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...
Few stories have captured children’s imaginations as much as those written by Arthur Ransome who died on 3 June 1967 aged 83. Mr Ransome’s...
Son of Field Marshal Douglas Haig who was a POW and successful artist The only son of Field Marshal Douglas Haig died at the age of 91 on 9 July,...
"Cavell was not a particularly well-known figure outside the field of nursing prior to the Great War" This allowed for the creation of two different...
I thought this was poignant ! Not the most interesting picture but a great story In September 1942 a Handley Page Hampden (P1344) was shot down...
Short History of the London Rifle Brigade NOTE Pending the full pre-war history, which is to be written by better hands, the very sketchy...
Lance-Corporal Albert Gregory Unit : 195th Airlanding Field Ambulance, attached to No.14 Platoon, "B" Company, 2nd Oxfordshire and...
....... who played both League and Union 1895-1914. Played for his home-country during the 1897 NZ All-Blacks Rugby-Union tour of Australia but later...
........... who played in the 1910 British Tour of South Africa and played in nine Tests for his native Ireland, the last in 1914. In 1950-51, he was...
........ who played internationally in both League and Union 1902-1906. In 1905, Jones (six-foot-tall and weighing 16-stone) played for the...
Arthur Payne England Full name Arthur Thomas Payne Born November 11, 1907, Bristol Died June 6, 1968, (registered in) Bristol (aged 60 years 208...
I came across this looking for AB Williams ... thought I'd post just in case you don't have him !! :) Brigadier Reginald Miles CBE, DSO & Bar, MC...
Would this young flyer be one of yours Geoff - even though he's from New Zealand ? :ohwell: BROWN, Pilot Officer, DAVID RODERICK LLEWELLYN, 41867....
I wonder why these Australians were buried in Cambridge ? ... ( though I know there was a military hospital there ) ... does anybody know ? In...
In Memory of Major CAMPBELL McNEILL McCORMACK M C and 2 Bars 5th Field Amb., Royal Army Medical Corps who died age 27 on 22 September 1918...
There are numerous stories of the crew of rival reconnaissance aircraft exchanging nothing more belligerent than smiles and waves. This soon...
And some knitted socks ....... :) James Pappas remembers that his grandmother was always knitting. Now he knows why she did it. He recently came...
Even before the United States entered World War I, Europe had a crisis on its hands. The year 1916 had been one of the most disastrous agricultural...
Can I ask a question ? ........ I know there is a card index for the BWM and Mercantile Marine War Medal at Kew on microfiche and I heard there are...
The US Navy inflicted few losses on the German Navy - one definite U-boat plus others possibly mined in the huge North Sea barrage laid in part by...
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