According to Library of Congress (LOC) records, photographer Almeron Newman captured the picture at Camp Cody, New Mexico, in ...
The annual event by the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Trust (RGLI) commemorates the Guernseymen who took part in the battle.
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But the real-life story of British soldier Private Smith, brought home by royal request from the trenches of WWI following the deaths of his five brothers, puts the movie in the shade.
During the war Harold and his four brothers all enlisted, serving with various regiments of the British Army. Harold joined up on 11 September 1917, two months after his 18th birthday. He chose to ...
By 1917, the British Army could do this within a few ... then known as the Great War still resonate with serving soldiers today. WW1: Did the machine-gun save lives? documentWW1: Did the machine ...
Among the collection were postcards found on the bodies of the fallen, including one which pictured British soldiers. It was signed: "With love from us all – to Percy xx." Philipp was able to ...
In a ‘living memorial’ to the British soldiers killed in the Somme, young men dressed in WW1 uniforms appeared at stations and in city centres all over the country. In towns and cities ...