In the last ten years our Society has received a number of enquiries about the Lofthouse Park Internment Camp and we have referred the enquirers to Professor Claudia Sternberg at the University of Leeds who…
As part of a research project linked to H M Factory Gretna (the ‘ greatest munitions factory in the world ‘ WW1) a researcher has uncovered the story of Harry Ainsworth who grew up at…
Cyril Pearce’s research on prisoners of conscience in World War 1, included the prisoners held at Wakefield, and he has given a number of talks locally. His new book: ‘Communities of Resistance: Conscience and Dissent…