Lost or Damaged During World War II More than 70 destroyers were lost during World War II and hundreds more were damaged. Tin Can Sailors -...
I'm not going to say a word .... you decide !! :rolleyes: Yet another tale of a horrific encounter with one of ocean's many atrocities comes to...
Somebody told me that the Middlesex Regiment was known locally as the 'Kaiser's Own' because of so many Germans recruited into it from the London...
When I was doing my Boer War Honour Roll ( I'm still not finished by the way !! :rolleyes: ) I was following the first Jewish officer to be killed...
Lieutenant-Colonel Neville Bowes Elliott-Cooper ........ Birth - Jan. 22 1889 Death - Feb. 11 1918 World War I Victoria Cross recipient. A...
http://www.xrv.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=27770 On the Flying Services Memorial are recorded over 1000 names of aircrew who have no known...
On 27th October 1922 the Stock Exchange War memorial was unveiled by The Earl of Balfour, K.G., O.M. The details here are taken from the Order of...
*Lieutenant, 7th Battalion Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment). Died of wounds 21st July 1916. Aged 67. Son of William...
*[W F R in book at front] Captain, 5th Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Rifle Briagde (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 25th September...
While looking for a couple of my Chaplains ... I came across this site for Belvedere College .... biographies and information about the seventy...
As it's always hard to try and find Irish relatives .... I found this ... hope it helps somebody !! :) Database of persons residing or born in...
On 6th January and 24th February 1919, the Accrington Prisoners of War Committee organized events to celebrate the return from camps in Germany of...
Andre de Meulemeester Andre Emile Alfons de Meulemeester (1894-1973) was Belgium's second highest-scoring air ace of the First World War, with his...
Not WW2 ... but thought you maybe interested ... Former Chief of the Air Staff Sir Michael Graydon has launched a campaign to honour the many UK...
A young and foolish hotshot pilot wanted to sound cool and show who was boss on the aviation radio frequencies. So, this was his first time...
On July 20, 1969, as commander of the Apollo 11 lunar module, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon. His first words after...
I don't think my Granddad wore sheepskin ....... :rolleyes: Interesting picture of front line apparel !! wonder how many other regiments got a...
World War 1 Diary Walter was born on 28th June 1897, christened Richard Walter Pfeffer, he was a son of Richard George Pfeffer and his wife...
I read the Red Orchestra and I was enthralled with it ! - about Soviet espionage against the Third Reich beginning in 1938, when veteran communist...
I wonder if anybody could tell me anything about this WW1 flyer who was in OSS in WW2 ... I'd appreciate the information !! Cassady served with...
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