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The Rifle Grenade Part Four – The German M13 Gewehrgranate
This is the M13 Gewehrgranate, a high-explosive cast-iron rifle grenade fitted with a percussion fuse designed to explode on impact, its body segmented for maximum fragmentation on detonation.
Aldershot – The Royal Garrison Church of All Saints: ‘The Longest Yarn’
Back at the Garrison Church in Aldershot – well, we hadn’t really left, had we?
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Aldershot – The Royal Garrison Church of All Saints
The Royal Garrison Church of All Saints was built in 1863 following the government’s 1857 decision to make Aldershot a permanent military camp.
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Remember the Dead – The 3rd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment & the Second Battle of Ypres
Men of the initial draft of the 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment (colloquially known as 3rd Mons, and mainly recruited from the Gwent area) parade at Abergavenny in South Wales in August 1914. Part of the 83rd Brigade, 28th Division, they … Continue reading
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Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Fifteen – The M16 ‘Cigaro’
Here’s another of those curious contraptions that litter my Man Cave. And if you disregard the vanes at the top, this image shows exactly why this was referred to as the Cigaro.
Posted in Austro-Hungarian Grenades, Weaponry & Relics
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Post Update No. 5 – Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm)
Just like London buses, you wait for ages, and then two turn up almost at once. Here’s another updated post from way back for you, and this one has had a major overhaul. You can see what you think by … Continue reading
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