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Talbot House Poperinghe was opened in November 1915 as a 'Soldiers Club' - a haven from hell - by two Chaplains of the 6th Division, Philip 'Tubby' Clayton and Neville Talbot. The house was dedicated to the memory of Gilbert Talbot, Neville's brother, who had been killed in in the afternoon counter-attack (set up to re-take the positions lost in the early morning Liquid Fire attack of the same day) at Hooge on 30 July 1915. For the following t...

The Belgian town of Poperinghe (the supposed origin of the term "poplin") was just far enough behind the British lines at Ypres to serve as a major rest area for the Western Front. Numerous enterprises catered to the soldier's every need, and the town could provide everything from spare insignia and uniforms to the fanciest meals to be had on the front.Talbot House was founded to serve the soldier's spiritual needs, while more dubious establis...