Not quite WW1 ... but interesting ..... ! http://www.earlyaviators.com/esetty.htm "The first Indian to fly an aircraft did it in just nine...
Though it was never proven by today's forensic medical standards, an immunization shot has long been blamed in the death of the pilot for whom Brooks...
Apr. 10, 1917 Eddystone Delaware County Pennsylvania, USA This monument near the Edgmont Avenue side of the Cemetery marks the final resting...
How awful ! ....... RIP Frederick Walter Elstone 12 June 1918 - Mr Frederick Walter Elstone, aged 38, a married man with four children, employed...
Born - Naples November 11 1869 - died Alexandria Egypt December 28 1947 King of Italy 1900 - 1946 - the only son of King Umberto I and Margherita...
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke. (1863-1914) Born, Graz, Austria. Heir to the imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian empire. His assassination on June...
25 April 1915 - "I do not order you to attack; I order you to die. In the time which passes until we die other troops and other commanders can take...
New Zealand in the First World War New Zealand was involved in the First World War by the King's declaration of war. Despite its geographic...
A little known fact I thought you might like to know ..... :rolleyes: The American Air Service gave us the expression to "conk-out" ...... "conk"...
Readers Digest was founded by Sgt. Dewitt Wallace of the 35th Division who perfected his ability to summarize magazine articles as he was recovering...
The first men killed in action were Corporal James Gresham, Pvt. Thomas Enright and Pvt. Merle Hay all of the 1st Division. They were killed in a...
Heres a man who's close to home ... Fitzsimmons is still there ! Lieutenant William T. Fitzsimons (1889—1917) was a United States Army officer in...
I found this flyer when I was looking for my Portuguese soldiers ...... this was how it translated !! .... does anybody know him or anything about...
There was recently an exhibition of photographs .... ( wish I could have got there !! :rolleyes: ) thought you might like to see them !! Some of...
Not that I'm biased or anything .... but Liverpool does have some wonderful monuments and memorials ! :rolleyes:...
Thought this maybe of interest ! The Royal Navy has a long list of ships which made a name for themselves during World War Two, but we must not...
After the failure of British tanks in the thick mud at Passchendaele, Colonel John Fuller, chief of staff to the Tank Corps, suggested a massed raid...
I have been trying to find out about this Reverend .... I have just found snippets ... can anybody add anything ? :) I heard the Rev. Pierrepont...
The Australian War memorial lists this book .... has anybody ever seen one ? AUTHOR - Australia. Dept. of Defence TITLE - Where the...
Warneford was born on the 15th October 1891 and was from Kerry House, Comeytrowe, Taunton, Somerset. He was awarded the VC immediately by King George...
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