'Contemporary notes on the war' by a Discerning Observer
My father, George Joseph Lockwood, was born in 1891. He had not been allowed to go to university by his own father but he was recruited to work in the Ecclesiastical Commission via the Civil Service examination, in which he came 2nd in the country in his intake. He then took the Inter BSc at evening classes. He remained passionate about learning throughout his life, ensuring his three daughters received good educations.
He was 23 when the war broke out and throughout it, he compiled a series of notebooks recording the coverage of the war, gathered from newspapers, verbal reports and rumours. There are four notebooks described as Contemporary notes on the war, giving the chief points in the daily news and falsehoods and Current rumours etc concerning the war. As a discerning observer, his comments provide an interesting perspective on the reporting of the war.
Four note books containing hand-written notes and cuttings from newspapers, concerning all aspects of the war on all fronts. Total 230 pages, also available as one single pdf.
The first of four notebooks containing hand-written notes and cuttings from newspapers, compiled by George Joseph Lockwood during the war.
'Contemporary notes on the war' by a discerning observer
War reporting, covering all fronts and aspects of the conflict
The war notebooks compiled by my father, George Lockwood
Four paper-bound notebooks containing 226 pages of comment on the progress and reporting of the war with newspaper cuttings and personal observations.
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Barbara Forrai
DATE
1914-07-29 - 1919-01-11
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eng
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Europeana 1914-1918
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See Expired Leases Nos. 978-9 for lease to John Mercer of premises at Strand, behind Lazars Hill, 18 July 1712. Barkey is probably Anthony Barkey, a Dublin merchant who flourished in the early 18th century.