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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Derry Journal tells tale of soldier shot at dawn
The Derry Journal reports how a 19-year-old soldier from the Inniskilling Fusiliers was shot at dawn and how an officer refused to be involved with the execution. The newspaper also states that Private Robert Hope was shot for desertion in … Continue reading
Posted in News, Soldiers of the Great War
Tagged Derry, Inniskilling Fusiliers, Ireland, news, Robert Hope, Shot at dawn
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Canadian soldiers added to Dorchester memorial
The names of two Dorset men who lost their lives fighting with the Canadian forces in World War I have been added to a war memorial in Dorchester. Charlie Cutt and George Quinton were omitted from the monument when it … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged 1917, Canada, Charlie Cutt, Dorchester, Dorset, George Quinton, Menin Gate
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Three South African soldiers re-buried at Tyne Cot
Three unknown South African soldiers, who died while fighting on the Western Front in 1917, were re-interred today at a ceremony at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium. The service was organised by the South African Embassy, located in Brussels, and … Continue reading
A South African RAF pilot
CWGC lists lieutenant Charles Perring as belonging to the Aircraft Acceptance Park at Hendon Aerodrome in London. He was killed in an air crash at Lympne in Kent on 9 August 1918 and originally came from Johannesburg, South Africa. The … Continue reading
CWGC searches for family of World War I NCO
Research by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) has identified the grave of Company Serjeant Major (CSM) Andrew Gale of The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) in Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Belgium. CSM Gale … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, CWGC, missing, news, Tyne Cot
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First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 