Thanks Andy for all the time and effort you put into that !! .... I appreciate it ! :D I hope it will give "newbies" a good idea of what went on...
Hi Pierre ! I used your websites address on my post for Aubers Ridge ! :D I have visited it many times before and have enjoyed it very much !...
As World War I becomes a fading memory - the name Mata Hari conjures up the sinister image of a shadowy, seductive spy who ruthlessly betrayed the...
I'm the one with the " butterfly mind " ... who loves everything WW1 !! :D I love topics that are a little " out of the box " ... and I love...
Jan Smuts 1870-1950 Prime Minister of the South African Union, 1919 - 1924 and 1939-1948 was both a military and a political leader ... "One of...
Good to see you Mr Roy ! :) And a very Happy New Year to you too ! Annie :)
William Sholto Douglas was born in Headington, Oxfordshire, on 23rd December, 1893. Educated at Lincoln College in Oxford, Douglas joined the Royal...
Captain Andrew (Anthony) Frederick Weatherby Beauchamp-Proctor, VC, DSO, MC and bar, DFC (4 September 1894 – 21 June 1921) was a South African...
I first became interested in Louis Botha when I was researching my 1st Battalion South Lancs and their involvement in Spion Kop ..... A great man...
While I was writing that post the thought occurred to me Roy that it was a little unusual ! :o In 1958 Victor Silvester wrote about his...
I wonder if this belongs in here in the Naval forum ............ ?? :rolleyes: The (63rd) Royal Naval Division The Royal Naval Division was a...
Apart from dodging bullets and avoiding death from enemy shells, there was a daily routine in the trenches of World War 1. It started 1 hour...
I'm sorry to say it happened a lot John ! ... and you can see by Andy's posts in their minds they thought they were being patriotic ! ... at...
I don't know what the situation was in WW2 John ! maybe somebody will tell us .... :) but in WW1 those on home leave from the Army had their khaki...
Thanks Owen !... hope you had a good trip !! I hope this is a year that brings us all more peace and serenity !! Annie :) PS ... Still 4 hours...
I get so mad when I read about these women ... not even women some of them ... young girls !! :mad: I could just hug Mrs Cope !! :)
USS Covington Hamburg-America Line Ship, Cincinnati built for the Hamburg America Line by Schichau Ship Yards in Danzig, Germany in 1909. She was...
The Halifax Explosion, the world's largest man-made explosion before Hiroshima, occurred when a Belgian relief vessel and a French munitions carrier...
See Adrian ! ... I shouldn't be treading into aviation with you guys around !! ;) Thanks for putting us on the right track ! Annie :)
Of course it was !! ....... :rolleyes:
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