First World War

17 Nov 2015

First World War: The local war years, 1914-18

Originally serialised by us between August 2014 and March 2015, in five instalments, to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War, we …

17 Nov 2015

First World War: Another soldier comes home

A second soldier who died in the First World War has been recognised in Ealing almost a century after his death. Following on from …

14 Nov 2015

First World War: Rioting in Acton

A hundred years ago a riot took place in Acton, during the First World War. During the First World War, there was, in Britain, …

10 Nov 2015

First World War: Who was Miss Harman?

If you look on the Ealing War Memorial outside Pitzhanger Manor you will see, among the list of names of those men killed in …

10 Nov 2015

First World War: ‘Hell – there is no other word’

The First World War was a story of triumphs and tragedies and this tale of a local man embodies both, as Dr Jonathan Oates …

9 Nov 2015

Waitrose’s Acton origins

A new branch of Waitrose has arrived in Acton 110 years after the business itself was born in the very same town. In June …

8 Nov 2015

First World War: Herbert comes home

A local soldier has been recognised in Ealing, almost a century after his death. Herbert Crook, known as Harry, died while fighting on one of …

4 Nov 2015

The human face of war

A two-minute silence will be held on the steps of Ealing Town Hall to mark Armistice Day on Wednesday, 11 November at 11am. The …

2 Nov 2015

First World War: Indian soldiers

An exhibition at Gunnersbury Park tells the stories of the importance of soldiers from India to the eventual Allied victory in the First World …

20 Oct 2015

War memorials to fallen locals

Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day form an important part of the national calendar in November, and it is when the country’s many memorials to …

20 Oct 2015

A Victorian farmer in Northolt

Until the 20th Century, farming was one of the biggest employers in Greenford and Northolt. Frederick Crees was one of these local farmers during …

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First World War

First World War: The local war years, 1914-18

First World War: Another soldier comes home

First World War: Rioting in Acton

First World War: Who was Miss Harman?

First World War: ‘Hell – there is no other word’

Waitrose’s Acton origins

First World War: Herbert comes home

The human face of war

First World War: Indian soldiers

War memorials to fallen locals

A Victorian farmer in Northolt

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