world war one

  1. King Albert & King George V reviewing Belgian troops

    King Albert & King George V reviewing Belgian troops

  2. Lt. M.J. Dease  First VC of WWI

    Lt. M.J. Dease First VC of WWI

    One of the first British officer battle casualties of WWI and the first recipient of the VC of the war. An extract of his citation reads "Though two or three times badly wounded he continued to control the fire of his machine guns at Mons on 23rd Aug., until all his men were shot. He died of...
  3. Meuse-Argonne WWI US Army Cemetery

    Meuse-Argonne WWI US Army Cemetery

    John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing in my view is in part responsible for a large percentage of the 14,246 soldiers of the US army that rest here at Meuse Argonne. He believed that his tactics of using rifles and dodging, hiding amongst trees and advancing without heavy armour back up would...
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    Stefan Westmann

    A hell of a story. It doesn't really fall into the concept of humanity in war, so I put it here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10683313/WW1-German-soldier-recalls-moment-he-bayoneted-foe-to-death.html
  5. Merry Christmas From Canada Ww1

    Merry Christmas From Canada Ww1

  6. World War one "Over the Top"

    World War one "Over the Top"

  7. The Doughnut Sweethearts WW1

    The Doughnut Sweethearts WW1

  8. 1099

    1099

  9. saiga

    Photos The Humanity In War

    According to the information I´ve googled about this photography, American soldiers of the 4th Armored Division push a trapped Willys carrying two seriously wounded German soldiers somewhere in Ardèche. The photograph was taken on 26 January, 1945. Swept the picture through tineye, didn´t find...
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    Maxwell Reid

    "On September 25 1915, you were killed on the first day of the Battle of Loos..." https://www.facebook.com/notes/john-maxwell-reid/to-the-full-extent-of-their-power/10153332753293326?pnref=story
  11. Frederick Henry & Caroline Dorothy Caunter

    Frederick Henry & Caroline Dorothy Caunter

  12. St Symphorien war cemetery

    St Symphorien war cemetery

    The two men believed to be the first and last British soldiers to die in WW1 are buried together, sitting opposite each other in the Belgian countryside...
  13. Bombardier

    Band of Ten brothers who survived WW1

    The call went out across the land just hours after war was declared. ‘Your King and Country need you,’ the adverts implored, urging Britain to fight the oppressor in what was already being heralded as ‘the greatest conflict in the history of the world’. In their modest homes in terraced city...
  14. Monmouth War Memorial (ww1.)

    Monmouth War Memorial (ww1.)

    See all the names below
  15. MkI Supply Tank WW1

    MkI Supply Tank WW1

  16. Firefox

    Quintinshill rail disaster 1915

    The Quintinshill rail disaster happened on 22 May 1915 near Gretna Green Dumfriesshire, Scotland at Quintinshill, at a signal box with passing loops on each side on the Caledonian Railway Main Line linking Glasgow and Carlisle. The crash involved five trains and killed approximately 226 and...
  17. Bigbird

    Letters from the front 1914 – 1918

    Sorry Bombardier I saw the attached thread and couldnt help myself but pick up on your idea of transcribing some of the letters. hope thats ok? I have included the following link to the thread that prompted me. http://www.militaryimages.net/threads/the-fall-of-vimy-ridge.5528/ The letters are...
  18. Le_havre_2

    Le_havre_2

    Field hospital Le Havre France. This photo belonged to William Ernest Parker of the Scots Fusiliers.
  19. Battle of The Somme

    Battle of The Somme

  20. Australian Diggers WW1

    Australian Diggers WW1

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