Morrell. An officer of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), Captain Morrell served in Tunisia and was charged with disassembling and breaking down battle damaged tanks, in particular, M4 Shermans. The Captain noted… Skip to the content Search Tank Encyclopedia The Online Tank...
these cutlasses eventually fell into the hands of other navies Britain was at war with. The British naval 'setbacks' during the War of 1812 would have caused a great volume of these swords being absorbed into the ranks of the U.S. Navy. This particular one is based on a surviving cutlass...
Sitting Members of Parliament grew ever more erratic as the Cabinet assured them the situation was under control even while plans were made to move the Royal Family to Canada. With the police, army and navy suffering thousands of desertions, military ranks were refiled with ex-servicemen, most...
See it on a sword. Royal Navy Dirk Cord Knot SOLD OUT KNT021 Ideal for our RN dirk. Image of Dirk with knotFrench Napoleonic Sword Knots Imperial Guard Other Ranks Sword Knot 9OUT OF STOCK KNT001 French officer Gold Sword Knot- Field Officer Grade or Captain's Grade OUT OF STOCK KNT...
Battle Honours and Campaign Medals for the Black Mountain Expedition 1888:The Indian General Service Medal was issued to all ranks taking part in the campaign, with the clasp ‘Hazara 1888’. The campaign is not a battle honour. Anecdotes and traditions from the Black Mountain Expedition 1888: ...
The casualties of the 57th were 422 out of the 570 men in the ranks and 20 out of the 30 officers. The Allied commander of the Anglo- Portuguese force Field Marshal Beresford wrote in his dispatch, “our dead, particularly the 57th Regiment, were lying as they fought in the ranks, ev...
Regt. – The Commander in Chief is thoroughly sensible of the very distinguish'd behavior of all the Troops that were yesterday Engaged, & of the Universal Ardor he perceived throughout all Ranks of the Army of discharging their Duty with Spirit & conduct – A Return of the Killed, Wounded...
The small group of Royal Marines seems to have got on well with the three-dozen US Marines held in Camp 10. There was, however, a certain degree of contempt for the several hundred US Army prisoners, many of whom appeared to adopt a dog-eat-dog attitude rather than close ranks in ...
Also ranks #2 on True Story Movies That Won An Oscar Also ranks #2 on Great War Movies With Hardly Any Violence In Them 4 A Bridge Too Far Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine 235 votes A Bridge Too Far, directed by Richard Attenborough, is a gripping account of Operation Market Ga...
Hadik’s Hussar’s smashed the Berlin garrison regiments asunder with a daring charge through their center ranks. Deemed an impossible feat, Hadik’s gutsy move was a moment of great embarressment to Frederick the Great. In a world of weighted shot and calculated cannon this was a harkening...