Sources and Acknowledgements

All right, I admit it, this project is not the result of forty years spent in a dusty attic doing original research on undiscovered archive documents. Not on my part anyway. I was fortunate enough to have access to several surviving military documents and original medical records, from which I reconstructed parts of the biographies of William Brown and Peter Hughes, but in all sections of this family history I have also depended heavily on the published and unpublished work of others, and this is the place to acknowledge them.

Harry and John Brown

Background information is taken from:

1. "World War One - A Complete History", by Martin Gilbert.

2. "A Concise History of WWI" ed V J Esposito. Especially Chapter 11, "Turkish Campaigns", by Cyril Falls.

3. "World War One - An Illustrated History" by Suzanne Everett.

For more specific details of the activities of the Denbighshire Yeomanry/24th Royal Welch Fusiliers:

1. I am deeply grateful to the late Mr Bryn Owen, formerly of the Welch Regiment Museum in Cardiff Castle, who shared some of his considerable knowledge of Welsh Yeomanry Regiments with me when I was starting out on this history and did not even know of the existence of the Territorial Force. Without his correspondence outlining the origins of the Denbighshire Yeomanry and the Regiment's activities in the Mediterranean Theatre, I would not have known where to begin.

2. I reconstructed Harry and John Brown's experiences in France and Flanders by following the 24th RWF Battalion's history as described in "Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers" pp443-445. I am indebted to Mr R P Lake (RWF Regimental Secretary, Hightown Barracks, Wrexham), for supplying me with these records.

3. Images of the RWF, SWB and Denbighshire Yeomanry Cap Badges were supplied to me by the RWF Regimental Museum, Caernarvon Castle (P A Crocker , Curator)

4. I am grateful to Ms Clare Studham, HM Consul to Tokyo, and to Shisei Higuchi of the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery Foundation, for their assistance in piecing together the circumstances of Harry Brown's death.

William Brown

Background information is taken from:

1. "World War One - A Complete History", by Martin Gilbert.

2. "The Experience of World War One" by G M Winter.

For detailed information I referred to:

1. The Canadian Great War Homepage.

2. "The Battle of Vimy Ridge" by Alexander McKee. Published by Stein and Day, 1967 in the "Great Battles of the Modern World" series.

3. The Collapse of the Central Powers by Jere L Jackson.

4. Most other details of William Brown's War Service were found in his military records, a copy of which was provided to me by the Canadian National Archives in Ottawa, Canada.

Peter Hughes

Background information is taken from:

1. "World War One - A Complete History", by Martin Gilbert.

2. "In Flanders Fields", by Leon Wolff. An account of the British campaign in Flanders during 1917.

Sources of information specific to Peter Hughes and the South Wales Borderers:

1. The Public Records Office Index to WWI Medal entitlements, & Registers WO 329/1105 page 4998 and WO 329/3096 SWB list /1581/1

2. The description of the 10th SWB's activities at the beginning of Third Ypres (from Pilckem Ridge to Armentieres) is based entirely upon The South Wales Borderers Regimental War Diary from 31 July 1917 to 16 August 1917. The description of the daily activities of the 10th Battalion in the days leading up to the wounding of Peter Hughes is quoted directly from the 10th Battalion, South Wales Borderers War Diary, 21 July - 6 August 1918.

I am grateful to Mr Martin Everett, of the SWB Regimental Museum in Brecon, who provided me with the relevant extracts from the SWB War Diaries, and who supplied useful background information on several occasions concerning the composition and activities of the Welsh Division.

3. Hinchingbrooke School's WWI History project, The Battlefields.

4. On the origins and events of Third Ypres –

a. The 36th (Ulster) Division in the Great War by Karl Murray

b. The battle of Third Ypres by Geoffrey Miller, and Third Ypres: A Decisive Victory? by Gervase Phillips

Photographs

1. The following photographs from the biography of Peter Hughes courtesy of the Imperial War Museum, London:

· "British soldiers constructing a bridge over the Yser Canal, 1 Aug 1917", IWM ref q5936.

· "German Prisoners awaiting interrogation at Pilckem Ridge, 31 Jul 1917", IWM ref q5724.

2. "CPSS Empress of Japan in Vancouver Harbour, 193-", found in the Postscript to the life of Harry Brown, is the property of British Columbia Archives (Call#: D-03204).

3. All other photographs are from private family collections.

Maps

I created all maps using the Xerox PARC Map Viewer, an excellent source of public domain map images. Please note that all maps have been simplified for clarity and convenience - don't use them for planning your holidays!

Music

The background songs on these web pages are:

1. Home Page - "There's a long, long trail a-winding".

2. The Old Swan Inn - "Keep the home fires burning".

3. Harry and John Brown - "Pack up your troubles".

4. William Brown – “After the Ball is over".

5. Peter Hughes - "If you were the only girl in the world".

They are reproduced here with permission from Don Ferguson's Tin Pan Alley Favorites.