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A free site for researching the British Army and its soldiers in the First World War. Learn about the army's history, organisation, battles, and battlefields.
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A comprehensive guide to the British Army and its allies in World War I, with details of regiments, corps, divisions, command and units. Learn about the history, order of battle and definitions of the army in the Great War.
Learn about the units of the British Army in the First World War, from cavalry to medical corps. The Long, Long Trail is a comprehensive online resource for military history enthusiasts.
A song by Zo Elliott and Stoddart King about longing for a loved one. The lyrics describe a long, long trail of dreams and memories, and a long, long night of waiting.
- Wartime Accounts
- The Song Comes to The United States
- Post-War
- Awards and Recognition
One remarkable account from the Times of London concerns the transport vessel Tyndareus,which struck a mine and began sinking in February 1917, off Cape Agulhas, South Africa. A battalion of the Middlesex Regiment was on board and was called to assembly after the accident. They stood in formation and remained in order, even as the propeller rose ou...
Americans learned “There’s a Long, Long Trail,” too, as it was published in the U.S. by Witmarkand Sons in 1914, but it didn’t become widely popular here until 1917. The American publisher changed the song, reharmonizingthe verse from minor to major, and transforming it into a ballad rather than a marching song. Several early examples of the Americ...
The song has lived on through the decades following the war. It has appeared in film soundtracks from 1929’s The Unholy Night to 2008’s Leatherheads, frequently uncredited. It got another lease on life during the Second World War, in For Me and My Gal with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in 1942 and in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo from 1944. Younger audie...
Yale awarded the Francis Joseph Vernon Prize for Poetry to Elliott and King in 1918, the first time ever to a popular song. The award went to “a work by Yale men that best represents the spirit and ideals of Yale." But Elliott also recalled other recognitions that meant a lot: the band playing “Long, Long Trail” and other songs as British troops ma...
"There's a Long, Long Trail" is a popular song of World War I. The lyrics were by Stoddard King (1889–1933) and the music by Alonzo "Zo" Elliott , both seniors at Yale . [1] It was published in London in 1914, but a December 1913 copyright (which, like all American works made before 1923, has since expired) for the music is claimed ...
Nov 11, 2014 · Listen to the 1961 radio programme by Charles Chilton that used the songs of the trenches and homefront to depict the Great War. The British Library blog also explores the impact and legacy of this influential and controversial work.
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