Okay, so this is highly specific and I'm having a hard time googling it (seriously, somebody up there is going to think I'm planning identity theft by now, for how often I googled "false identity during wwi", "soldiers swapping identity", "mistaken identity" "passport during WWI" and so on). My question is: How hard or easy would it have been for ( Read more... )

What stars would have been visible on the eastern horizon from the Allied lines just before dawn on 1 July 1916? (Once you got above the ground mist.) I think it's Taurus and its neighbours. The proofreader has queried this ( Read more... )

During the various battles of the Ypres Salient in WWI, were the trenches making up the salient occupied year-round? Meaning, were they occupied for the entire time after the 1st battle up to the 2nd, etc?
I'm going to assume the answer is a 'yes,' but I just want to make sure, and Google isn't really giving me anything. I want my characters to be ( Read more... )

I've used this LJ before for help with my current novel, and since you were all so incredibly helpful I thought I'd impose on your knowledge once again...

A central aspect of my novel, set in the aftermath of the 1918 Armistice, is that the two main characters - one a nineteen-year-old stretcher-bearer, the other a sixteen-year-old soldier - end up ( Read more... )

I came across this site more or less by chance, it mostly describes real people including famous soldiers, adventurers, etc. who have basically kicked ass and taken names under ridiculously dangerous circumstances, and otherwise lived weird dangerous lives. You probably wouldn't want to base a character too closely on any one entry, but they show ( Read more... )

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/pages/index.htmlRead more... )

Story Setting: Early 1920s England, Post-WW1 Britain.
Search Terms: long term shell shock treatment / shell shock dietary regime
/ post war shell shock treatment / officers shell shock world war one / world war one shell shock case study / neurasthenia treatment 1920s / shell shock rehabilitation

Hi!

I'm writing in post-World War I 1920s England and I' ( Read more... )

When - 1916, into 1917

Where - France.

Searched - 'Somme Offensive', 'Battle of Verdun'', 'German casualties in Somme/Verdun' (I searched both), 'German units at Verdun/Somme' (again, both)

Question - It's a silly question and I'm almost certainly going to find an answer using a different Google search string which I haven't thought of yet, but I have ( Read more... )

The events take place in France, during and after the First World War ( Read more... )

 I'm writing a novel about the impact of World War One on two young men, and trying to make everything as factual/plausible as I can.

( questions about stretcher-bearers, signing up and insults. )