The Copy Book

There are five posts in The Copy Book assigned to 1917. To see all our posts in chronological order, go to the Tale of Years.

1916 1917 1918

The Making of Tommy Atkins

By Major-General Sir George John Younghusband

In all his years of soldiering at home and abroad, Major-General George Younghusband had never heard British soldiers talk like those in Kipling’s tales.

Till We Meet Again

By Lili Dehn

When Lili Dehn was bundled out of the Alexander Palace in the Spring of 1917, Empress Alix reassured her that they would meet again.

Germany’s Secret Weapon

By Winston Spencer Churchill

As a last, desperate throw of the dice in the Great War, the Germans detonated an unusual kind of weapon in St Petersburg.

British Mandatory Palestine

By The Colonial Office

After the Great War, the British Government did keep one of her many wartime promises to her allies.

Typical Cat!

By P. G. Wodehouse

When a cat comes into your life, resistance is futile.

Clay Lane