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The remains of a British soldier killed fighting in WW1 have been laid to rest – 108 years after his death.
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WW1 soldier laid to rest after nearly 108 years - MSNA World War One soldier has been buried with full military honours nearly 108 years after his death. Pte John Tame, who was from Windsor and served in the Royal Berkshire Regiment, was killed in ...
Ralph Rayner, aged 14 years in 1940, at Chatham. ‘Boy Soldiers’ of the Royal Engineers By Ralph Rayner I joined the army in at the age of 14 years, as an apprentice tradesman in the Royal ...
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- Rounding out the Army's three engineering disciplines, combat engineers, also known as "Sappers," enable the maneuverability of forces by applying mobility, counter ...
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Soldier Kamikaze in WW1 (Grenadier's Leap) - MSNThe First World War is renowned for its massive Battles fought on an industrial scale, particularly the grinding stalemate that was the Western front. Places like Verdun, the Somme, and Passendale ...
A sympathetic interview with a board of WW1 officers resulted in a WOSB interview and posting to 148 Infantry Training Brigade at Wrotham, Kent, and subsequently to a RE OCTU in Scotland.
Sgt. Scott D. Brooks, 82nd Engineer Support Company, 65th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, was awarded the Silver Star medal for his actions on June 25, 2007 where his bravery resulted ...
That’s what the soldiers of the 11th Engineers were treated to when Mutt, a YMCA trench runner loaded with ciggies, visited them in 1918 in the Aisne-Marne operation during World War I.
Nine British soldiers who died in World War One have been buried more than a century after their deaths. Their bodies were discovered during engineering works in De Reutel in Belgium in 2018.
LONDON — On Jan. 1, 1917, a young man from Lancashire started a diary. It might not sound like much to write home about, but the 21-year-old — Lawrence Enderson Grimshaw — happened to be a ...
News editorIn the centenary year of the 20th Century’s devastating conflict, the spotlight falls on how British engineers supported the military effort while themselves making great sacrifices.
Nine soldiers, seven of whom were identified, were given full military honours at Tyne Cot Military Cemetery in Belgium after being unearthed in 2018 during engineering work ...
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