Joseph Simon Gallieni Birth - Apr. 24 1849 Death - May 27, 1916 French General and Colonial Administrator. After serving in the Franco-Prussian...
It doesn't take much to make me happy ......... ;) Woohoo .... Geoff's engine is working again !!...
I'd appreciate it if anybody can add anything to this post - especially the early life of General Hermann Kusmanek :) General Hermann Kusmanek was...
This page is a memorial tribute to the soldiers, NCOs, and officers of the armies of Austria-Hungary. During four grueling years of war, huge...
This man led quite a life I think !! :) The Archduke Wilhelm was born on 10 February 1895, in Pola. He was the third son of Archduke Karl...
.............. or served with New Zealand regiments ...... R.C. Travis was also known as Dickson Cornelius Savage but he enlisted and served under...
William Gregg 1890-1969) was born at Tag Hill, Heanor, and joined the 13th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade in 1915. He was the first British Soldier...
PRIVATE William Beesley worked at both Haunchwood and Tunnel collieries before war broke out in 1914. He went to school in Ansley and enlisted at...
Pvt. Henry Tandey, VC at Marcoing September 28, 1918 Private Henry Tandey - Soldier of the 5th Duke of Wellington Regiment. ..... once had a...
Private Robert Matthew Beatham VC On 9 August 1918, the 8th Battalion was held up at Rosieres, France. Private Beatham, assisted by others,...
New Zealand’s Ambassador to Belgium Peter Kennedy, took part in a plaque unveiling ceremony to honour New Zealand World War I soldier Sergeant Henry...
Every town has them, memorials to those who died in action from the Boer War through to present times. Often in our busy lives we ignore these...
When the United Kingdom declared war on Germany at the start of the First World War, the New Zealand government followed without hesitation, despite...
Gallipoli The landing at Gallipoli was a major event in the war. Even though the Gallipoli campaign was a military defeat, it helped to provide...
THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO THOSE MEN WHO WERE BORN IN TADCASTER AND ITS SURROUNDING TOWNS AND VILLAGES AND FOUGHT WITH THEIR NEW COUNTRY IN AID OF THE...
Russian sailors not only fought in the Baltic and Black Seas but also in the Mediterranean and Pacific. By 1914, together with Allied ships, the...
Before dawn on 16 October 1914, sudden explosions were heard at the port of Odessa and off the coast of Sevastopol. The Commander-in-Chief of the...
Somebody sent me this !! ... did you guys hear it already ? Britain's Got Talent - Video Annie :)
The Battle of Penang occurred on 28 October 1914, during World War I. It was a naval action in the Strait of Malacca, in which the German cruiser SMS...
By the outbreak of World War I, the Russian Baltic Fleet, with its four pre-dreadnought battleships, was outmatched in size by the German fleet,...
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