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This book, originally published in 1981, tells the story of the regular soldiers and reservists of the British Expeditionary Force (B. E. F.) who fought in the first six months of the First World War on the Western Front. This photographic history of the B. E. F. is unique in that the photographs were taken not by official war photographers, but either by the few press photographers who were ...
23 de ago. de 2018 · Battle of Mons 23rd August 1914. The 1 st Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry was stationed at The Curagh, Co. Kildare when Britain declared war on Germany on 4 th August 1914. Like most ‘home’ Battalions, it was seriously under strength, requiring 600 reservists to bring it up to the war establishment of 1,017 all ranks.
27 de feb. de 2003 · The term 'Old Contemptibles' refers to the men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) at the outbreak of war in August 1914. The term comes from the reports that Kaiser Wilhelm referred to Britain and it's. 'contemptible little army', adopted by the men as a badge of pride, and regarded as an honour after the end of the war to be referred to ...
26 de oct. de 2020 · The Old Contemptibles - Men of the British Expeditionary Force of 1914. That’s wonderful, thank you. I’ll amend his article accordingly, in the next few months I’ll be picking through the war diary reports to fill out his WWI service record.
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