Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg was the most famous German commander to emerge from World War I. With the outbreak of war, Hindenburg was brought...
In Memory of Lieutenant GEORGE ARCHER-SHEE 3rd Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment who died age 19 on 31 October 1914 Studied at Stonyhurst...
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer and cartoonist, most widely known for his children's books written under his pen name, Dr. Seuss. He...
George Sainton Kaye Butterworth was an English composer best known for his tone poem The Banks of Green Willow and his settings of A. E. Housman's...
The awful tragedy in mid-Atlantic by which 136 persons lost their lives through the burning of the emigrant ship Volturno [3602 tons] has startled...
I just couldn't resist these old bikes ..... :D aren't they great ?? http://www.speedtracktales.co.uk/4598.html
HMS Eagle ? Maybe ... HMS Formidable ? Possibly … HMS Death Star ? Almost certainly not. We can’t tell you what the names of the Navy’s...
Les Darcy was born into a poor Irish Catholic family in East Maitland, near Newcastle, in 1895. He left school at the age of 12 and worked hard to...
Louis Bennett, Jr Birth - Sep. 22, 1894 Weston Lewis County West Virginia, USA Death - Aug. 24, 1918 World War I United States Flying Ace....
Friedrich Rudenberg was born in 1892 in Hanover - he was the fourth child of a middle class factory owner in Hanover (Georg Rudenberg-father/Elsbeth...
Thought this maybe of interest ..... !! :) Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson was a famous Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many...
with the most terrific name !! :mosking: does anybody know anything about him ? I know he was in the Royal Engineers and was thought to be "a most...
He was an established actor in Hungary - and though actors were exempt from military service, Bela left the theater and volunteered for service when...
Grigori Rasputin - Bizarre, dissolute religious con-man whose close ties to the Imperial family allowed him to become a major political player,...
In Memory of Gunner ROBERT TORRANCE 222389, "A" Bty. 162nd Bde., Royal Field Artillery who died age 30 on 24 April 1918 Son of the late John...
The outbreak of war in August 1914 wasn’t expected to affect football too greatly. The general feeling that ‘it would be all over by Christmas’ was...
Thought you might find this of interest and a bit different !! :) The first referee to send off a player in international rugby was Albert E...
In Memory of Commander JOHN SHARPEY SCHAFER H.M.S. "Gaillardia.", Royal Navy who died age 36 on 22 March 1918 Son of Sir Edward Sharpey...
Born in Oberammergau. Son of the painter Prof. Michael Zeno Diemer. Trained as an engineer. 1912 Joined the Bavarian Lifeguard Regiment, then a...
1915 - In France, General Fayolle noted in a meeting of generals that General Petain had ordered that 25 soldiers who had self-inflicted wounds...
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