Soldiers in the trenches of the Western Front made their own primitive listening devices out of empty tin cans filled with water to try to listen for...
At the beginning of WW1 each infantry battalion was equipped two Maxim Machine Guns served by of an officer and twelve other ranks. This was...
The British military involvement of 1918-1920 in several parts of European Russia were the outcome of the Russian Revolution of Nov 1917, and were...
In Memory of Brigadier General PAUL ALOYSIUS KENNA V C, D S O Cdg. 3rd Mounted Brigade, General Staff and A.D.C., 21st (Empress of India's)...
Count Istvan Tisza de Boros-Jeno (1861-1918) served as Hungarian Prime Minister from the war's inception until his ousting in May 1917 with the...
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand provided the Austro-Hungarian government with a ready made excuse to launch what it believed would prove a...
The July Crisis was the immediate cause of the First World War ! By 1914, a decade of reckless diplomacy and recurrent crises had taken its toll...
The so-called "July Crisis" actually spans the period from the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, on...
Julius Arigi (1895-1981) was Austria-Hungary's second highest scoring air ace of the First World War (and its most highly decorated), with his 32...
Karl Allmenroder (1896-1917) achieved 30 victories as an air ace with the German Air Service during the First World War. Born in Wald, near...
Vasil Radoslavov (1854-1929), the Bulgarian politician, was for five years a close aide of Tsar Ferdinand I and served as Bulgarian Prime Minister...
Ante Trumbic (1864-1938), the Croatian nationalist leader, was born in Austro-Hungarian Dalmatia on 17 May 1864. He attended school in Split and...
Boris Vladimirovich Sturmer (1848-1917), a favourite of the Tsarina Alexandra, served as Russian Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior and...
Sultan Mehmed VI (1861-1926) served as the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1918 until his overthrow in 1922. Born on 14 January 1861 Mehmed...
Sultan Mehmed V (1844-1918) served as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 until his death in 1918. Born on 2 November 1844 in Constantinople,...
For some reason ... I love this picture !! :)
I've been looking for a picture of his grave .... haven't found one yet !!
http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/a-giant-from-sports-field-to--battlefield-498244.html
WW1 Prisoners of War Interviews transcripts Narrative of Capture and Imprisonment By Captain Henderson, London Scottish., 31st October 1914 – 31st...
WW1 Prisoners of War Interviews transcripts Statement of Lieutenant Dobson, R.N.V.R., “Collingwood” Battalion, Royal Naval Division, relating to...
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