George Ferguson WWI
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George Ferguson WWI
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Day-by-day account of WWI from the diaries of George Ferguson, Liverpool Scottish. Fuller accounts at https://georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/
Wet day. Very muddy. Saxons in
front. Very quiet. Meet our boys
in crater. Prussian artillery
very active. Little snow & plenty
of rain.

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26 November 1915
Wet day. Very muddy. Saxons in front. Very quiet. Meet our boys in crater. Prussian artillery very active. Little snow & plenty of rain. Commentary Battalion diary The enemy in front were SAXON…
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November 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Fatigues up com. trench. Wet day.
Heavy shelling by both sides.

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24 November 1915
Fatigues up com. trench. Wet day. Heavy shelling by both sides. CommentaryOn this day, the Maidenhead Advertiser published a ‘Roll of Honour’ of local men serving in the armed forces. T…
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November 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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An Explanation (Which I Would Be Very Grateful If You Took The Time To Read)
What follows is a minor modern horror story.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Liverpool Scottish soldiers wearing kilts represented on the cenotaph
Details of Tyson Smith’s bas relief panels from Liverpool Cenotaph. On one side the armed men from Liverpool in angular, tight ranks, stern faced; on the other the drawn faces and stooped figures of the families
November 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
T7 trench. Very wet & in need of
repairs. Plenty of rats & mice.
Belgian battery fires into our
trench. 3 spies caught.

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23 November 1915
T7 trench. Very wet & in need of repairs. Plenty of rats & mice. Belgian battery fires into our trench. 3 spies caught. Commentary From the Battalion diary :The trenches taken over were fou…
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November 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Over the flat slopes of St Eloi
A wide wall of sand bags.
Night,
In the silence desultory men
Pottering over small fires, cleaning their mess-tins:
To and fro, from the lines,
Men walk as on Piccadilly,
Making paths in the dark,
Through scattered dead horses [...] www.poeticous.com/t-e-hulme/tr...
Trenches: St Eloi, by T. E. Hulme
Over the flat slopes of St Eloi A wide wall of sand bags. Night, In the silence desultory men Pottering over small fires, cleani…
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November 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Very foggy. Move off to trenches at
2.30 p.m. Pass through Oiderdom &
Dickebush. Relieve North Staffs.
Very frosty night.

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22 November 1915
Very foggy. Move off to trenches at 2.30 p.m. Pass through Oiderdom & Dickebush. Relieve North Staffs. Very frosty night. Commentary From the Battalion diary Relieved the 1st N. Staffords the f…
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November 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Frosty. Leave Winnezeele at 8.15 a.m.
on billeting party. March about 12 1/2
Miles to Reninghelst. Pass through
Steenvoorde & Abeelé en route. Feet
bad. Billeted in tents. Very cold.
No blankets

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21 November 1915
Frosty. Leave Winnezeele at 8.15 a.m. on billeting party. March about 12 1/2 Miles to Reninghelst. Pass through Steenvoorde & Abeelé en route. Feet bad. Billeted in tents. Very cold. No blanket…
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November 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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It’s collections week at the Archives

We’ve begun cataloguing the records of W Clarke, Masons of Llandaff. Along with administrative records of the business, the collection includes many plans and photographs. Including this one showing the unveiling of the war memorial at Llantwit Major in 1921.
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Hello Milton Keynes! I’m visiting you tomorrow evening to give another Western Front Association branch talk on Underground Warfare 1914-18 at 7.30pm, Friday 21 November. All welcome (see alt text for venue details).
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Clip - Tessa Munt MP opens the #MECFS debate, noting ~400,000 have ME in the UK, & the total could be much higher including people with with long COVID. She highlights decades of substandard, sometimes harmful care, pitiful funding, and the outdated view of ME as psychiatric.
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Fine day. March past Gens Plumer &
Haldane. Next Yorkshire place of
lines.

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16 November 1915
Fine day. March past Gens Plumer & Haldane. Next Yorkshire place of lines. Commentary From the Battalion diary. The Battalion took part in Brigade route march on the 16th, when the Brigade was …
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November 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Fine day. Parades. Steenvoorde in
evening. Fine walk back by.
moonlight. Haircut and shave by
Mademoiselle.

For more on the #LiverpoolScottish, #moustaches and #shaving 110 years ago in 1915 #WW1 #Movember see georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/1...
15 November 1915
Fine day. Parades. Steenvoorde in evening. Fine walk back by. moonlight. Haircut and shave by Mademoiselle. Commentary Haircuts and shaves were not a luxury but a necessity, according to the King&#…
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November 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Lovely day. Service in morning.
Colonel just returned from Blighty.
Gave us his ‘good news’. Recruits
pouring in. Batt. soon at full
strength again.

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14 November 1915
Lovely day. Service in morning. Colonel just returned from Blighty. Gave us his ‘good news’. Recruits pouring in. Batt. soon at full strength again. Commentary Private Sydney C. Ramus (…
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November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Wet day. Give Lincs send off who joined
21st Div. at Bailleul.

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13 November 1915
Wet day. Give Lincs send off who joined 21st Div. at Bailleul. Commentary The 1st Battalion of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was transferred to 62nd Brigade, 21st Division on 14 November. From th…
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November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Fine day. Route march in full
marching order round Cassel
& through Ryvelde. Fine view from
Cassel (2nd 9 HQ).

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11 November 1915
Fine day. Route march in full marching order round Cassel & through Ryvelde. Fine view from Cassel (2nd 9 HQ). Commentary For Armistice Day – a detail from the remembrance window of St Barnabas…
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November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Wet day. Concert in village hall
at night.

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10 November 1915
Wet day. Concert in village hall at night. Commentary Concerts were not confined to village halls in France. The Aberdeen Press and Journal reported on a concert for wounded soldiers, including at …
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November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM