BRUM RATION
The Monthly Newsletter of the Birmingham Branch
Editor : Richard Lloyd
December 2018
REMEMBRANCE 2018 There appear to have been record attendances at Remembrance services this year. For the first time in…
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NOVEMBER 1918 This Brumration is being prepared as we move towards the Armistice Commemorations on November 11th. There…
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THE CONDITION OF THE INDIAN ARMY I914 For many years the Indian Government, The British Raj, had relied on the revenue …
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WAR AND THE CANADIAN ROCKIES An exhibit on World War 1 and World War 2 I saw recently at the Whyte Museum of the Canadi…
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WHAT DID ADRIAN, BRODIE AND HADFIELD HAVE IN COMMON? By Bob Butcher Answer: They were all steel helmets. The war…
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PRIVATE JOSEPH RILEY, 1ST BATTALION SHERWOOD FORRESTERS. One of the pleasures of giving my talk at various WFA Branc…
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THE SNIPER AND HIS RIFLE By Bob Butcher Trench warfare gave plenty of opportunity for sniping and it would seem that, …
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YPRES VISIT 2018 This edition of Brumration will reflect on some of the sites we visited on the first day of our WFA Br…
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YPRES VISIT 2018 - PART 2 The village of Vlamertinghe was in range of the German medium artillery fire and as a result …
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The Bulletin of the Birmingham Branch of the WFA March 2018 Compiled by Richard Lloyd OPERATION MICHAEL 1918 General…
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The Bulletin of the Birmingham Branch of the WFA February 2018 Compiled by Richard Lloyd The Germans held a Confer…
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JANUARY 1918 There are some aspects of life in Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield as described in the Sutton Coldfield New…
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