News Archives - The Long, Long Trail

Supporters’ generosity keeps site secure

Thanks to the generosity of this site’s supporters, the donation income via Patreon has just once again paid for another year of […]

I have often added an Amazon link on pages of this site, pointing to books of specific relevance. Regimental histories and the […]

Look out for my chapter in the forthcoming book, “London Pride: The London Territorial Force in Peace and War, 1908-1921” to be […]

I have just added a new article to the site: How to research a man of the Royal Naval Division. When locating […]

In the last few days I have added articles on the locations of the key ammunition depots at Audruicq, Blargies and Zeneghem […]

For many years, I have written books reviews for this site. Many of them were enabled by the publishers sending me a […]

Military historian Andy Robertshaw and his team have created a replica Great War trench system at the Centre for Experimental Archaeology (CEMA) […]

The latest addition to the Long’s Long Trail’s Gazetteer of the Western Front is on the lovely and most interesting town of […]

Today I welcome a new sponsor/advertiser to the site, in the form of Battle Guide Virtual Tours. This has come through my […]

Events of the last three months have forced me to take a hard look at my future. I had closed my research […]