Towards the end of last year The Falkirk Herald included a number of articles about the outbreak of the Great War – some were harrowing stories about local men who lost their lives as well as of the survivors who returned to their families so damaged mentally and physically that their lives were never the …
A Falkirk soldier’s adventures on the front line in WW1 Read More »
100 years after they were killed in action in October 1914 during World War One, six British soldiers will be re-interred in the Prowse Point Military Cemetery near Ieper in Belgium. Sadly, It has not been possible to identify any of those being re-interred, although two served with The King’s Own Lancaster Regiment and two …
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An unexploded bomb, dropped on London by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War, was uncovered by builders at a construction site in the capital yesterday. Police warned it could take a “very long time” to make the device safe. In a leaflet handed to residents living near the construction site, the Metropolitan Police …
250 kg Bomb found in London, now finally removed Read More »
Past summer, Pierre Mazille found a collection of photographs from World War 2 of his hometown Dijon, France. As a photo project, he decided to reshoot the pictures to show what the places look like today, 70 years later. Argunners was given permission by Pierre Mazille to publish his Now & Then pictures. Let this …
“Carriere Suzanne“, Northern France, an abandoned World War 1 underground hospital established into a giant limestone quarry. One of the most beautiful places Marc Askat from 442 – Explorations has ever explored. Argunners Magazine presents Marc Askat’s photographical journey through “Carriere Suzanne”. We’ve received an e-mail that gives a little more information on this underground hospital: “Col. …
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THEY lied about their age to serve King and Country and many paid the ultimate price. A review of historical records has revealed that as many as one in three servicemen in the Royal Navy was underage during the First World War. While the legal age for combat was 18, young men such as Leading …
One in three Royal Navy sailors was underaged in WW1 Read More »
The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber designed and built by Avro for the Royal Air Force (RAF). It first saw active service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and, as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it became the main heavy bomber used by the RAF, the RCAF, …
In RAF Bomber History: Avro Lancaster in 20 Photographs Read More »
Read more about the Airplane Graveyard in Kwajalein Atoll!
FELDGENDARMERIE CUFF TITLES Overview of the various types of cuffband worn by the German Field Police The earliest type is the Polizei pattern machine embroidered rayon yarn or hand embroidered aluminium thread on a brown wool band. Manufactured in the same style as the “Motorisierte Gendarmerie” and “Deutsche Wehrmacht” cuffbands worn by the Police. This type …
With 49 combat sorties, five enemy aircraft destroyed, and being itself shot down in the Battle of Britain, Hawker Hurricane R4118 is regarded as the most historic British aircraft to survive in flying condition from the Second World War. A BRIEF HISTORY OF R4118 UP*W Hawker Hurricane Mark I, R4118, was delivered new to 605 …
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