I thought the Battle of the Somme was planned as a joint French and British operation ?
Uh oh ! .... you've started something now Gage !! :clapping:
Was it ? :confused:
Can you read it on line ... or do you have to subscribe Andy ?? In other words ... what did it say !!!!!! :D
I meant to tell you Phil ... I loved that website .... all techy and everything !! :D Seriously ... a lot of work there .... it's looking good !...
Hi Ems ! Lovely to see you !! :D Oh yes ! I remember Ephraim .... ( and Henry too as a matter of fact !! :rolleyes: ) Maybe we can help find...
Well it might be now Phil :rolleyes: .... but it wasn't in WW1 !! You only get half a point for that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
:D:D:D:D OK back to Kitchener ................. !!!! On Monday 5th June 1916, about 1 to 1/2 miles off Marwick Head in Orkney, by 7.50 pm...
Does anybody have any information about what really happened ? Reinhardt Scheer commanded the German High Seas Fleet at the Battle of Jutland and...
As German troops stormed into France in the summer of 1914, the American Colony in Paris inaugurated a volunteer ambulance service to transport the...
A phenomenon of the First World War, Britain's so-called Pals' Battalions arose purely from the country's unsatiated requirement for men to despatch...
.... there are many "Armchair Generals " with opinions of the Somme .... much has been written and discussed about that terrible first day of that...
Here's an update .... It all happened in the tiny French village of Fromelles. There, in the first battle after Gallipoli, nearly 2000 young Diggers...
The battle of Fromelles, 19-20 July 1916, was a minor British attack launched close to Aubers Ridge in order to prevent the Germans moving troops...
At least some of the Allies ........ OK ! .... heres a clue ...... :rolleyes: France - Fleur de Lis United States - England Scotland...
Thanks Gareth .... it's on my list now !! :D
Hi Adrian ! It seems a few people found new ways ... including .... Lindemann, Frederick Alexander (Viscount Cherwell) 1886–1957, British...
I just want you to know .... that I have just spent some time ( :rolleyes: ) on that site ... being delighted with every page !! I love medals...
Feels a bit like deja vu ....... :rolleyes: But Happy Birthday Geoff !! ... hope you have a great day !! Annie :)
Heres what they looked like ........ :rolleyes: ... and I don't really think they were what you'd call - really effective ...... !
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