Theres a fascinating book by Simon Wilde on Ranji called 'Ranji - A genius rich and strange' I have it in my library ... he was such a complex man...
For a searchable list of men who served in the Jersey Contingent click on the link below http://www.greatwarci.net/scripts/db/search_form-jc.php...
Guernsey newspapers of 1917-18 carry no mention of the fact that there was an active French seaplane base at the Castle Emplacement during that...
What a sad story this is ....... :( John William Helman was born in Satara, Bombay, India on 27 June 1896, according to his service record, but...
Jersey and its German Prisoners of War In December 1914 the War Office ordered the building of a permanent prisoner-of-war camp in Jersey capable...
Officers and Men Killed in Action H.M.S. Queen Mary Jutland Bank 31st May 1916. Extract from the Official History; " Naval Operations" by Sir...
In Memory of Midshipman PHILIP REGINALD MALET DE CARTERET H.M.S. "Queen Mary.", Royal Navy who died age 18 on 31 May 1916 Son of Reginald and...
The Victoria Cross awarded to Captain Theodore Wright during the retreat from Mons in August 1914 has been left to the Royal Engineers Museum in...
To go a little off topic here .... I'm not a fan of cricket but sometime ago we researched Ranji ! and he became my favourite !! :) Colonel...
Does anybody know if Mahendra Bahadur actually did serve in WW1 or were these all honorary titles ? Maj.Gen. HH Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia...
My Mum used tea !!!!!!!!!!!! .... no good when it rained though !! :D
He probably just posed for the photograph ! :rolleyes:
I don't use that site ... screws up my computer every time I try !!!!!!!!!!!! :rolleyes: No ! I found this ...... Un-American Ace in the RAF...
Thought this maybe of interest .... Winston Churchill prisoner-of-war before his escape
He's lovely isn't he ?? I bet he dies a "happy man " !! Those few days will keep him going for a few more years yet ... I hope !! :clapping:
mon Dieu !! No wonder I got frozen !!!!!!!!!!! :rolleyes::rolleyes:
Born in Abram, Lancashire, he worked as a coal miner before enlisting in the Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army in August 1912. He served with his...
Sorry Glen ... that was just me getting excited !!!!!!!!! :rolleyes: I've been trying to find Wassmus on the German War Graves Commission !!...
Hi Michel ! Did you see Glen thought he might have found a name ? .... Flieg. Lt. WASSMUS Erich 10.04.1918 bei Estaures a. d. Lys But...
An American Aircrewman Remembers ....... Joseph P. Bruckler Focke Wulf Fw 190 Home page A P.O.W.'s View of Stalag 17b During WWII
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