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With Snow on Their Boots. The Tragic Odyssey of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France During World War I
Book Review by Christina Holstein. This is an exceedingly interesting book, which covers events whose details may not be well known to readers of Stand To! The author tells the story of how two Russian Brigades of approximately 22,000 men came to fight for the Allies in France (Champagne) in 1916-1917 - 'sold for shells' was the popular phrase u...
'ELOPE with the RAF - flying over North Russia' by Andy Tonge
Caption: No 1 Flight, Slavo British Aviation Corps About the speaker: Andy Tonge was, for 13 years, chair of the WFA Sussex branch and also the European Officer of the WFA EC during most of the Great War Centenary commemorations. In this role he led the WFA presence at government-run Passchendaele events. For many years, he has guided battlefiel...
'From Greenwich lad to Four-War Warrior: Vice-Adm "Kipper" Robinson VC' by Clive Harris
Caption: Commemorative stone outside Robinson's Greenwich birthplace About the talk: Local Greenwich lad, Clive Wilson, talks about another Greenwich lad, Vice Admiral Eric Gascoigne Robinson VC (1882-1965), known to his friends as 'Kipper'. During his extraordinarily career, Kipper fought in four wars with distinction, sometimes serving alongsi...
Russia and the First World War - a talk by Professor Evan Mawdsley
Delegates from both sides around the table during the peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk in December 1917.Image: IWM (Q 86727) Our final branch meeting of 2024 will consider why the Eastern Front is so often a neglected (but important) subject. It will also look at the links between the World War, the 1917 Revolution, and the Russian Civil Wa...
Churchill's Intervention: The North Russian Relief Force 1919 - Andy Stuart
Whilst most of the troops were looking forward to going home after the Armistice in 1919, many were committed to Russia to support the anti-Bolshevik forces in the Russian Civil War. This is an area that many may have heard of but not always know a lot about, involving troops from many Western nations. Andy’s grandfather served in this conflict....