Further Reading and Additional Material from Sarah Whittingham

Sarah Whittingham suggests the following additional reading for her three essays in Bristol and the First World War and has provided additional images not included in the book.

'A Splendid Record of War Work': The University of Bristol

Bristol and the War (Bristol: The Colston Publishing Co), copies 1914–17 in Bristol Central Reference Library

Carleton, Don, A University for Bristol: An Informal History in Text and Pictures (Bristol: University of Bristol Press, 1984)

Wells, Charles, and George F Stone, Bristol and the Great War 1914–1919 (Bristol: J W Arrowsmith, 1920)

Whittingham, Sarah, The University of Bristol: A History (Bristol: University of Bristol, 2009)

In the University of Bristol Library, Special Collections:

Colston Research Society Scrapbook Volume 6, 12 February 1914–19 May 1920

The Nonesuch, Bristol University students’ magazine 1914–19

University of Bristol Calendar

The First World War memorial in the Wills Memorial Building lists the names of 173 members of the University who lost their lives. Paid for by voluntary contributions, it was carved by H H Martyn & Co, in Hopton Wood Stone, and was originally placed outside the entrance to the Library in February 1924. It was unveiled on 4 July that year by Field Marshal Lord Methuen, assisted by the Reverend Dr de Lacy O’Leary, formerly Chaplain to the Bristol University Officers’ Training Corps.

Bristol's Stone of Memories

King, Alex, Memorials of the Great War in Britain: The Symbolism and Politics of Remembrance (Oxford: Berg, 1998)

Wells, Charles, and George F Stone, Bristol and the Great War 1914–1919 (Bristol: J W Arrowsmith, 1920)

Whittingham, Sarah, Remembering and Forgetting: Three Sisters and the Great War, a biography of Eveline Blacker (forthcoming)

Whittingham, Sarah, Sir George Oatley: Architect of Bristol (Bristol: Redcliffe Press, 2011)

The following photographs are all by Sarah Whittingham.

More Than the Wills Memorial Building

Patch, Harry, with Richard van Emden, The Last fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Trenches (London: Bloomsbury, 2008)

Whittingham, Sarah, University of Bristol Buildings Series: No 1 Wills Memorial Building (Bristol: University of Bristol, 2003)

Whittingham, Sarah, The University of Bristol: A History (Bristol: University of Bristol, 2009)

 Whittingham, Sarah, Sir George Oatley: Architect of Bristol (Bristol: Redcliffe Press, 2011)

 The oration given for Harry Patch during the presentation of his honorary degree by the University of Bristol on 16 December 2005 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/pace/graduation/honorary-degrees/hondeg05/patch.html

Film of Earl Haig visiting Bristol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATTufquShoI