The Legion of Frontiersmen’s August & September 2024 newsletters have a focus on the early days of the war including Driscoll. They can be accessed at https://frontiersmenhistorian.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ha-newsletter-august-2024-final-draft.pdf and https://frontiersmenhistorian.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ha-newsletter-september-2024-final-three.pdf
Dónal Hasset and a team have set out to “[build] a comprehensive comparative history of veterancy across the French, British, Italian and American colonial empires, this project will not only ensure that the experiences of colonial veterans are recognised in veteran history but will also draw on their stories to build a new conceptual framework that can better account for the diversity of veteran histories around the globe.” For more info, see https://colvet.eu/
We’re just under 2 months away from the next Great War in Africa Conference. If you would like to present a paper, please get in touch. We’ve had a few come in already but there’s still scope for more – all topics on the First World War in Africa are welcome.
The conference will be in London at the Africa Centre, near Southbank underground, 10.30am-3.30pm UK time.
The fee for attending is £35.00 to cover costs, which includes refreshments and a light lunch.
To book your place, you can make a payment to paypal.me/GWAA (or email me for other means of registering/paying).
Submissions for the next There Came a Time are also being sought. More detail will be posted on this after the conference but if you want to find out more in the meantime, please email me.
Don’t forget to take a look at the books available – there might be something that catches your eye, and if you have a publication on the Great War (or related), but are struggling to get it published, get in touch too.
The Great War in Africa Association will be at the OMRS Convention on 14 September 2024 in Milton Keynes and at the Britannia Medal Fair in London on 17 November 2024 to assist with research on African-related topics.