Tag: Western Front

Art, RattleBag and Rhubarb, WW1

Women Artists of WW1: Mary Riter Hamilton

Josie Holford / January 28, 2018

This post was updated on March 9th 2019 with the addition of a postscript: A film about Hamilton’s life and work via ht @LucyLondon7 This is one of those “nevertheless she persisted” stories. The Canadian artist Mary Riter Hamilton had studied in Europe before having to return to Canada to care for her ailing mother. At the outbreak of the…

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RattleBag and Rhubarb, WW1

The Christmas Truce: “A Day of Perfect Peace”

Josie Holford / December 25, 2014

This well outfitted German trench has a lighted Christmas tree and soldiers celebrating with music and sausages! It’s true – there was a truce in parts of the line along the western front in 1914. The official diarist of the 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade reported: “Christmas in the trenches will always be remembered by the Battalion as a day of…

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