World War I Articles

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Bundesarchiv Bild 183 R04159, Berlin, Deutelmoser, Max V. Baden, V. Radowitz
11 November 2008

Did Seven Inauspicious Words Bring About The End Of The Great War?

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Cenotaphpc
11 November 2008

The Burial of the Unknown Warrior

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VC Close Up
23 October 2008

Victoria Crosses Won on the Western Front 1914-1918

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Hesketh Prichard Army
21 October 2008

Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard and the British ‘School Of Sniping’ On The Western Front

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Webley Mk VI P1030102
20 October 2008

The .455" Service Revolver

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Men Of The Chinese Labour Corps Stacking Sacks Of Corn At Boulogne, 12 August 1917. Imperial War Museum Image Q2701
20 October 2008

The British Pioneer Battalions And Labour Corps on the Western Front

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Vickers Machine Gun In The Battle Of Passchendaele September 1917
18 October 2008

The .303" Vickers Machine Gun

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Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
17 October 2008

The Bullecourt Controversy

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N°5 Mkii N°23 Mkii N°36 Mki
17 October 2008

The genesis of the standard British Hand Grenade on the Western Front

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1894 Lance
10 October 2008

The Lance

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Tower Bridge Ruins Battle Loos
6 October 2008

The Battle of Loos - An Eye-witness Account of the attack on Hill 70

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Platform 8, Central Station, Newcastle 1908
5 October 2008

1914 The Memoirs of a Volunteer by Harry Fellows

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German Barrage Fire At Night (Ypres) (2)
30 September 2008

The Control Of British Artillery Fire On The Western Front In The Great War

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Fred Watson
27 August 2008

C.S.M. Fred Watson MC, DCM

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Water From The River Authie Having Passed Through The Depoisoning And Sterilising Plant Of No. 2 Water Tank Company ASC (Attached To The 718Th Motor Transport Company, Army Service Corps), Enters The Canvas Tank Pure. Auxi
13 August 2008

Water Supplies to the BEF

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Lt Col Cyril Helm
4 August 2008

The Diary of Dr. Cyril Helm, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C. (1888 - 1972) August 1914

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Indian Mountain Battery At The Battle Of Mahiwa
4 August 2008

Great War In German East Africa

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Von Richtofen.
4 August 2008

The Top German Aces Of The Great War

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'HMS Good Hope' By William Lionel Wyllie
3 August 2008

We Rest Below the Waves

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Lieutenant Colonel John Brough
3 August 2008

Lt. Col. John Brough: The Commander Of The First 'Tankies'

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