Step Short in Folkestone

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January 27, 2011

Step Short in Folkestone

This WW1 project is one to watch. Visit the website here

Also have a look at The Grand’s website where there is also some info, here

These are photos of WW1 training trenches near to Shorncliffe Camp

Tags: The Chinese Labour Corps 九十年后忆华工 During the Great War Britain recruited help from abroad, not as mercenaries, but as labourers. To read more click here The Canadians Another group of visitors to Folkestone were the Canadian soldiers of 2nd Division. I have prepared a booklet which is given to local school children when I talk to them before their annual visit to the Canadian graves at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery. Read it here The Sinking of HS Anglia in 1915 The shocking story of the sinking of a British Hospital Ship in 1915 is told here step short stepshort WW1 training trenches near to Shorncliffe Camp

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Welcome to Coast of Conflict, named after my first book, published in 2004. It is a history of south Kent from Napoleonic times to the First World War. In 2008 this was followed by Dover and Folkestone during the Great War. During my researches I accumulated a great deal of material and my aim here is to make this material widely available. Most of it will be freely accessible, usually as a PDF, subject to the usual respect for copyright. In some cases there will be a nominal charge. Just use the navigation points at the top of the page to access the period in which you are interested. I hope that you will find something of interest here. If you do, please let me know. If you have something you would like to add to the site, again drop me a line at: michael@coastofconflict.com To buy a copy of Coast of Conflict or Dover and Folkestone during the Great War click the Amazon link below.

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