Remembering today 25th April ......... Major Nightingale was born in 1890 - he was born in India the son of an English engineer at the time of...
Just to add a little more ........ Photo of Lothar from the book The Detonators
Lest we forget ......
No I haven't ...... ! *A won't let me !!!!! :confused: But I'd be interested to see it ! or anything else you could find !! Annie :)
Name: FORSYTH, SAMUEL Initials: S Nationality: New Zealand Rank: Serjeant Regiment/Service: New Zealand Engineers Unit Text: No. 3 Field Coy....
And some more of the memorial ! http://www.forrestdale.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Rosebank.html
On the 8 December 1941, the 8000t Italian ship Jason (also known as the Jantzen) left Benghazi for Italy with 2100 Prisoners of War from the North...
On July 25th 1918 Wimmera left Auckland at 10:00 am bound for Sydney with 76 passengers and 75 crew on board. Her route was to take her north towards...
I've never heard of that one Sarge ! ..... looks lovely ... and how nice to see it's being looked after ! :)
Starting to name the British now .... BBC NEWS | Scotland | Tayside and Central | MoD names WWI mass grave troops
They're starting to name the British now .... here's some Scots ! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8016160.stm
On Monday 24 September 1917, ten New Zealand soldiers were killed, and two were injured when they alighted from a troop train at the Bere Ferrers...
I'd like to find out more about this camp and this Squadron ... does anybody have any information ? :) The grandnephew of a German sailor captured...
Here's some photos of different nationalities ..... lovely photos don't you think ?! :)...
Hi Richard ! I was interested to see that there was a big contingent in Quebec ! I thought this maybe of use to somebody ! :) According to the...
I read this .... can anybody say if this is true ? ... I hadn't heard of money amounts before ! :confused: Germany was made to pay 5,500,000...
1) Destruction of a generation of men - 331 781 troops into action. - 59 342 killed or died from wounds. - 152 171 wounded or affected by gas. - 4084...
C E W Bean the official Australian WWI historian is probably the person most responsible for the ANZAC legend. He accompanied the troops to Gallipoli...
I thought you may like to see some old photos !! :) http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/battlegrounds.htm
This is one determined young Aussie !! :) When Leonard Walter Jackson of Neutral Bay joined the AIF on the 6th of August 1915, he must have been one...
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