Tag: WWI
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Christmas Truce 1914
Warwickshire soldier’s account of Christmas truce in the trenches The meeting of British and German troops on No Man’s Land to exchange festive greetings and gifts on the first Christmas of the Great War is still seen as a shining episode of shared humanity from among the bloody chapters of World War One. But it […]
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Fromelles remains
French dig may uncover mass grave of WWI troops Human remains found at a World War I battlefield in France will likely reveal a mass grave of hundreds of lost allied soldiers, Australian officials said Wednesday. Defence Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon said archaeologists working on the site on the outskirts of Fromelles in northern France […]
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Stirlings in Action
Flying aces remembered A RESEARCHER from Malvern has published a book telling the story of some of the lesser-known flying heroes of the Second World War. Stirlings in Action with the Airborne Forces by Dr Dennis Williams tells the story of two RAF squadrons which shared the task of dropping agents and supplies on behalf […]
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Using “Geofizz”
Hi-tech history man unearths wartime ‘town’ Ninety years after one the bloodiest battles of the 20th century, the freelance underground investigator has enabled historians to open up an underground ‘town’ that protected British troops from the Germans during four years of fighting near the Belgium town of Ypres. Mr Weale, from East Harling, near Thetford, […]
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Perth buckle
Medieval belt buckle discovered Archaeologists unearthed a medieval belt buckle in Perth following work to repair a collapsed sewer. The group were allowed to examine the area in the Kirkgate as Scottish Water repaired the network. The copper alloy buckle is believed to date back to the 12th Century and was found along with animal […]
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