War stories
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Exceptional brutality and stupidity
Lawyers did not emerge well from the 1915 trial of nurse Edith Cavell.
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War stories: 'a most interesting time' - at Gallipoli
Solicitor RCW 'Clive' Burn, admitted in 1912, left a graphic account of the discomforts and dangers.
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From articles to machine guns: a solicitor's Great War
Geoffrey (later Sir Geoffrey) Stuart King (1894-1981), was a distinguished solicitor and civil servant. But his time an articled clerk was interrupted by war. Many years later, he told the story.
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A charming boy with pink cheeks and blue eyes
Court-martial duty was a terrible responsibility for solicitor officers
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Law's own war poet
Among the solicitors who served in the Great War was one who made a name as a poet.
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Stanley Beresford Collett
A solicitor who served with the RFC and RAF in world war one gave his life as a part-time reservist
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Lloyd George’s secretary knew my father
No commemoration of 1914 can overlook the most influential solicitor of all time.
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Shot at dawn: time to look at the truth
To learn more about solicitors’ role in capital courts martial of the first world war, we need to discard some myths.