Hello and welcome to the blog for Year 12 History at Sawtry Community College. This year we are going to introduce a new Year 12 unit for our upcoming history students - Edexcel 'The Experience of Warfare in Britain 1854-1929'.
It's a subject close to my own heart as i've always been interested as a historian in the relationship between war and political/social change. The First World War in particular has long been a fascination of mine; my great-grandfather John Frederick Walter Harry Edney joined up in September 1914, entered the theatre of war during the aftermath of the Battle of Loos in 1915, and served right up until the end of the war serving in most of the major battles from the Somme to Ypres and the final offensives in 1918. Therefore, I feel a strong personal connection with the topic we are about to study, and I imagine many of our students will be able to tell similar stories.
This blog has been created to comment on aspects of the course that may feature in the news, e.g. archeological discoveries, TV programmes, books that I am reading/that have been recently been released, as well as serving as a place for debate about the course. Although it has been primarily set up for students of the course, I would welcome any comment from anyone else who may have an interest in the subject.
I hope that this blog proves useful and/or interesting!
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