Why does this not surprise me ?? :becky: lucky you ! Well we haven't had our Christmas yet .... but I did get an early present yesterday ... a...
That story reminds me of Eric Lomax ..... his book The Railway Man is wonderful ! :) The Forgiveness Project | stories | Eric Lomax Annie
Especially tonight ....... it's Christmas Eve ......... just so we don't forget ............. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTXhZ4uR6rs Annie...
The First Battle of Kut, 1916 The First Battle of Kut, begun on 5 April 1916, marked the final British attempt to relieve the Turkish siege of Sir...
The Western Front was the name the Germans gave to a series of trenches that ran 700 kilometres from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border ! Annie...
I have been looking for this soldier for some time .... would anybody happen to know anything about him please ?? Name: CLEMENTS, GEORGE WILLIAM...
We can't remember exactly when we first heard the term "The Thankful Villages" but whenever it was, we also learned what a Thankful Village was,...
People laugh when oldtimers say " does he have a Pip, Squeak and Wilfred ? " and wonder what the heck they're talking about !! :D Well heres the...
These cards are historical artifacts which are not only often beautiful examples of the lithographers art but are also of interest to students of...
ONE 16-year-old boy stood fatally wounded on the deck of the HMS Chester, quietly awaiting orders as his shipmates lay dead around him. It was May...
Women in uniform were a novelty in 1914 and yet 80,000 women served in the forces as non-combatants during World War One. Discover how one...
On April 30th 1915, the Lusitania was at New York, being loaded with meat, medical supplies, copper, cheese, oil and machinery, but she was also...
( Well it is flying .... isn't it ?? ) :D Over 200,000 carrier or homing pigeons were used by the Allied forces during World War I and II in...
by Ian Ousby In mid February 1916 the Germans launched a surprise major offensive at Verdun ( an important fortress in north - eastern France ) By...
In Memory of Flight Commander ROBERT ALEXANDER LITTLE D S O and Bar, D S C and Bar 203rd Sqdn., Royal Air Force formerly, Royal Naval Air Service...
It can be very frustrating .... time-consuming and everything else researching POW's .... but oh so satisfying and exciting when you find a glimmer...
How about this for a Gas Mask ?? ....... how awful and primitive it seems !! :confused: The first gas masks issued to US Soldiers in WWI were the...
This is'nt up to date news but thought you maybe interested !! Friday, April 4, 2008 ANKARA - AFP Turkey's last World War I veteran dies...
............ on the side of the Central Powers 1914 The Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers to form the Triple Alliance with the signing...
The British Movietone Database provides a searchable database of references to all Movietone news reels from 1929-1979. It also includes TV-AM News...
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