John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973 was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as...
What happened to a WWII POW who sketched portraits at the German Camp Stalag 17? Preview: Stalag 17 Portrait | History Detectives | PBS Video
I watched a program on TV last night about Fugos on History Detectives !! :) Japanese Fugo Bombing Balloons Fugos History Detectives ....
Victor Utgoff (1889-1930), while not a recognised air ace, was nevertheless the recipient of many decorations in his Russian homeland. Born on 14...
In Memory of Private EDWARD JOHN POOLE 245814, 1st/2nd Bn., London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) who died age 18 on 13 October 1918 Son of...
This was a fascinating insight into a subject I knew very little about ! ..... I'm glad it's available on line ! The Story of a Hospital Unit on...
Britain was swept with spy mania in the opening stages of the conflict. Novelists such as William Le Queux, who wrote German Spies In England,...
On the day before his execution at the Tower of London on 6 November 1914 as a German spy following his earlier conviction - the first German to be...
In Rene Viviani's pre-war government, formed in June 1914, Jean Augagneur (1855-1931) - a moderate socialist - was handed the education portfolio,...
Admiral Gustav Bachmann (1860-1943) was, as Chief of the Admiralty Staff from February-September 1915, firmly convinced of the necessity of a...
Arthur Edward Aitken (1861-1924) was the British commander who led the first notable incursion of the war into German East Africa, albeit...
Joseph Veltjens (1894-1943) scored 35 victories as a leading German air ace of the First World War. Born in Geldern on 2 June 1894 Veltjens was...
Jean Paul Elzeard Ambrogi (1895-1971) was a leading French air ace during the First World War, carving out a particular reputation as a 'balloon...
According to the Peerage .. he married a second time in 1981 ! thePeerage.com - Person Page 8508
I just realised we had a thread about him ..... :rolleyes: http://ww1talk.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=873&highlight=watt
There are some photos of him .... but you'll have to have to see if somebody can photocopy them for you somehow ! CARDIFF YESTERDAY NB. This is...
http://www.rugbyrelics.com/barbarians-rugby.htm Crawshays Welsh RFC is an invitational rugby union team.
He's on this photo ... but I've been squinting to see the names and I can't see him ... can you ?? :confused:
Heres a picture .....
The sad story of how a Dunkirk veteran lost the final fight of his life reached us today from the pages of one of our sister newspapers, the Hull...
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