Doughboy was the nickname given to the American soldiers who enlisted in American Army after they joined the Great war in 1917 on...

Introductory Note

While this websites focus has been on Cleator Moor men who died during the war there were many men

This article  features the Anglican clergy and their role in the area during the Great War .  The Rever...

Today July 1st   is the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme , the bloodiest  day in Briti...

In the World War on at Home feature produced by Radio Cumbria in 2018 , Local Historian Joe Ritson refers to the role played the clerg...

Les Campbell tells the story of his great uncle, Thomas Bertram Campbell , who served and sacrified in the Great War.You won't findhis...

The Shot at Dawn Memorial is a monument at the National Memorial Arboretum near Alrewas, in Staffordshire. (pictured)

During the Great War there was a prisoner of war camp just beyond Kirkland School on the Salter road which had a round 130 German pris...

HUNDREDS of Cleator Moor men lost their lives during the First World War; others had to face returning home with life-changing injurie...

An account by Cleator Moor men of their action at the Front during the Great war : published in Whitehaven News

As part of the War effort Ainsworths Thread Mill at Cleator ( the Kangol )  had won important government contracts to make khaki...

Jim Campbell from Cleator Moor but now living in Manchester shares the Story of his Uncle Robert Campbell and the Great wars long term...