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Author: Liam Markey

Associate Researcher at the University of Liverpool
First World War…

Able Seaman John Prinsen

29 Apr 202530 Apr 2025
John Prinsen was born on 6th May 1920 in Toxteth, Liverpool. He was the youngest of two children; his brother, Henry, born in 1918, passed away in 1919. His father,…
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Private William A. Robinson- 29716

28 Apr 202528 Apr 2025
William Alfred Robinson was born on 7th July 1893 to Richard Robinson, a dock labourer, and Sarah Ann Walsh. He was the oldest of 11 children. According to the 1901…
Cheshire Regiment…

1st – 4th July 1916 Timeline: 9th Cheshires on The Somme

30 Jun 202325 Aug 2023
The Battle of the Somme The Battle of the Somme, or The Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War, fought from 1st July to 18th November 1916…
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Private Harry Earl

8 May 20235 Jun 2024
Harry Earl was born around 1892 to Alfred and Emma Earl in the hamlet of Raby, in Cheshire. He was the older brother of my great-grandfather, Edwin Earl, and resided…
Cheshire Regiment…

Chester and the First World War

20 Sep 202112 Jan 2025
At the outbreak of the First World War in the summer of 1914, Herbert Kitchener, Britain’s Secretary of State for War, predicted that the coming conflict with Germany and her…
Cheshire Regiment…

From Somme to Soissons

7 May 202130 Apr 2025
The Capture of La Boisselle1st – 4th July 1916 For a brief overview of the preparation and aims of the Battle of the Somme see here https://lastposts.blog/2018/12/07/somme-myth-conceptions-part-i/ The Cheshire Regiment’s…
Cheshire Regiment…

“Where are our Boys To-Night?”

10 Sep 202011 Sep 2020
by Clare Dorning (Authoress of "Annals of a Lancashire Village, etc.) “Where are our boys to-night?” My friend the photographer asked me the question, as he showed me a picture…
Cheshire Regiment…

Gunner E. Earl: Cheshires on the Somme

27 Apr 202026 Mar 2021
Disclaimer: Since I published this blog post I have come into the possession of new information derived from primary source materials kindly sent to me by a user on the…
First World War…

Willaston Man Falls in Action

24 Apr 202027 Apr 2020
    The above soldier enlisted at the age of 17 1/2 years, was trained at Colchester, and was drafted to France in March, 1917. He was wounded on Sept.…
Cheshire Regiment…

Driver J. H. Archer

24 Apr 2020
Driver J.H. Archer, eldest son of James Archer, of Sunnylake, Neston, joined the Cheshire Field Co., R.E., in 1914, and is now somewhere in France. He was educated at Willaston…

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Liam Markey. Associate researcher at the University of Liverpool. Interested in the First World War, 20th Century Britain, Militarism, and Museums.

Currently digitising my great-grandfather’s First World War diary. Follow this link for an interactive map showing locations relating to his time serving in the Cheshire Regiment:

https://maphub.net/Liam1994/lastpostsmap

 

If you’d like to get in touch, my email is:

liam_markey@outlook.com

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