His soldier record for World War I notes that on December 27, 1919, he was cited “for gallantry in action during operations in the vicinity of Brabant-sur-Meuse, France, October 14, 1918, for repairing and maintaining telephone lines under heavy enemy shell fire.” The 1924 Voter List sho...
World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. From the time of its occurrence until the approach of World War II in 1939, it was called simply
The 6 metre tin scrap metal Haunting Soldier Sculpture on a temporary visit to Dublin in November 2018 to remember all from the Island of Ireland who served in World War 1, those who survived, the lives lost and those they were against. The visit of the sculpture was organised, and on t...
One of my paternal great-grandfathers was a soldier during World War I. He was shot in the leg and, according to family legend, used spider webs to pack the wound. Spider webs were traditionally used in many cultures to treat wounds back then. They are said to contain anti-fungal and a...
However, the particular effects of eating as an intercultural encounter is an area so far underexplored in the history of World War I. This article examines these aspects of daily life in war time through the records of diaries, memoirs, soldier newspapers and propaganda to provide greater ...
‘Rather than bury him as an unknown soldier, I would love to be able to identify him so that his headstone may bear his name.’ Share this: Twitter Facebook Epic Nevinson painting leads Sotheby’s sale One of the greatest works produced by British war artist Christopher (CRW) Nevinson ...
A bacterial sample from a World War I soldier is helping researchers to tackle dysentery, a disease that kills hundreds of thousands of children under five each year in developing nations. As scientists were working on reconstructing the complex genome of this bacterium, they felt compelled to pie...
"The following notes were made during my involuntary stay at Malta. On returning home I supplemented them from my records. The five years of my service in Turkey were years of struggle, not only against the World War enemies, but against those who never ceased in their efforts to minimize ...
Once one of the most famous residents of ZSL London Zoo, Winnie the Bear was brought to the city by a Canadian soldier – Lt Harry Colebourn – during World War I. Colebourn, a member of the 34th Fort Garry Horse Regiment of Manitoba and the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps, had purchased...
"The following notes were made during my involuntary stay at Malta. On returning home I supplemented them from my records. The five years of my service in Turkey were years of struggle, not only against the World War enemies, but against those who never ceased in their efforts to minimize ...