Appeal to buy medals for 'beastly' WW2 battle
Among the men was 23-year-old L/Cpl Frank Boyce who was seriously injured ... likened to World War One. Their Corps Commander ...
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What was life like on the front line in World War One?
At the start of World War One, the UK launched a ... By the end of the first day of the battle, 19,240 British soldiers had been killed, and 38,230 were injured. It was the deadliest day in ...
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Medals for Shropshire battalion’s first soldier killed in WW1 go up for auction
The medal trio and death plaque relating to Private Albert Jones, who was born in 1891 at Rushbury, near Munslow, Craven Arms, are included in Halls Fine Art’s militaria auction on Wednesday ...
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I still play the pipes that saved my great-grandfather's life in WW1
Alasdair Campbell is proud to be playing pipes his great-grandfather carried into battle in World War One After ... though wounded during the fighting, was one of the lucky ones.