He did so on Churchill's orders for mercantile marine Captains which said: 1: All British merchant ships to paint out their names and port of...
I found some more ...... ! Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt (1872 – 27 July 1916) was the Master of the Great Eastern Railways merchant steamship SS...
On 28 March 1915 Captain Charles Fryatt, a British merchant captain, attempted - but failed - to ram and sink a German submarine, U-33. This came in...
Built in 1902 by Gourlay Bros., Dundee (Yard No.202) for the Great Eastern Railway Co., Harwich. She was 1,380grt and measured 285 x 34 x 15½ ft....
During World War I about 8 million men surrendered and were held in POW camps until the war ended. All nations pledged to follow the Hague rules on...
Lord Kitchener sailed from Scrabster to Scapa Flow on 5 June 1916 aboard HMS Oak before transferring to the armoured cruiser HMS Hampshire for his...
You speak for yourself !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance:
Visit of King George V and Queen Mary to France 3-14 July 1917. The King and Queen go their various ways, the King to St-Sixte Monastery (used as...
The most celebrated U.S. Army chaplain in the Great War, Father Francis Patrick Duffy, a Roman Catholic priest, was born in Cobourg, Canada, and was...
Here's some snippets about Voss ... though you probably already know them all !! :) September 23, 1917, twenty-year-old Werner Voss, commander of...
Hugh Trenchard (1873-1956) helped to lay the foundations of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War One. Born on 3 February 1873 in Taunton,...
Hi Adrian ! Well he was still around in 1940 ... so it couldn't have been too bad ! :)
The offensive at Le Hamel was planned by John Monash, commander of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the Western Front. Launched on 4th July...
Name: Georges Marie Ludovic Jules Guynemer Country: France Rank: Capitaine Service: French Air Service Units: Spa3 Victories: 53 Date Of Birth:...
Donald MacLaren was born at Ottawa Ontario on 28th May 1893 MacLaren became a fur trader and did not join the Royal Flying Corps until 1917....
Alfred Leete, the son of a farmer, was born in Northampton on 28th August 1882. Educated at Weston-super-Mare Grammar School at fifteen he started...
A Vintage Jewel indeed !!!!!!!! :D:D ..... your turn to ask now !!!!!
I also meant to say to you a few days ago ....... that your photos were terrific !! :D It's not very often we see photos of him as an old man ......
Hi Pierre ... I came across this and thought it maybe of interest to you !!...
OK ......... I found out a bit more about his other medals ..... :) Distinctions Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (1996) Military Cross...
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