Blues Register STOOP, Adrian Dura Born 1883. Educated at Dover College, Rugby and University College, Oxford. Played in Oxford Fifteen 1902, 1903...
Gareth, Need your e-mail address to send the pictures of the Cambridge XV off to you. Andy
Wade, from the Dulwich Roll of Honour. Andy
Hi Gareth, His Memorial stone in Talana Farm. There are 44 1st RB men buried in Talana Farm, 33 from the action of 6/7/15, the others are from...
These old pictures are a bit iffy sometimes with resizing. Blair is the top row on the far left. Andy
Gareth, He was killed in an attack on International Trench, the war diary accounts are quite long and extensive if you would like them. I have...
Little snippet from today, I was looking at Tryon's papers and the file I have on him as an 8th RB Officer:D and had forgotten that I had this. The...
This case of the innovation of infantry weapons is part of a larger subject. For more than half a century writers have searched for reasons why...
In July 1911, although the trials of the .276-inch rifle continued, it was decided to provide the current Lee Enfield with new ammunition and new...
McMahon was referring to the shortcomings of the British rifle which had been overtaken by the more powerful propellant and pointed, instead of...
The Staff Officers whom McMahon addressed in 1910 saw him as a representative of a school of thought with many adherents, which was, nevertheless,...
McMahon's proposal would have helped to solve the problem, often discussed at conferences, and in articles, of how to measure and maintain fire...
McMahon reported that marksmen, necessarily a minority in a battalion, were relatively less important in a fire-fight than the majority of average...
Significantly, the light weapon has been mentioned seldom in literature about the pre-war machine gun, because it was not in service, perhaps, and...
"The ststem" like "Tradition" is a convenient crutch for those who can find no other explanation for what they may consider to be obtuse behaviour....
An article that appeared in Military Affairs, Vol. 46, Pages 190-193 (1982) and assessed by JSTOR in 2008. by Dominick Graham, University of New...
Just got back from a trip to the Somme to look over a certain aspect of the Battle and popped into Longuenese (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery to pay my...
Hi Annie, Yes you would :p. Have to agree with you regarding some of these cemeteries though, one that always strikes me is Poelcapelle British...
Hmmmmmmmm, Are you tempting me Annie, this Rifleman appeared on another forum a little while ago as remembered. He was the sole casualty killed in...
Another good source for the Canadians during Amiens is "The Story of the Fourth Army in the Battles of the Hundred Days, August 8th to November 11th,...
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