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'Rikki' Little: Australia's Greatest Ace
As the ‘Camel’ pilot approached dark shape in the gloom of the late May evening, he recognised it...
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The British Route to War
Britain's entry into the Great War is far more complex than the reason for the country embarking...
Read More![A training exercise goes horribly wrong: The tragedy at Gainsborough, 19 February 1915](/media/5218/12612811643_34f1409bb8.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131911106669270000)
A training exercise goes horribly wrong: The tragedy at Gainsborough, 19...
At the turn of the last century the Heavy Woollen area of the West Riding of Yorkshire, centred a...
Read More![The discovery and identification of the Beaucamps Ligny Fifteen : October 1914](/media/5496/zy.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131913389893770000)
The discovery and identification of the Beaucamps Ligny Fifteen : Octobe...
In the autumn of 2009, during excavation work for a building project, human remains were discover...
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Zeppelins Over Norfolk
The First World War was a conflict of many firsts. While the Great War saw the debut of mass publ...
Read More![Medo and Mbalama Hill, Portuguese East Africa, 12 - 24 April 1918](/media/5184/the-schutztruppe-marches-through-portuguese-east-africa-web.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131911106653170000)
Medo and Mbalama Hill, Portuguese East Africa, 12 - 24 April 1918
In late November 1917 Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and his men crossed the Rovuma River from G...
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We Rest Below the Waves
Stoker 1st Class Herbert Allcorn had already served five years in the Royal Navy and was on Reser...
Read More![The world’s largest pre-atomic explosion: Halifax Harbour 1917](/media/5446/halifax_explosion_aftermath_loc_2_-_restored.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131913490888070000)
The world’s largest pre-atomic explosion: Halifax Harbour 1917
Not all fatalities that occurred in the First World War were as a direct result of enemy action....
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Battle of the Falklands 1914
“We landed to bury our dead. The dignified memorial service in Port Stanley Cathedral, and the...
Read More![New Year's Day 1915: The unknown 'Battle of Broken Hill'](/media/5155/3-sulphide_st_station.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131913430841070000)
New Year's Day 1915: The unknown 'Battle of Broken Hill'
Whilst the vast majority of First World War actions took place in France and Belgium, there were...
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Drunk as a Lord? The dismissal and redemption of Lord Edward Seymour
Cambrai - Attack and stalemate The British attack at Cambrai on 20 November 1917 is well known fo...
Read More![The Battle of Cambrai - why did it succeed and what went wrong? November 1917](/media/5131/bundesarchiv_bild_146-1984-059-02a_westfront_englisches_panzerwrack.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=131911095791130000)
The Battle of Cambrai - why did it succeed and what went wrong? November...
The Battle of Cambrai in November 1917 turned out, for both Britain and Germany, to be a major si...
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