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Day-by-day account of WWI from the diaries of George Ferguson, Liverpool Scottish. Fuller accounts at https://georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/
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Hello Milton Keynes! I’m visiting you tomorrow evening to give another Western Front Association branch talk on Underground Warfare 1914-18 at 7.30pm, Friday 21 November. All welcome (see alt text for venue details).
Black & white photo soldiers in white overalls and sandbag caps in a cramped tunnel digging by candlelight with small pick and shovel. Venue: Wolverton Working Men’s Social Club, 49-50 Stratford Road, Wolverton, Milton Keynes MK12 5LS. Entrance at rear of building, parking in nearby streets. Small donation on entry. A British tunnel at 80 feet depth in the hard chalk at La Boisselle explored in 2013. (Iain McHenry/La Boisselle Study Group) Venue: Wolverton Working Men’s Social Club, 49-50 Stratford Road, Wolverton, Milton Keynes MK12 5LS. Entrance at rear of building, parking in nearby streets. Small donation on entry.
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Very frosty. Parades as usual
Steenvoorde in evening.

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20 November 1915
Very frosty. Parades as usual Steenvoorde in evening. CommentaryThe Liverpool Evening Express ran a story headed, ‘Roll of Honour’, followed by ‘Last Night’s Casualty Lists.…
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November 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Clip - Tessa Munt MP opens the #MECFS debate, noting ~400,000 have ME in the UK, & the total could be much higher including people with with long COVID. She highlights decades of substandard, sometimes harmful care, pitiful funding, and the outdated view of ME as psychiatric.
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Route march past Cassel.

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19 November 1915
Route march past Cassel. CommentaryCassel was about 7km (5 miles) to the west of Steenvoorde, where George had been based for almost two weeks. Earlier in the year, it had been the headquarters of …
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November 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Fine day. Poperinge hornbeit [?].
Dental parade.

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18 November 1915
Fine day. Poperinge hornbeit [?]. Dental parade. CommentaryGeorge was squeezing as many entries into a page as he could, with the result that they became increasingly illegible. What is clear, thou…
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November 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Fine day. Steenvoorde & pictures.

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17 November 1915
Fine day. Steenvoorde & pictures. Commentary Military-run cinema entertainment [a.k.a. ‘the pictures’] was widespread. Film historian Chris Grosvenor, in his book Cinema on the Fron…
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November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Fine day. March past Gens Plumer &
Haldane. Next Yorkshire place of
lines.

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16 November 1915
Fine day. March past Gens Plumer & Haldane. Next Yorkshire place of lines. Commentary From the Battalion diary. The Battalion took part in Brigade route march on the 16th, when the Brigade was …
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November 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Fine day. Parades. Steenvoorde in
evening. Fine walk back by.
moonlight. Haircut and shave by
Mademoiselle.

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15 November 1915
Fine day. Parades. Steenvoorde in evening. Fine walk back by. moonlight. Haircut and shave by Mademoiselle. Commentary Haircuts and shaves were not a luxury but a necessity, according to the King&#…
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November 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Lovely day. Service in morning.
Colonel just returned from Blighty.
Gave us his ‘good news’. Recruits
pouring in. Batt. soon at full
strength again.

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14 November 1915
Lovely day. Service in morning. Colonel just returned from Blighty. Gave us his ‘good news’. Recruits pouring in. Batt. soon at full strength again. Commentary Private Sydney C. Ramus (…
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November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Wet day. Give Lincs send off who joined
21st Div. at Bailleul.

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13 November 1915
Wet day. Give Lincs send off who joined 21st Div. at Bailleul. Commentary The 1st Battalion of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was transferred to 62nd Brigade, 21st Division on 14 November. From th…
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November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Wet day. Steenvoorde in evening.

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12 November 1915
Wet day. Steenvoorde in evening. Commentary While George was watching the rain in Steenvoorde, the Blackpool Gazette and Herald had news of a huge fundraising event in the little Lancashire town of…
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November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Fine day. Route march in full
marching order round Cassel
& through Ryvelde. Fine view from
Cassel (2nd 9 HQ).

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11 November 1915
Fine day. Route march in full marching order round Cassel & through Ryvelde. Fine view from Cassel (2nd 9 HQ). Commentary For Armistice Day – a detail from the remembrance window of St Barnabas…
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November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Wet day. Concert in village hall
at night.

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10 November 1915
Wet day. Concert in village hall at night. Commentary Concerts were not confined to village halls in France. The Aberdeen Press and Journal reported on a concert for wounded soldiers, including at …
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November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Wet day. X v Z 6 –0

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9 November 1915
Wet day. X v Z 6 –0 Commentary X and Z were companies in the Liverpool Scottish, so George is reporting the results of a football match. The regiment had more than its fair share of excellent sport…
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November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Usual parades. Fine evening with
Cheshire REs at Steenvoorde.

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8 November 1915
Usual parades. Fine evening with Cheshire REs at Steenvoorde. Commentary “The Modern Pied Piper” – Drawing by A. C. Michael, Illustrated London News, 20 November 1915. While parades con…
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November 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Usual parades. Steenvoorde in evening

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7 November 1915
Usual parades. Steenvoorde in evening Commentary With little news of the Liverpool Scottish on this day, below are more biographies of those who were killed at Hooge. First Attack at Bellewaarde, H…
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November 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Fine day. General holiday.
Final of Football cup. RFA beat
RS 1 – 0. Co of 3rd Zouaves
decorated by Gens. Foch & Haldane
Gen Foch decorated Staff of
3rd Div. & Gen. Plumer. Prv Short
received the Croix de Guerre.

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6 November 1915
Fine day. General holiday. Final of Football cup. RFA beat RS 1 – 0. Co of 3rd Zouaves decorated by Gens. Foch & Haldane Gen Foch decorated Staff of 3rd Div. & Gen. Plumer. Prv Short receiv…
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November 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Glorious day. Pictures at
Steenvoorde. Supper at
No 1 Grand Place. Roast mutton,
chips, salad, etc. 15frs for 5.

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5 November 1915
Glorious day. Pictures at Steenvoorde. Supper at No 1 Grand Place. Roast mutton, chips, salad, etc. 15frs for 5. Commentary From the Battalion diary:During the rest at WINNEZEELE, the company parad…
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November 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Shifted to Winnezeele about 18 mls.
Billeted in barns. Not quite as
big as Godewaersvelde nearer
Steenvoorde. Supper in village.

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4 November 1915
Shifted to Winnezeele about 18 mls. Billeted in barns. Not quite as big as Godewaersvelde nearer Steenvoorde. Supper in village. Commentary From the Battalion Diary: On the 4th, the 9th Inf. Brigad…
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November 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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More rum. Baths.

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3 November 1915
More rum. Baths. Commentary The British army’s rum ration during WW1 was a quarter of a gill (35.5 ml) “usually served at morning and dusk stand to’s, and usually under the supervision …
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November 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Heavy rain all day. Lecture by
Coy. SM on trench work. Visited
neighbouring farm for Dinner.

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2 November 1915
Heavy rain all day. Lecture by Coy. SM on trench work. Visited neighbouring farm for Dinner. Commentary Back in England, the Blackpool Gazette & Herald reported that two or three members of the…
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November 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Dirty wet day. Sports at night.
Dick champion on greasy pole fighting.

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1 November 1915
Dirty wet day. Sports at night. Dick champion on greasy pole fighting. Commentary ‘Dick’ was George’s best friend, Richard Campbell. Greasy pole fighting involved participants try…
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November 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS] 1 NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]: Hello there 2 [A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk]. DAD: Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids? 3 NT EMPLOYEE: Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail! 4 MUM: That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids? 5 NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]: Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot! 6 NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]: Listen - that's their call [Calls emanating from the landscape]: tut-tut woke-woke 7 NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]: They are extremely sensitive and fragile... But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery. 8 KIDS [pointing]: There they are! [Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure]. [Little people noises]: woke-woke tut-tut woke-woke 9 [Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]: Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house. [Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]: tut-tut woke-woke 10 MUM [pointing]: What's that one doing there? NT EMPLOYEE: Oh, that's so sweet… 11 [We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away]. NT EMPLOYEE: I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph… 12 [We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]: Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE? [ends]
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Church parade. Showery

Today marked the end of a full year since the Liverpool Scottish had first sailed for France on the Maidan on 1 November. George had been 21 when war was declared; he was now just 23. More at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/3...
31 October 1915
Church parade. Showery Commentary This day marked the end of a full year since the Liverpool Scottish had first sailed for France on the Maidan on 1 November. George had been 21 when war was declar…
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October 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM