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One hundred years ago, 24 April 1915: Armenian genocide begins | History & Lore of the Old World War
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History and Lore of the Old World War. Artifacts and odd bits from 1914-1918. One hundred years ago, 24 April 1915: Armenian genocide begins. Deportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915. A Chronology of the Armenian Genocide. Map of the 1915 Armenian Genocide in the Turkish Empire. Memorials to the Armenian Genocide. Turkey angry at Pope Francis Armenian ‘genocide’ claim. On April 23, 2015 at 11:51 am Comments (1). To TrackBack this entry is:. Feed for comments on this post. Out at Neuilly....
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Uncategorized | History & Lore of the Old World War
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History and Lore of the Old World War. Artifacts and odd bits from 1914-1918. Poets Killed on the First Day of the Somme, July 1, 1916. 2nd Lt. Henry FIELD. Served with the 6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiement. He was killed on the first day Somme during the bitter fighting for Serre, one of 836 casualties from his battalion. He was 22. Buried at Serre Road Cemetery No.2, Beaumont Hamel and Hebuterne. Above the shot-blown trench he stands,. Tall and thin against the sky;. The likeness of a skeleton.
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Meredith Loveland Dowd | History & Lore of the Old World War
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History and Lore of the Old World War. Artifacts and odd bits from 1914-1918. First to Fall: the American Volunteers who Gave their Lives for France. Yet today, a hundred years on, the American Volunteers are little remembered. I doubt that you will find even a passing mention of them in any American textbook. As often as time and opportunity permit, over the next three years, photographs and brief obituaries of individual Volunteers will appear here, beginning with three this evening, from the American ...
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One hundred years ago, April 25, 1915: the Gallipoli landings | History & Lore of the Old World War
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History and Lore of the Old World War. Artifacts and odd bits from 1914-1918. One hundred years ago, April 25, 1915: the Gallipoli landings. Battle of Gallipoli: animated battle map. Gallipoli Centenary Research Project: Researching Gallipoli in the Turkish Military Archives. 8220;Never-before-seen photographs show horror of doomed Gallipoli landings through the eyes of the soldiers who fought there.”. On April 25, 2015 at 12:01 am Leave a Comment. To TrackBack this entry is:. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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French Foreign Legion | History & Lore of the Old World War
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History and Lore of the Old World War. Artifacts and odd bits from 1914-1918. First to Fall: the American Volunteers who Gave their Lives for France. Yet today, a hundred years on, the American Volunteers are little remembered. I doubt that you will find even a passing mention of them in any American textbook. As often as time and opportunity permit, over the next three years, photographs and brief obituaries of individual Volunteers will appear here, beginning with three this evening, from the American ...
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First to Fall: the American Volunteers who Gave their Lives for France | History & Lore of the Old World War
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History and Lore of the Old World War. Artifacts and odd bits from 1914-1918. First to Fall: the American Volunteers who Gave their Lives for France. Yet today, a hundred years on, the American Volunteers are little remembered. I doubt that you will find even a passing mention of them in any American textbook. As often as time and opportunity permit, over the next three years, photographs and brief obituaries of individual Volunteers will appear here, beginning with three this evening, from the American ...
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Armenian genocide | History & Lore of the Old World War
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History and Lore of the Old World War. Artifacts and odd bits from 1914-1918. One hundred years ago, 24 April 1915: Armenian genocide begins. Deportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915. A Chronology of the Armenian Genocide. Map of the 1915 Armenian Genocide in the Turkish Empire. Memorials to the Armenian Genocide. Turkey angry at Pope Francis Armenian ‘genocide’ claim. On April 23, 2015 at 11:51 am Comments (1). Voices from the trenches, a hundred years ago . . . The Scrapbook of an America...
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The Poilu in postcards | History & Lore of the Old World War
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History and Lore of the Old World War. Artifacts and odd bits from 1914-1918. The Poilu in postcards. The British historian and WWII veteran, John Laffin, in his valuable compilation , World War I in Postcards. From 1914-1918, compared to their more conservative British counterparts, frequently “overdone” and in “atrocious bad taste”. Personally I find them unexpected, playful and charming, even if occasionally verging on the absurd (how very. Each county had its own distinctive postcards, of course, inc...
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The Scrapbook of an American Army Nurse in WWI: Part Two | History & Lore of the Old World War
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History and Lore of the Old World War. Artifacts and odd bits from 1914-1918. The Scrapbook of an American Army Nurse in WWI: Part Two. Many of the photographs in Army Nurse Edith MacDonald’s scrapbook (see The Scrapbook of an American Army Nurse in WWI: Part One. Edward Griffiths, rank unknown, 2d Infantry Division, AEF. George P. Dickson, unit and rank unknown. He writes on back of photo: “To Miss Edith E. MacDonald, from an Appreciative Doughboy”. Raymond R. Taylor, unit and rank unknown. Feed for com...
