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Born Arthur Gordon Bartlett, 13th April 1894, Montreal, Canada. Lived most of his life in Liverpool when the family decided to return to England. Educated at Bedford College before becoming a Clerk in a Liverpool office. Gordon Volunteered for the Army in August 1914 at the outbreak of war and joined the 1/10th Battalion, The …
Corporal Gordon Bartlett fell on 16th June 1915 in Bellewaarde Read More »
They came down like: [whistles]. That was the noise the bullets made as they came down… As soon as war began in August 1914, the belligerent nations in Europe sent their troops into battle. French cavalryman, Mr Errol, described the early actions against German troops that he took part in. We met the Germans on …
Stephen W. Thompson was born March 20, 1894 in West Plains, Missouri. Went to the University of Missouri as Senior Electrical Engineering, before their appeal for seniors to join the military in 1917 as the U.S. entered World War I. He enlisted in the Army and received his basic training at Fort Riley than Fort Monroe …
First American Aerial Victory in WWI – Stephen Thompson Read More »
The name of dragoons officer Hubert Rochereau is commemorated on a war memorial in Bélâbre, his native village in central France, along with those of other young men who lost their lives in the first world war. But Rochereau also has a much more poignant and exceptional memorial: his room in a large family house …
French WWI soldier his room unchanged 96 years after KIA Read More »
The bravery of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders soldiers earned them respect – the uniform earned them the legendary nickname The Ladies from Hell. It was a name given by the Germans to the kilted regiments of the British Army during World War One, including the Argylls whose ranks were swelled with Falkirk men. Among them …
Falkirk’s Johnny was one of the Ladies from Hell in WW1 Read More »
Soldiers’ Effects Registers show the money paid by the British Government to the next of kin of men killed in action in WWI and the Boer War Mothers were the most commonly listed next of kin Records feature military men including Military Cross recipient Second Lieutenant Walter Tull and Prime Minister’s son Lieutenant Raymond Asquith …
Late veteran of the Northumberland (Hussars) Yeomanry and Royal Field Artillery speaks of the unofficial truces, 100 Christmases ago The former soldier from Newcastle, Captain George B Jameson MC, reveals incredulity in the trenches as word spreads Recording to be shared for the first time on the National Army Museum website to commemorate the centenary …
WWI Veteran Recalls Remarkable Christmas Truce of 1914 Read More »
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