 men with mechanical knowledge were being actively sought by the army to manage and maintain their new equipment.
Steam trains and motor vehicles, enabled vast numbers of men and tons of heavy equipment to be moved swiftly to their destination. Seen here a small boilered “Klondyke” wheels arrangement 4-4-2 designed by H.A. Ivatt.
Aeroplanes, allowed observation of enemy positions and bombing of both military and civilian targets. Portholme Meadow, Huntingdon was used as a training ground by the Royal Flying Corps.
The telegram, telephones and new ‘wireless’ radio, allowed faster communication.
The machine gun, invented in 1883, its recoil action fired 500 – 600 bullets per minute and with bigger and better field guns allowed killing to take place on a never before imagined scale.
War scenes in Ostend, St Neots and County Times Newspapers, March 1915
St Neots railway station, about 1895
Steam train, small boilered “Klondyke”, wheels arrangement 4-4-2, by H.A. Ivatt
Hinsby’s St Neots motor bus, about 1912
Bleriot monoplane at Portholme, Huntingdon, 1910
Mechanical Transport advert, St Neots Advertiser, 15th December 1916
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Early fighting and local casualties
/in Images from the warAs the German army advanced into Belgium they met unexpectedly strong resistance from Belgian, French and British forces.
The first local man to die was Harry Murphy of Avenue Road, St Neots, who was killed in August 1914 during the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) withdrawal from Mons, Belgium, as German soldiers tried to advance.
Scoutmaster Harris Marshall from Waresley, wrote home to his wife about the Battle of Mons and his letter was published in St Neots Advertiser, 18th September 1914.
Private Holyoake wrote home about the Christmas truce in the trenches of 1914.
Map of the Western Front, 1915
Avenue Road, St Neots, about 1915
Waresley soldier in the trenches, 30th April 1915
Letter from Harris Marshall, Waresley, 18th September 1914
Christmas 1914 Truce letter, 29th January 1915
A new type of industrial warfare
/in Images from the warNew technological developments in the early 1900s allowed warfare on an industrial scale. By the end of 1916 men with mechanical knowledge were being actively sought by the army to manage and maintain their new equipment.
Steam trains and motor vehicles, enabled vast numbers of men and tons of heavy equipment to be moved swiftly to their destination. Seen here a small boilered “Klondyke” wheels arrangement 4-4-2 designed by H.A. Ivatt.
Aeroplanes, allowed observation of enemy positions and bombing of both military and civilian targets. Portholme Meadow, Huntingdon was used as a training ground by the Royal Flying Corps.
The telegram, telephones and new ‘wireless’ radio, allowed faster communication.
The machine gun, invented in 1883, its recoil action fired 500 – 600 bullets per minute and with bigger and better field guns allowed killing to take place on a never before imagined scale.
War scenes in Ostend, St Neots and County Times Newspapers, March 1915
St Neots railway station, about 1895
Steam train, small boilered “Klondyke”, wheels arrangement 4-4-2, by H.A. Ivatt
Hinsby’s St Neots motor bus, about 1912
Bleriot monoplane at Portholme, Huntingdon, 1910
Mechanical Transport advert, St Neots Advertiser, 15th December 1916