A visit to Estaires

We were so pleased to visit Estaires, France in March to talk to Pascale Algoet, the deputy mayor, and Regine Henneon of the town’s historical society. As part of our work on the centenary of World War One, we’re working with Camborne Youth Band on an extraordinary trip planned for later in the year to […]

Making contact with Estaires

Estaires, France, has featured frequently in Heart of Conflict, our project on Cornwall in World War One. Many men from Dolcoath Mine St John’s Ambulance Brigade were stationed there, as part of the 25th Field Ambulance (Royal Army Medical Corps). Some of the descendants of these men have letters, photographs and artefacts from this time […]