An interesting site recording German and Austrian War Memorials http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/en.htm Have a look at the name 10 up from the...
Good Evening Michel I hope you are feeling better after the flu and it's nice to see you back. :) Glen
Annie, I've just read that again but now with a little bit more knowledge of the events and this paragraph stuck out The seriousness of the...
Hi Poll I found quite a few war diaries but nearly all of them made no mention of heavy action between the 9th and 13th April. I've been reading...
Hi Annie The Alpenkorps were certainly involved! It was the VI Army which attacked the area we are interested in and a brief summary of it's...
Re: Private Edward James Hope - No: 4188 - 54th Battalion, Australian Infantry Forces Yes...but it's 50 pages long. Go to...
Re: Private Edward James Hope - No: 4188 - 54th Battalion, Australian Infantry Forces Have you got his service record from NAA?
Scrim I was one of the unfamiliar so thanks for that. And I'd always thought I was called that as a nickname because my name started with 'G'
Re: Private Edward James Hope - No: 4188 - 54th Battalion, Australian Infantry Forces Annie He is listed on the Fromelles database (but not...
And a cut lunch as well as a cut dinner :p I'll be going tomorrow. Thanks to your work, I've got tha catalogue references so I'll hopefully find...
William Willett actually died in 1915 and so didn't live to see his idea happen. :( In the 1920's, Churchill, who was also a big advocate of...
Poll Thank You so much for your work.I now know what diaries to look for at Kew. :) I'll be looking for the 12th Lancers and the Suffolk...
I've found a service record of an English emigrant to Australia who signed up in 1914 but his service record states "Discharged at his wife's...
I found a few other things while playing around on the National Archives website. I just kept putting in names like Bassee, Flerbaix, Lys etc...
Yes Poll, it's nice to see you back on your feet again. :) I've also not been around much myself.While I've been waiting on phone calls and emails...
The Division was back at Lys in October 1918....... 1.-30.4.1918: 1.Bay.Res.Div.: Stellungskämpfe in Flandern und Artois. 9.-18.4.1918:...
This is why I asked about La Basseee and Festubert in case he was washed downstream from another part of the front but I think you have confirmed he...
And that's assuming he was in the 1tst Bavarian reserves although that does seem very likely. Where do we start? I've never done any research on...
The history of the 1st Bavarian Reserve Division 1914 - 1918 1914. Lorraine. 1. The Bavarian Reserve Division (].st Bavarian Reserve Corps, with...
It just goes to show how people have always lied about their age.....even if they didn't have Jane Fonda telling them they're worth it :D:D:D:D
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