Interview with Mandy Ross and Pyn Stockman of Secret City Arts.
Interview discussing Secret City Arts.
Contributor:
Birmingham City University
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Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
A centenary memorial service for Walter Tull organised by Northampton...
The service took place at the statue dedicated to Walter Tull in the Guildhall Courtyard on Saturday, 24 March 2018.
Visitors joined Cllr Gareth Eales, the Mayor of Northampton as he, the Princess of Wales's Regiment, members of Walter's family and poet Nairobi Thompson shared words and...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Bramley War Memorial : Book of Remembrance
Sixteen-minute video of the Bramley War Memorial Book of Remembrance compiled in May 2017.
Contributor:
Friends of a War Memorial for Bramley
Captain Herbert F Pitcher
Battle of Aubers Ridge, 9 May 1915 (clip length: 26s). Story recounted by Jane Harris (granddaughter of Herbert Pitcher):
Aubers Ridge was an absolute massacre as far as the Northamptonshire Regiment was concerned. At the end of it only two officers...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Echoes Across The Century: Video
Twenty-three minute video created around the Echoes Across the Century WW1 exhibition at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London. The video hightlights installation pieces and interviews with Jane Churchill (Heritage Artist) and Alison Truphet (Project Producer).
Contributor:
Livery Schools Link
Frank Irons Entry in National Roll
Corporal Frank Irons, East Yorkshire Regiment (1884-1947)
Entry in National Roll of the First World War (clip length: 47s). Story recounted by Sue Botterill (granddaughter of Frank Irons):
Irons F., that's Frank, Corporal 6th East Yorkshire Regiment, volunteering in August 1915,...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Frank Irons Illness after the Gallipoli Campaign
Corporal Frank Irons, East Yorkshire Regiment (1884-1947)
Illness after the Gallipoli Campaign (clip length: 33s). Story recounted by Sue Botterill (granddaughter of Frank Irons):
I never met him, but my Mum and Dad used to live with Nan and Pap, obviously it was just Nan when I...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Frederick Tebbutt: Effects of War
Private Frederick Tebbutt, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Effects of War (clip length: 28s). Story recounted by Robert Miller (grandson of Frederick Tebbutt):
He was very quiet, he didn't speak out too much to people. If they wanted to see him they would come and meet...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Great War Heros: Chedworth
Nine-minute MP4 video entitled Remembering the Great War Heroes of Chedworth.
Contributor:
Chedworth Remembers The Great War
Grimsby's Lost Ships of World War One
A five-minute mini documentary about Grimsby's lost ships of WW1. The video includes footage of divers exploring the wreckages of some of the lost ships, primarily the wreck of The Alberta.
Contributor:
Shipwrecks of the River Humber Area
Harold Warren: War and Family
Private Harold Warren, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment (18931963).
War and family (clip length: 1m 37s). Story recounted by Vera Warren (daughter-in-law of Harold Warren):
I'd like to tell you about my father-in-law. He was a wonderful man, but he was...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Harry Burnell The Trauma of War
Harry Burnell (4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment).
The trauma of war (clip length: 2m). Story recounted by Michael John Bull (the nephew of Harry Burnell):
My Mother's Brother, Harry, was . . . she got six sisters and he was the only boy in the family. ...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Herbert F Pitcher: Post war Life
Captain Herbert Flood Pitcher, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Post-war Life(clip length: 17s). Story recounted by Jane Harris (granddaughter of Herbert Pitcher):
When my grandfather eventually left the army he came to Northampton, they'd lived in Norwich, where my...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
James Mallard War Injury
James Mallard (18991948)
A father's war injury that inspired a major medical breakthrough (clip length: 1m 54s). Story recounted by Tony Mallard (second cousin to James's son: Professor John Rowland Mallard OBE):
John Mallard, he's my second cousin/third cousin, my father's...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
John Hindes Service on the Western Front
Private John (Jack) Hindes, Northamptonshire Regiment
Service on the Western Front (clip length: 4m). Story recounted by Lionel Hay (John Hindes was great-uncle to Lionel Hay's wife):
In 1914, in September, him and two other young fellas from Whittlebury joined up, became the...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
John Thomas Late April diary extracts
23rd April:
Harbour routine. Transports leave in steady stream after tea. Also several warships. The last to leave being the Implacable with the band playing The British Grenadiers and The girl I left behind me. Implacable was to support landings at X beach at Cape Helles, which was known...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
John Thomson Diary Extracts April
19th April:
Hands were called at 5a.m. and went to breakfast. Action was rounded at 5.45 a.m. At 6.40a.m. we open fire as camps in (square) 194S and 195Q in the Gallipoli peninsula. At 7.25 a.m. opened on Camp 212-19. At 8.15 a.m. opened fire on Camp 193-S2 (these references relate to...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
John Thomson War Service
Gunner John Thomson, Royal Marine Artillery (1894-1986)
War service (clip length: 34s). Story recounted by Barry Mansfield (nephew of John Thomson):
His next ship was the HMS Hindustani from April 18th 1916 to 3rd April 1917. Then after that he went into the Royal Marine...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
John Tilson Guarding Prisoners of War
Air Mechanic John Tilson, Royal Flying Corps
Guarding Prisoners of War (clip length: 49s). Story recounted by Sue Botterill (granddaughter of John Tilson):
He was a sergeant in 19.., well towards the end of the war and after he finished his duties, shall we say, as a mechanic,...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
John Tilson: Crossing the Channel
Air Mechanic John Tilson, Royal Flying Corps
Crossing the Channel (clip length: 1m 13s). Story recounted by Sue Botterill (granddaughter of John Tilson):
The other thing that Lee said, that grandad said about the beginning of the war, was he said that on his way over to France...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
John Tilson: Recruitment
Air Mechanic John Tilson, Royal Flying Corps
Recruitment (clip length: 57s). Story recounted by Sue Botterill (granddaughter of John Tilson):
I have here a copy of the original letter, his reference to the recruiting office from, obviously, Cricks, where he worked, and he...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
John William Wright Memories of the Trenches
Private John William Wright (18941978).
Memories of the trenches (clip length: 1m 2s). Story recounted by John Wright (the Grandson of John William Wright):
As a kid I was mad about soldiers and making airfix kits and models of anything that was sort of military and...
Contributor:
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
John William Wright Service during the First World War
Private John William Wright (18941978).
Service during the First World War (clip length: 1m 30s). Story recounted by John Wright (the Grandson of John William Wright):
From what John said to me he was in a Northamptonshire regiment, I don't know which...
