“The Old Barbed Wire” is intended to capture news and views about the First World War: not a newspaper, but a viewspaper. It will be interactive, so that you can comment on articles, add details of your own family’s part in the war and help keep us all up to date on what is happening in the world of family and military research and battlefield touring.
Please note that while the site is being developed, all comments made will be deleted.
Chris Baker is the owner and editor of the Old Barbed Wire. A former Chairman of the Western Front Association, he is a full-time military researcher, historian and tour guide. His first book "The Battle for Flanders: German defeat on the Lys, 1918" is published later this year. Chris, who is also author of The Long, Long Trail website and founder of the Great War Forum, lives in Warwickshire in England. 