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- The Dead Donkeys: The Myth of the ‘Château Generals’ Part Three – Gallipoli 1915 – Disaster in the Dardanelles January 12, 2019
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- The Dead Donkeys: The Myth of the ‘Château Generals’ Part One – 1914 January 7, 2019
- Coming up in 2019 December 26, 2018
- From the Men of 29th Division…… December 23, 2018
- Fourth Army Standing Orders: Adjutant-General’s and Quartermaster-General’s Branch 1917 December 15, 2018
- A Return Walk in the Palingbeek December 11, 2018
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- The Easter Rising Part Eleven – Kilmainham Gaol December 1, 2018
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The Dead Donkeys: The Myth of the ‘Château Generals’ Part Three – Gallipoli 1915 – Disaster in the Dardanelles
The Gallipoli section of this series of posts is the only part where I have included all General Officers, including those who were dismissed – and one of them had earned a D.S.O. in South Africa in 1900 in an … Continue reading
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The Dead Donkeys: The Myth of the ‘Château Generals’ Part Two – The Western Front 1915
1915 would begin with the deaths of two generals that I introduced you to last post. On 22nd February, Brigadier-General Sir John Edmond Gough V.C., Chief of Staff 1st Army, was killed by a German sniper on the Aubers Ridge, … Continue reading
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The Dead Donkeys: The Myth of the ‘Château Generals’ Part One – 1914
“It is a simple historical fact that the British Generals of the First World War, whatever their faults, did not fail in their duty. It was not a British delegation that crossed the lines with a white flag in November … Continue reading
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Coming up in 2019
A sneak preview of what’s coming up next year. Along with the usual one-off posts, much of 2019 will be spent following the course of the war in the area to the south west of Ypres, along with one major … Continue reading
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From the Men of 29th Division……
This understated 1918 Christmas card from the collection perhaps reflects the mixed emotions felt as the first peacetime Christmas for five years approached.
Posted in Documents & Artwork
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Fourth Army Standing Orders: Adjutant-General’s and Quartermaster-General’s Branch 1917
Now this all sounds a bit dour, doesn’t it?
Posted in Documents & Artwork
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A Return Walk in the Palingbeek
It’s the afternoon of Armistice Day 2018, and the Palingbeek looks glorious in the late autumn sunshine.
Posted in Zillebeke
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