When a British Army soldier was ordered to attack the enemy on the Western Front he carried a total of 30 kilograms (66 lbs) of equipment. This...
1st Battle of the Aisne After the first battle at the Marne in September 1914, the German Army was able to deploy its forces along the north bank...
In August 1914 Admiral Sir David Beatty devised a plan to draw the German Navy into a major sea battle. Beatty used two light cruisers, the Fearless...
I had a hard time Googling for a poem with Mum in the title !!!!!!!!!!!! ;);) OK ...... this should be a quickie .... :D If you wanted to be a...
Reading some of these - makes you shake your head doesn't it ?? The government passed DORA on 8th August 1914 soon after the outbreak of war -...
This is about United States early radio history .... does anybody know what Britain had ? Civilian radio activities were suspended during the...
Sassoon and Owen have been researched thoroughly regarding their poetry ... but what about some others ! HOOGE - JULY 31st 1915 Hooge! More...
It gets a little confusing trying to work out who were "for us " and who were "against" us !! .... here's a list of neutral countries that were...
Note - The Entente Forces are sometimes also referred to as the Entente Powers or Allies of World War I. Albania Andorra Democratic...
I found this ... thought it may help somebody ! Lists names of all those who died at Sea, or as POW and where. Also statistics on ships built,...
Thanks Phil .... I love looking at those sites ... but it's such a shame to hear of the "take down" happening so fast - when they have been such a...
That's a lovely photo of him K ! .... were you able to go to the exhibition ? :)
Re: I Think He Flew Mosquitoes ! I'd better change my title then Adrian !! .... :rolleyes: All I had was his CWGC and that my cousin thought he...
This is an excellent article, originally from the Guardian Newspaper about George Blackman from Jamaica, who was interviewed in 2002 at the age of...
Information about the Third Jamaica Contingent WWI from the Daily Gleaner March 7, 1916 DEPARTURE YESTERDAY OF JAMAICA'S THIRD FIGHTING...
He was also a songwriter Nana ! Audie Murphy - American Hero What a nice looking man he was !! .... and still young when he died .... after all...
Can anybody tell me if this is the same young flyer ? Unit - 18 Sqn, RFC Serial - 7 (A7553) France August - October 1917 Crew - Lt J.Carling and...
Or "floats your boat " ....... we could make a thread out of this .... all the different ways to say the same thing !!!!!
ALONE AND FAR REMOVED Alone and far removed from earthly care The noble ruins of men lie buried here. You were strong men, good men Endowed...
The Mother If you should die, think only this of me In that still quietness where is space for thought, Where parting, loss and bloodshed shall...
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