News & Stories 10th November 2023

The Cleator Moor Doughboys in World War One

Doughboy was the nickname given to the American soldiers who enlisted in American Army after they joined the Great war in 1917 on the side of the alli...

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Memorial 6th November 2023

George Henry Wyatt VC - A local hero ?

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy, most conspicuous bravery, some daring or...

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News & Stories 14th July 2023

Easy Pickings - A World War One short story by Francis McCrickard

Introductory NoteBefore the arrival of artificial dyes, damsons were much in demand by the textile industry. Depending on the mordant (the substance t...

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News & Stories 10th November 2022

Charles Gaffney: A Moor mans war

While this websites focus has been on Cleator Moor men who died during the war there were many men  from the Moor who did their duty and returned home...

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News & Stories 1st November 2022

The Clergy who served with the Troops Pt 2

This article  features the Anglican clergy and their role in the area during the Great War .The Reverend Caesar Caine, Church of England Vicar at St L...

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News & Stories 30th June 2022

The first day of the Battle of the Somme 1st July 1916

Today July 1st   is the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme , the bloodiest  day in British Military history when almost 20,000 British soldiers di...

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Events 25th April 2022

Anzac Day 25th April

25th April is ANZAC day, the anniversary of the landing of troops from Australia and New Zealand Army Corps on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, in Wor...

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News & Stories 25th December 2021

The Chistmas Truce of 1914 : The True Sprit of Christmas

As the end of 1914 approached the Great war had developed into a stalemate with trench warfare the norm , the much talked about " .....War over b...

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News & Stories 9th November 2021

Three Moor Men ,100 years On Still Awaiting the Recognition of their Sacrifice by Joe Ritson

Three of the soldiers from the Cleator Moor area who died during the so called 'Great War' and honoured by the Cleator Moor Roll of Honour a...

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News & Stories 8th November 2021

The Clergy who served with the Troops Pt 1

In the World War on at Home feature produced by Radio Cumbria in 2018 , Local Historian Joe Ritson refers to the role played the clergy of the respect...

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Memorial 2nd November 2021

Bertie Campbell Remembered

Les Campbell tells the story of his great uncle, Thomas Bertram Campbell , who served and sacrified in the Great War.You won't findhis name  on a...

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Memorial 13th October 2021

Shot at Dawn : remembering Pte James Briggs

The Shot at Dawn Memorial is a monument at the National Memorial Arboretum near Alrewas, in Staffordshire. (pictured)It commemorates the 346 British A...

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