Next Talk is on 29th September 2025 - Bathford Parish Hall at 8:00pm."Bathford and World War I" by Peter Martin - We know from research by David Howells and Steve Mackerness where residents of
Bathford who died in WW1 were buried but have not known where they died. Now we
have a reasonable assumption as to where they were killed. We did this by looking at the date of their death and their burial place, and researching the battles and other relevant events, there is an amazing range, from the battle fields of France, the fight against the Ottoman Empire led by Lawrence of Arabia, the Egyptian revolt of 1922, to a sinking off Italy and the terrible destruction, not in battle, of HMS Bulwark. To put this in context, there will be the briefest resume of the course of WWI. We will also, as far as possible, describe the locations and backgrounds of the 100 or so men who enlisted and returned. |
