‘The Battle of the Mud’: the Third Battle of Ypres, 31 July-10 November 1917
‘Summer Hols begin’ wrote the Rev. H.R. King in his diary on Tuesday, 31 July 1917. The Rev. Henry Robinson King (1855-1935), a master at Sherborne School, kept a daily diary in which he recorded the weather, world events (in red), and his own activities. The previous day had been fine until the evening when … Read more