I came across some Australian memorials that were single personal memorials ... I wonder how many people really look at them ... and I wonder about...
In 'America's Women' Gail Collins writes 'World War I began in Europe in 1914, and long before America entered the fray in 1917, American women...
In 1917, the Russian army created an all-woman battalion, which comprised 250 women, some as young as seventeen. According to Swiss observers, the...
Amazing stories here ...... brave women ! "My Death for the Motherland Is Happiness": Women, Patriotism, and Soldiering in Russia's Great War,...
Some interesting ones here ! http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-memorials/nz-memorials.htm
... what do you think ? Now heres an interesting man ... how much is fact and how much is fiction we'll probably never know .... but what a life...
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I came across this today - it's weird the way memorials are found in unexpected places !.... have you guys seen this before ? 16/05/1940: ? 1 Plane...
In Memory of Lieut-Commander FREDERICK SEPTIMUS KELLY D S C Hood Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve who died age 35 on 13 November...
In Memory of Serjeant FRANK KERMAN M M 8066, 7th Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) who died on 07 August 1918 Husband of Alice Emily Kerman, of...
I know those were different times ... and I know all the arguments "for and against " .... but this still seems so wrong to me ! Grave in Le...
Chaplains died too I'm afraid ! In Memory of Chaplain 2nd Class The Rev. DONALD FRASER D S O Army Chaplains' Department who died age 42 on 02 June...
George Kay was born in Manchester on 21st September 1891. A centre-half he played for Eccles before signing for Bolton Wanderers in 1910. Kenny...
Great Britain declared war on Germany on 4th August, 1914. Cricket and rugby competitions stopped almost immediately after the outbreak of the First...
Charles (Charlie) Buchan was born in Plumstead on 22nd September 1891. His father, who originally came from Aberdeen, was a sergeant in the Highland...
Look what I found out about today ..... over 1900 Dublin Fusiliers Service Records on Ancestry !!!! :D...
Of course this is WW1 ... but the Kiwis are catching up with the Aussies !! :bounce: Archway New Zealand is now showing ( actually they have been...
Archway New Zealand is now showing ( actually they have been for a while .... but they are uploading them pretty quickly !! ) against soldier's name...
Sometimes we read things that seem hard to believe ... a tragic occurrence ! In Memory of Company Serjeant Major T McCAIN 28347, 50th Field...
Andrew Kennedy (1912 - 1988) - Find A Grave Memorial And Polish Countess Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville Foreign News: The Countess -...
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