Being a wartime photographer brings more than its fair share of occupational hazards, as the Daily Mirror's Tom Grant found out. In May 1917 Tom...
Some terrific pictures on this site !! Declaration last night after 'unsatisfactory reply' to British ultimatum that Belgium must be kept neutral...
A few pictures of the soldiers from Africa .... I wish there were more ! http://www.wewerethere.defencedynamics.mod.uk/ww1/africa.html Annie :)
Sergeant J. E. Grimshaw, V.C. John Elisha Grimshaw was born on the 23rd January 1893 at Abram near Wigan Lancs.He was a miner in Wigan Colliery...
The History of XX(R) Squadron - Formed at Netheravon on 1 September 1915 from No. 7 Reserve Squadron, the unit deployed to France in January 1916...
Alfred George Drake Birth - Dec. 10, 1893 Death - Nov. 23, 1915 British Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. Drake was 21 years old and served...
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Annesley West VC, DSO & Bar, MC. He was the son of Augustus E and Sarah West of Whitepark, County Fermanagh and husband...
The final Allied push towards the German border began on October 17, 1918. As the British, French and American armies advanced, the alliance between...
Some excellent pictures ... just to give you some background ! http://www.ww1-propaganda-cards.com/centrals_heads_of_state.html
This was described from the German and Austrian side as a "Bund", an association. Austria-Hungary precipitated World War 1 and was the first to go to...
In Memory of William Timothy Gwynne Jones Seaman, British Merchant Navy 1895-1917...
Interesting reading this diary ..... Samuel Robert Hitchin Master Mariner British Merchant Navy First Mate, SS Highland Brae and his Diary as...
Years 1914, 1915, 1916 in date order, part 1 of 3 Extracted from "British Vessels Lost at Sea 1914-1918" by HMSO, 1919....
Well one place to start or make some inquiry is the National Personnel Records Center but actual information about the person may be limited to...
Does sound feasible ...... but I can just imagine all the onion skins it would take for a regiments quota of these smocks !! :headhurt: That the...
Some of your Airmen in here ..... !! Pictures of African Americans During World War II Annie :happy:
This is a subject close to my heart ! ....... In October of 1939 amid the turmoil of the outbreak of war Hitler ordered widespread "mercy...
I didn't know Dachau opened as early as 1933 !! June 1933 - Nazis open Dachau Annie
238 Airmen buried in Holland .... thought it maybe useful ! Nieuwe pagina 1 Annie
Does anybody know anything about this flyer ? ..... he's talked about as an American ace but he was born in England and joined up in Canada and flew...
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