The publication of our book about WW1 (“Buriton and the First World War: Through Local Eyes”) continues to encourage relatives…
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Copies of “Buriton and the First World War: Through Local Eyes” have now been distributed, free of charge, to every…
As the community’s WW1 project draws towards its close, new information about Buriton’s involvement is still coming forward. Readers of…
Buriton’s Silhouette Soldiers were relocated for a final farewell around the war memorial. Elaine Bray’s thought-provoking and informative initiative attracted…
Some more fascinating documents have been found in a recent visit to the County Records Office in Winchester. If you…
As part of Buriton’s programme of activities to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the WW1 Armistice, scores of parishioners squeezed…
As the First World War drew towards a close there were about 185,000 British POWs, including men from Buriton –…
Our project to find out more about the impacts of The Great War on life at home in Buriton –…
When local man Fred Smith joined a Hampshire Territorial Unit in 1912 he can have had no idea where this…
As part of the Heritage Bank’s research into the First World War, a fascinating photograph was found recently in the…
