Nottingham in the war: How a top student became a top soldier
October 22, 2018
In October 1917 during WWI, John Arthur Meads, a 24-year-old postgraduate student at the University College, later to become the University of Nottingham, died in battle. It is hard to believe looking back that such a young and promising student’s life could be cut so tragically short. As part of our series commemorating a centenary …
Nottingham in the war: The Wesselhoefts – a family of German descent fighting for Great Britain
As part of our series looking back at WWI, we look back at some of the students who studied at University College, later to become the University of Nottingham. Here, we look at two young cousins who had strong German connections and distinctive German names, and who both lost their lives almost exactly a year …
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