World War One. The colonies join the war effort By the outbreak of war in 1914, centuries of alienation and the suppression of the remnants of...
Oh and I meant to say .... scroll down for boots :D:D http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-uniforms/german.htm
OK !!! I've looked and looked ...... and all I can find are these collar dogs for NCO's Various Types of NCO collar disks A Pre-War Silver...
Oh my ! ... keyboard a little damp here ! in from the cold ! RIP
At last ....... they're having some luck finding them !
They're all Heroes thats for sure !
Where are you when I need you ?? Photos are here but I can't post them ... so you'll have to send an email address ! I have to say ... I think...
Press Release (Stars and Stripes, 1918) Unlike those Poilus who rushed manfully to the recruiting stations in 1914 expecting some sartorial glory...
Here you go ! ... and now for something entirely different !!! ........ :D Sailor boy postcards !! :rolleyes:
Hi John ! Here's an article you may find interesting ... but please remember that that happened over 90 years ago .... and those were different...
This is a very sad account of Major Whittlesey's death .... many men died this way after the war I'm afraid ... they died because of overwhelming...
Brief Description of the Lost Battalion On October 2nd, 1918, units of the 77th "Liberty" Division from New York advanced into the dense terrain of...
Over 3,000,000 men volunteered to serve in the British Armed Forces during the first two years of the war. Due to heavy losses at the Western Front...
Alexander Fleming was born at Lochfield Farm in Darvel on 6th August 1881. At the age of 12 he attended Kilmarnock Academy. When his father died, his...
We tend to forget that there had to be cooks etc to feed the soldiers - did your relatives have any stories about the food ? ! :) In the spring of...
Hi Pierre ! I knew I'd seen something somewhere .... not quite a funeral though !! :rolleyes: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ae4811/index-keizer.html...
That's a great piece Adrian ! :) I thought you may enjoy this ! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx-NKpgM7EQ Annie :)
1st Royal Bavarian Division (1. Königlich Bayerische Division); from August 2, 1914, 1st Bavarian Infantry Division (1. Bayerische...
Heres the battle but it doesn't say who was who !!!!!!! :rolleyes: Battle of the Lys Annie :)
Oh ... I was thinking it was the Lys !! and maybe that was the battle !! :confused:
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