I found this .... mens fashion !! :) All WW1 aviators wore breeches/jodphurs with either low boots/high puttees/high leather gaiters, or high...
USS Mongolia In 1917 she became an armoured troopship for the US Navy. When the United States entered WW I on April 6, 1917 there were 403 Army...
Several hundred American women lost their lives in WWI Army Nurse Edith Ayers, Attica, Ohio. Killed May 20 1917 in an accident aboard the USS...
Heres a bit of trivia to go with the SS Columbia Cally !! :)
I saw that on the news earlier David !! Air Force Official On MIA Mission To Vietnam - cbs4denver.com I hope they find many of them ! Annie
Royal Defence Corps The Royal Defence Corps was formed in August 1917 from the Home Service Garrison Battalions of 18 Regiments. It was made up...
Hi Glen ! I found this on the Archives ... if you have A* it's probably on there ! check it out and see if there might be some clues ! Medal...
He was only 23 !! http://www.battlefieldtours.nu/HurtgenForestMemorial.htm
I found this ..... the crew of the Zeppelins were buried in England :(...
The Queen Mary , with 15,000 United States troops onboard, was close to the coast of Ireland, and zigzagging to deter both U-Boats and German...
Reminiscences of Bob Booker, the son of a CWGC Gardener My father was a war graves gardener based at Dernancourt during the late fifties and the...
I know this is WW2 but I thought that this memorial was very evocative ...... what a man this Lieutenant must have been .... I wonder what happened...
5 November 1882 - 6 December 1917 In Memory of Private PERCY CHARLES RICHARDS M M 2425, 39th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F. who died age...
France's highest court has recognised the state's "responsibility" for the deportation of Jews in World War II. The Council of State said the state...
Heres one I've never seen before ! Rurberg-Simmerath Cemetery, German
And this ? Fredericia Cemetery, Denmark
Do you have these Geoff ? Avant-les-Marcilly Churchyard, Aube, France Annie
I used to pass by here all the time and I never noticed this ..... :( ..... I wish had been more observant when I had the chance to take photos...
This is worrying ... don't you think ?? ! A Royal Navy nuclear submarine was involved in a collision with a French nuclear sub in the middle of...
Hi Aeronut and welcome - good to have you here ! We'd love hear all your stories and experiences .... and also help you find your Granddads !! :)...
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