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Ablett (Crimean VC)

Posted on December 18, 2023 by kenbaker

Alfred Ablett VC, DCM ( 03 August 1830 – 12 March 1897) was a British Army soldier and a Crimean War recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. A soldier with the Grenadier … Continue reading →

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Christmas in the Crimea (Jowett’s Diary)

Posted on December 18, 2023 by kenbaker

Let not ambition mock their useful toil,Their homely joys and destiny obscure,Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smileThe short and simple annals of the poor -Thomas Gray From the diary of William Jowett 1854 Dec 18th -31st Weather very wet … Continue reading →

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How Grandad lost a leg and gained a medal ( from ‘A story of war’)

Posted on December 14, 2023 by kenbaker

RSM Arthur Baker 30th Division, 4th Army,  Somme 1916 with Sgt Billy Morris and three others. When my grandchildren ask how I lost my leg, I always say the same thing: “I didn’t lose it. I know exactly where it … Continue reading →

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Fascism in the USA

Posted on December 11, 2023 by kenbaker

From 1918- 1939 After the First World War, the desire to rebuild and restructure society took many different forms in different countries. In the 1920s, American intellectuals paid a considerable amount of attention to Mussolini‘s early Fascist movement in Italy, … Continue reading →

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History GCSE Source Question

Posted on December 11, 2023 by kenbaker

Background notes (Wikpedia) British public opinion had been quite favourable towards the Kaiser in his first twelve years on the throne, but it turned sour in the late 1890s. During the First World War, he became the central target of British … Continue reading →

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Why was this painting banned?

Posted on December 10, 2023 by kenbaker

Examine the painting above as a GCSE deduction/ inference question. Using your knowledge of Government censorship, conscription and the circumstances of the last two years of World War 1: Why was this painting banned? (12 marks) Students studying Britain during … Continue reading →

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Hitler Youth: Photo Inferences

Posted on December 9, 2023 by kenbaker

What can you infer about the Hitler Youth Movement from this photograph? EXAMINER’S NOTES: This question requires students to make two inferences from a source and it is sometimes regarded as an ‘easy’ question. However, students need to be sure … Continue reading →

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Have a Merry (Puritan) Christmas!

Posted on December 9, 2023 by kenbaker

In the mid-17th century, a wave of religious reform transformed the way in which Christmas was celebrated in England. Oliver Cromwell — the General responsible for leading the parliamentary army during the English Civil War — took over England in … Continue reading →

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A story of war

Posted on December 8, 2023 by kenbaker

When I was a child, my father told me that five generations on the male line of my family had served in the armed forces. My dad himself served in World War Two. His dad, my grandad, served in the … Continue reading →

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A Level History: Eisenhower/ Cold War

Posted on October 1, 2021 by kenbaker

‘Eisenhower’s foreign policy in the years 1953 to 1959 marked a change in how theUS dealt with the Soviet Union.’ Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. (25) Eisenhower’s 1952 candidacy was motivated in large part by a … Continue reading →

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