Tag: WW1
Revealed: Miracle survival of three Eccles men day after Battle of Jutland
Tuesday 31 May marked the centenary of the bloodiest naval battle of the First World War – The Battle of Jutland. Salford sailors saw heavy casualties as the...
100 years ago: Salford remembers WW1 naval catastrophe at The Battle of Jutland
Today marks the centenary of the largest and most decisive naval battle of the First World War: The Battle of Jutland. Commanded by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, the...
100 years ago: Gallipoli on my mind – Eccles man’s eyewitness evacuation account
This Sunday 17 April in Bury the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers will commemmorate the 101st anniversary of soldiers landing on the Gallipoli peninsula on 25th April 1915....
100 years ago: Eccles munitions workers play football for war blind
Looking back at the Eccles and Patricroft Journal from March 1916 we were struck by the strange irony of this story. 100 years ago, munitions workers at Nasmyth Wilson...
100 years ago in Salford: Tragic accident ends the life of Weaste soldier William Davenport
Not all deaths in the First World War came on the battlefield, no matter how brutal and inhumane it was. 100 years ago in March 1916 men were been dying in their...
Pages from the Past: WW1 and WW2 photos saved from Salford skip
SalfordOnline.com is dipping back into its vast archives to shine a light on feature stories you might have missed. Many of our thousands of new readers may not have...
100 years ago in Salford: Shock as ‘wounded’ WW1 soldier scams them all
In our series about life in Salford and Eccles 100 years ago, most are concerned with soldiers serving in the British Army during the Great War. There are tales of...
Prisoners of War: Cadishead soldier guards ‘the forgotten men’ of Knockaloe
One of the less-reported sides of the First World War came to light in January 1916, when a local soldier told his strange tale about Knockaloe, a camp holding tens of...
100 years ago: Brave ‘Eccles Pal’ wins country’s highest honour for No Man’s Land rescue
A tale of incredible bravery hit the newspapers in Salford 100 years ago this week as local soldier was awarded one of the country’s highest honours for gallantry...
100 years ago in Salford: Ladies of the night ‘on active service’ while soldier husbands fight WW1
While the Great War was raging across Europe the people back home in Blighty went around their daily business as usual, but scandal was to hit Salford in December 1915...
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