Alick Horsnell Street

I've nominated Alick Horsnell to have a street named after him in the new Beaulieu Park development in Chelmsford.

From humble origins in South Primrose Hill, Alick was a gifted young architect who studied at the Chelmsford School of Arts and Sciences and trained under Frederick Chancellor. As a RIBA-prize winning architect he was widely seen as a rising stars of his generation. He joined up at the outbreak of the Great War and, as a 33 year old second lieutenant in the 7th Royal Suffolk Regiment, he was tragically killed on 3rd July 1916.

Email the campaign at snn@chelmsford.gov.uk to support my nomination!

Final draft, part 2

That's it - final manuscript revisions completed and sent off. Now we wait for the proofs...

Final draft

Just received the editor's mark up of the manuscript. I do wish I had paid attention to the Pen & Sword style guide!

Other than that, it's full steam ahead...

In Flanders Fields

Exploring my Great War interests outside Chelmsford, my article on the Essex Farm advanced dressing station outside Ypres has just been published in the Wellcome History journal In Flanders Fields (page 9)