Tales from the Front (8) tells the story of George Robert Newman, Bournemouth-born, who fought in the Great War. His unit, the 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, belonged to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps. Newman, 19, fell on September 17th, 1914, during the Battle of the Aisne.
Tales from the Front (7) tells the story of Frederick Wills, Bournemouth-born, who served with the 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashires. A professional soldier, having served in India, he went missing in chaotic fighting at the Battle of the Aisne, September 1914.
Tales from the Front (6) follows the life and military service of Lance-Corporal Victor Talmash (1896-1914), a Bournemouth native, who served in France with the 1st Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Talmash fell at the Battle of the Marne.
Tales from the Front (5) tells the story of Harold Rowland Smith, a Bournemouth native who fought in the Great War. He had served with the Dorsets in India but returned to fight in France. He fell at Le Cateau, August 26th, 1914.
Tales from the Front (4) follows the life and military service of Edmund Ernest Trent (1885-1914), a family man, serving with the Cheshires, who fell at Mons, August 24th, 1914.
Tales from the Front (3) tells the story of Ronald Scott, a Lance-Corporal serving with the 9th Lancers during the Great War. He fell at Mons, August 24th, 1914.
Tales from the Front (2) explores the life, world, and military service of William Robert Oakley. A former golf caddy, he had joined the 1st Dorsetshire Regiment in time for deployment to the Western Front in August 1914. He fell on the second day of Mons, during which his battalion fought a spirited withdrawal, though one that incurred many casualties.
Tales from the Front (1) recounts the life of Albert James Habgood, a native of Victorian Bournemouth, who served in World War I with the Dorset Regiment. He fell at the Battle of Mons, August 24th, 1914.
Victorian Bournemouth (260) summarises key articles which appeared in the last quarter. It highlighted a range of social history from Waterloo Road to British Indians, and the female condition. Also, it distilled several articles that had assessed the broad sweep of Victorian Bournemouth’s history as it progressed from a stream to a fountain. The last section introduced the next stage in the history of Victorian Bournemouth: Tales from the Front.
Victorian Bournemouth (259) traces how the greenfield Bourne Valley became a County Borough within sixty years. Local leaders and groups guided the community through various challenges, promoting unity beyond religion, politics, and puritanism. The example of the Chrysanthemum Society demonstrated cooperation between classes to create successful events, such as flower shows. Ultimately, the “Fountain” vision prevailed over the “Stream,” although the stream continues through the valley.