The WW1 Project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, started in 2014 and is now approaching completion. Here are a few images to illustrate some of the achievements.
The website team has developed a separate Archive sub-site WW1 Men to present material from the book ‘They Were a Wall’ produced as part of the WW1 Commemoration project. The existing site has been moved to a new advert-free platform with …
The book ‘They Were a Wall – Wheatley in a World at War 1914-19’ is now available as a pdf file for free download – click ‘They Were a Wall’ book. If you’d like a printed copy for £4.99 plus postage …
New homes rewarded the returning soldiers of 1919 when local authorities became major landlords, with subsidies and powers to compel land purchase. Wheatley’s housing stock rose by 30% (100 homes) in the 1920s, half of them the Wheatley Urban District …
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Book Launch & Exhibition Friday 14 November at 7.30 pm in the Merry Bells: Public meeting and launch of the book They Were a Wall: Wheatley in a World at War 1914-19. Speakers: John Fox, Judith Ormston and John Prest. Copies …
The Wheatley Branch of the Royal British Legion suggested a book to mark Wheatley 1914-19 and the Wheatley Society joined in. A village team led by Bill Jackson, researched and composed the book in 2013-14. ‘They Were a Wall’ appears …
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The following notes are abridged from draft text for the forthcoming publication “They were a Wall – Wheatley in a World at War 1914-19” Reginald Weller Stamp, born in Wheatley in 1884, son of Charles Frederick Stamp, grocer, born in …
Some 36 Wheatley men died and some 146 more fought and survived in the 1914-1918 War. You can find the names of all of them by clicking the link Wheatley Men WW1 The WHEATLEY GREAT WAR CENTENARY PROJECT plans to …
