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    New Trivia

    ...an easy one for now... what are these guys doing?...
    Post by: Hill 40, Mar 1, 2009 in forum: Barracks
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    New Trivia

    It's an air raid siren.
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 27, 2009 in forum: Barracks
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    Royal Marine Light Infantry headstone emblem

    Ok...maybe my definition of "tomorrow" was a little open ended!!!! (couldn't find the damn thing - it's one of something like 400 CWGC headstones in...
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 27, 2009 in forum: World War 1
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    Royal Marine Light Infantry headstone emblem

    (I walk past his grave every day, so, if you need a higher res shot of the emblem, just say and I'll get one tomorrow)
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 21, 2009 in forum: World War 1
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    Royal Marine Light Infantry headstone emblem

    ...will this do?...
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 21, 2009 in forum: World War 1
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    RND in France

    Quite astounded at the amount of coverage this division gets on the web!!!:eek: (got fed-up after page 1 of Google!!!)...
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 17, 2009 in forum: World War 1
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    RND in France

    Confused me now, Annie!:D What exactly is it you don't understand - why they died or why there was a Royal Naval Division (the 63rd Div) that...
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 17, 2009 in forum: World War 1
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    William Henry Robins, 14th Welsh Fusiliers

    Definately was. The 3rd December was the date that the 13th, 14th, 15th 16th and 17th battalions set sail for France. They were (and the above...
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 17, 2009 in forum: Looking for someone
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    Medal Card

    Yes, he'd have qualified, but, as an (equivalent of an) officer rank,he'd have had to apply for them. No application = no MIC.
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 13, 2009 in forum: Looking for someone
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    Cwgc

    I can see what's happened there - they're the same man, but the "A" has been mistakenly written as "R" (similar, I suppose)on his MIC for the 1914...
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 12, 2009 in forum: Looking for someone
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    Use of the Sword in WW1

    On a serious note, one of the British tanks of 1939/40 (possibly the Matilda?) had a set of hooks built into them inside...to hang the crewmens...
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 11, 2009 in forum: World War 1
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    Use of the Sword in WW1

    Of course they were used in WW1 !!!! ...:D
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 11, 2009 in forum: World War 1
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    Grenadier Guards

    ...and the attached appendix which gives fuller detail...
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 11, 2009 in forum: World War 1
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    Grenadier Guards

    Here's the diary...
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 11, 2009 in forum: World War 1
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    Cwgc

    Annie - the Manchesters didn't have a 17th battalion prior to the end of August 1914.
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 11, 2009 in forum: Looking for someone
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    Cwgc

    Is that number a pre-war number (therefore indicative of a 1903 enlistment in the 1st or 2nd manchesters) or a WW1 number for the 17th Battalion...
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 11, 2009 in forum: Looking for someone
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    Cwgc

    Nearest I can see on the QSA rolls is an Alfred F Summersby who was a private in the RAMC (3 other Summersby's that I can see also, but none of the...
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 11, 2009 in forum: Looking for someone
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    Grenadier Guards

    I've got their divisional history plus the complete diaries of their 4 line battalions. Any good to you?:p
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 11, 2009 in forum: World War 1
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    The Battle of Belleau Wood in Retrospect

    Yes... "it's maginificent, but it's not war...it's madness"
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 8, 2009 in forum: World War 1
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    The Battle of Belleau Wood in Retrospect

    It does indeed!:D It certainly appears a popular choice of words by witnesses of battles throughout the time afterwards (also quoted at Sedan 1870...
    Post by: Hill 40, Feb 8, 2009 in forum: World War 1
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