This site is dedicated to the memory of its author
Karl W Murray
(1935 - 2004)
The site has been left exactly as it was in 2004 when Karl died. Had Karl lived it would no doubt have been added to and become an even better source of well informed material on what is and what will probably always be one of the cruellest and most costly of all human conflicts. While it is hoped that those who visit this site will be moved and enriched by the clarity of the subjects covered and the sad reality of the events described, it is now regarded as a completed work by everyone who was fortunate enough to have known Karl. It is of course intended as a lasting tribute to a husband, father and much loved friend but above all else and as Karl would have wished, his personal tribute to all those who fought and suffered in World War 1.
The Great War ended in 1918. For many years afterwards its causes, and the conduct of all the participants were minutely picked-over, investigated and analysed. Subsequently, numerous books were written on all the War's aspects. Those soldiers who had fought in the trenches returned home and tried to resume normal lives - often by no means easy, especially for those who had been wounded, not only physically but also mentally by the horrors which they had experienced.
However, although the momentous events of World War Two and the passage of time gradually dimmed people's memories, there were many who still remembered the events of those awful years. Gradually during the past fifteen years or so there has been, I believe, a re-awakening of interest in the Great War and I should like to use this WWW page to help encourage that trend.
I believe that there is still a large amount of unpublished material in existence about the Great War. My intention is to add suitable and appropriate articles sent to me by interested readers to this page.
To start things off I have attached a number of my own files which, I hope, some will find useful and interesting.
These are:
The Great War - an abbreviated account
A Chronological table of the Great War's main events
Story of the 36th (Ulster) Division in the Great War
The 36th (Ulster) Division and the Battle of the Somme
Alex R. Murray - "Killed in Action"
List of Belligerent States - by Nick Luft and Jon Casey
Western Front Museums & Commemorative sites
Click here for Western Front Data on:
In December, 1996 this site was voted by The American War Library as
"1996 BEST VETERAN/MILITARY WORLD WIDE WEBSITE"
Reproduced and published by kind permission of Mrs Karl Murray and the family circle who own the copyright on all of the original material contained on the site.