Sorry, missed a digit, 2nd Rifle Brigades war diary at Kew is WO95/1731. In May I attended the 100th commemoration for the 2nd Rifle Brigades attack...
Hi Fragle, The war diary mentioned is the actual war diary of the 2nd Rifle Brigade. If you have an ancestry membership you can view it on there...
On the US side the last day of WW1, i.e. 11th November 1918 the Americans I believe lost more men in the few hours up until 11am ceasefire than they...
Guyencourt area. War diary reads 27/5/18 all quiet At 1am German attack started. Barrage opened up at 1am and battalion front was heavily gassed and...
Yes, quite a good percentage were black, a point missed by many when this action is discussed. Mel Gibson and historical accuracy, OH PLEASE!!!!!...
Hi Annie, No, No, No, the present hotel is on the approximate site of the old stables, the original Chateau was in the what is now the pleasure...
Hi Kes, Post the details and I will see if I can help you. Andy
Can we please have this accurately portrayed. It was not a battle but an attack. A 2 division attack by this time in 1916 was hardly worthy of the...
Here is the actual position of the, just where we originally thought it was. Craters in the hotel area are mining crater from Jan to April 1916....
headstone in Corbie Communal Cemetery & Extension
Died of wounds on 6th September, reported by OC of Number 5 C.C.S.
Great piece of family history and nice to see, thank you. Sorry my scanner is having problems but this is a digital photograph of him in the 1908...
Blues Register says the following:- ROGERS, Walter Lacy Yea. Educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Oxford. Played in Oxford Fifteen 1898, 1900....
Not sure if this adds anything but:- ROGERS, Colonel Walter Lacy Yea, D.S.O. 1919; born 20th Sept. 1878; 3rd son of Walter Lacy Rogers of Rainscombe,...
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