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Work Experience in the Archives
This week's blog post has been guest-written by work experience student, Natasha Wilkinson. Hello! My name is Natasha Wilkinson, I am 16...
Work Experience Placement
Jul 3, 20173 min read


Beaumont College and the First World War
Next month alumni of Beaumont College will travel to the battlefield of Verdun to commemorate the Beaumont Old Boys who fought and died...
Sally Kent
Apr 24, 20173 min read


Jesuit Brothers
From a family of 10 children, five brothers became Jesuits at the turn of the last century. In order of age they were Louis (1877-1969),...
Rebecca Somerset
Aug 16, 20163 min read


First World War Army Chaplain's Letters
To commemorate 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme on the 1st July 1916, we remember a Jesuit Chaplain, Fr Denis Doyle...
Will Mann
Jul 6, 20164 min read


Two 1916 Chaplains
Last week marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Verdun, which was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916....
Rebecca Somerset
Feb 29, 20162 min read


Jesuits at Gallipoli
The Gallipoli Campaign, occurred in what was then the Ottoman Empire but is now Turkey, between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916. The...
Rebecca Somerset
Jan 8, 20166 min read


Christmas with Fr Leslie Walker SJ
The personal papers of Fr Leslie Ignatius Walker contain some of the Archives’ most treasured items, particularly his sketch books. Among...
Mary Allen
Dec 21, 20153 min read


First World War Artefact
We have discovered the following artefact in the archives. It is a crucifix with an enclosed note inside a wooden frame with a plaque....
Rebecca Somerset
Oct 26, 20153 min read
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