by David Arrowsmith | Mar 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Hedley has given this, or similar, talks on this story many times previously but this was his first by Zoom. About 500 members of the Western Front Association joined this event. Hedley gave a concise summary of the story and concentrated principally on a few main...
by David Arrowsmith | Feb 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
On Monday 22nd February 2021 at 20.00, Hedley Malloch*, Chair of the Iron Memorial Fund, will be giving a talk on the story of the Iron 12 to the Western Front Association via a webinar. Join Hedley and hear first hand the fascinating story of the eleven British...
by David Arrowsmith | Oct 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Alison is the Great Niece of Lance Corporal James Moffatt, 2 RMF, one of the Iron 12 soldiers. Like many of us, she was among the first of the soldiers descendants to discover the truth of what happened to the Iron 12. Both her Grandfather William and her Great Uncle...
by David Arrowsmith | Oct 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Back in 2011 we were scratching our heads about how we were going to be able to raise the finance for memorials, plaques, headstones, etc. We had created a charity but no funds were available to us, so we set about fundraising. We needed a major fundraising event and...
by HWD Admin | Jun 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hedley Interviewed on Radio about his Book As part of the Talking History show on the Newstalk radio programme, Hedley discussed his WW1 book ‘The Killing of the Iron Twelve’ with Professor Patrick Geoghegan of Trinity College, Dublin. You can hear a...
by David Arrowsmith | Nov 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
As part of the build-up to Remembrance Day, November 11th 2019, UK television company, ITV Meridian aired a 2-part regional news programme about Fred Innocent and his involvement in the World War One. Fred was a local boy from Nottingham when he joined the Irish...