Guy Nightingale features in a DVD I have of an Australian programme on Gallipoli. V Beach was a scene of absolute carnage; the sea was stained...
Thanks for these photos Sgt; I was there with my family in 2004 and remember it well. Further up the beach is an obelisk which is a memorial to...
This was 1916... so the Americans were definitely supplying munitions before they entered the war. Was it definitely going to the Allies, or was...
Looks like the Telegraph was a bit slow compared with the BBC! She looks very lively for 94; its good that they had a long time together.
I'm not an expert on uniforms but it does look like other photos I've seen of them.
Sailor's Prisoner of War letters discovered in cornflakes packet - Telegraph A set of wartime letters written from behind the wire by a captured...
One of the captions to these photos said that the Canadian ones smelt different - because of different glue, rubber etc.! I got as far as photo...
That's right. As far as he knew, Churchill's order was never officially rescinded!
At a guess, I would say that the two almost in the centre holding what look like Field Marshal's batons, are Haig on the left of picture, and French,...
It still sounds a lot. What time-frame is he talkiing about - the entire July-November period? And does it include losses from all causes or air...
Zanzibar surrendered after a half-hour bombardment by a British gunboat in 1886. Apart from that I can't think of any country that has...
Churchill ordered that this RAF Air Commodore should be killed. In the event, this did not happen. What was his name and why was the order given?
Don't worry, thinking of questions is sometimes harder than answering them. Tanks aren't my strong point, but this looks like a late-war tank,...
Some more thoughts about what and why I post: It is a question of do I have anything to say, and how much time I have. I look at a lot of the...
Here are our two pets: Pepper [the dark tortoiseshell] is now eighteen; we've had her since she was two, so longer than we've had our children....
Thanks Dave, a very interesting compilation. The first shots are of Bristol F2B Fighters. The next ones are of Martinsyde "Elephants"'; judging...
Air Marshal Sir Michael Giddings KCB OBE DFC AFC* Air Marshal Sir Michael Giddings - Telegraph Air Marshal Sir Michael Giddings, who has died...
Kawasaki Ki-61 "Tony"
There is a huge and on-going debate about whether historic aircraft should be flown. Some say they should not, as if they crash then history and a...
Given my own interests, I look for aviation related posts first, also anything relating to the naval war, and anything tagged with a name that I...
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