German Ace of WWI, CO of Richthofen Group It is impossible to consider Hermann Goring (frequently rendered as Herman Goering) as just another...
Godwin Brumowski was born in Wadowice, Galicia, on 26th July, 1889. On the outbreak of the First World War, Brumowski was serving as an officer in an...
Crown Prince Rupprecht (1869-1955), heir to the throne of Bavaria, was born in 1869. Upon the outbreak of the First World War Rupprecht was given...
The African colony of Rhodesia was divided into Northern and Southern administrations (modern Zambia and Zimbabwe). The colony was occupied, settled...
In 1914 the Russian Empire included Poland, Finland and large parts of Transcaucasia. The majority of the 166 million population were Slavs but as...
British battleship HMS Irresistible abandoned and sinking 18 March 1915 during the Battle of Gallipoli. Photo published in The War Illustrated 1...
At the beginning of the 20th century the British Empire covered more than 11,400,000 square miles of territory. This made it the largest empire the...
That's terrific Roy ! .... thank you ! Annie :)
But then I read that in 1914–1915 he served in France as a Staff Officer with the Indian Corps with the temporary rank of Major ..... and he and his...
And then FE Smith went to war ................. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E00E1DA1430E733A25756C2A96F9C946596D6CF
Amazing the difference between then and now isn't it ?????? In August 1914 the British government established the War Office Press Bureau under...
I believe you edit your user profile Poll !! :rolleyes: I'm not sure .... but hang on ... one of the "boys" will be around in a bit !! Dufuss...
For many years I've loved silk postcards and I have a few myself .... looks like I'm not the only one that likes them !! :D The WW1 cards were...
In 1909 it was decided to form Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) to provide medical assistance in time of war. By the summer of 1914 there were over...
David Lloyd George (1863-1945), invariably considered the quintessential Welshman - was in fact born in Manchester on 17 January 1863, the son of a...
I forgot to say ... he is buried in Oxfordshire ! http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11437 Annie :)
Asquith was the (Liberal) Prime Minister of Britain from 1908-16. Although he was Prime Minister at the time when Britain entered WW1 - he's seldom...
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon ( April 25, 1862 - September 7, 1933) better known as Sir Edward Grey was a British politician and...
No other battle of the Great War could compare with Le Hamel for rapidity, brevity and completeness of success - it was all over in 93 minutes....
How awful it is Adrian ... to hear of brothers dying in the war ...... were the Bradford boys related to you ? or are you researching them ? I was...
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