Now heres a subject we don't talk about too much .... but I came across this and thought it maybe of interest !! As it's a subject I know nothing...
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (20 March 1870 - 9 March 1964) was a German general, the commander of the German East Africa campaign in World War...
Thank you Richard ! .... I'm hoping that if we have plenty to look at .... we can start the dialogue !! I must say ... I've been learning a lot too...
Belgium Database Belgian Military War Dead, established by In Flanders Fields Museum (updated by Danny Wilssens, Nieuwpoort)...
I love this part .... He was at the ceremony with his wife !! Wonderful story ! Annie
I got all excited ... then realised this is the wrong battalion !!!!!!!! :p Royal Bavarian 5th Infantry http://www.kb5ir.de/E_WW1.htm ( May as...
We're talking superstitions here ... not Army regs !!!!!!!!!! :D
Britain first adopted William Willett's Daylight Saving Time scheme in 1916 - a few weeks after Germany. For years, the British Government had...
It might have been made in 1890 Scrim .... but it was used in WW1 !! :)
When loading a wounded soldier ..... always load him with his feet facing the lorry /train
Oh alright then ( though I had it on good authority it was WW1 ...... :rolleyes: ) ...... here's a German one !!...
How exciting ... I bet you were thrilled !!!! Sorry you didn't get there though !!
I was amazed at the numbers ...... looks to me like the Americans did quite a bit during the war ! ( in spite of what some might say !! ) Annie
Hi Geoff ! Heres something ... a Marconi !! ;) ... my Dad would have loved that stuff !! :D...
RAF Squadron 53 I found this looking for something else ...... hope it helps somebody ! http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/squadron53a.html Annie :)
Thank you Gareth ! so our boy died of scarlet fever - we didn't know that ! .... So it's not the same young man then is it ? ... just a...
Oh my ! ..... thank you for that Hugh ! Beggars belief doesn't it ... that he was to survive that and then die so close to home ?? :(
I'm so happy you read my posts Gareth !!!!!!!!!!!!! :D The answer is ........... that they were issued to pilots in the German Airforce - French...
By popular request ... I've changed the "S" to a "C" !!!!! :D I try so hard to spell the British way .... but sometimes I confuse meself !!!!!!...
............. She who must be obeyed ?? :rolleyes:
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