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Category Archives: Archive Topics
The Pioneer Frontiersmen Flyers
On the Canada pages of this website you will find Historian Will Shandro’s account of the Calgary Frontiersmen’s effort to pay for an airship, although this apparently came to nothing. On another page we tell of the highly successful Air … Continue reading
Posted in Archive Topics, Canada, Frontiersmen, History, Legion of Frontiersmen, Uncategorized
Tagged Air Aces, Wop May, WW1
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Money Matters
Over the past 112 years the Legion of Frontiersmen has always been much in need of money. It has been fortunate with the generosity of members and officers, but when a nice fat sum of money seemed to be coming … Continue reading
Posted in Archive Topics, Frontiersmen, History, Legion of Frontiersmen
Tagged Army Remounts
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The Mystery of the Union Flag
Followers of this website will know that the Legion of Frontiersmen has by its nature attracted many strange tales and not a few myths. We have tried to resolve the mysteries and stories in a constant search for the truth. … Continue reading
Posted in Archive Topics, Frontiersmen, History, Legion of Frontiersmen, Remembrance
Tagged Boy Scouts, British Legion, Cenotaph, Union Flag, Unknown Warrior
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Listen to the band
It may come as surprise to many to hear that the Legion of Frontiersmen had a strong musical tradition with a succession of acclaimed Legion bands over the years. However, we may never again see what is shown in the … Continue reading
Posted in Archive Topics, Canada, Frontiersmen, History, Legion of Frontiersmen, Uncategorized
Tagged Military Bands, Music
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When a Government Minister supported the Frontiersmen
For over twenty years from the middle of the 1960s, Frontiersmen made regular trips to Belgium and France to pay their respects to the Fallen of both wars. They gained introductions through the Amicale, the Anglo-Belgian Club, then of Belgrave … Continue reading
Posted in Archive Topics, Frontiersmen, History, Legion of Frontiersmen
Tagged Blankenberge, Denis Healey, London, Somme, Ypres
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Just an Inch of Ribbon
The DCM League and the Frontiersmen.. The Distinguished Conduct Medal, awarded to other ranks between 1854 and 1993 was regarded as second only to the Victoria Cross. It was replaced in 1993 by the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, awarded to all … Continue reading
Posted in Archive Topics, Frontiersmen, History, Legion of Frontiersmen
Tagged DCM League, Earl of Derby, Robert Moyse
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A Light Legion Scandal
Legion Lawyers – the ethical and the questionable You may think that an article on Legion Lawyers would be about uninteresting men, but this is far from the case. Over the history of the Legion we have attracted many sharp … Continue reading
GAS!!
During the 1930s the very word “gas” was highly emotive. Today we talk of “chemical warfare” but in those days just the one word caused disquiet in the British population, many of who could recall the nightmare of gas warfare … Continue reading
Friends in High Places
Anyone researching the Legion of Frontiersmen at the British National Archives could well be excused for thinking that it is an organisation of little use constantly disliked or even despised by Government departments throughout its 110 year history. Nothing could … Continue reading
Who was “Texas” Thompson?
Early Frontiersmen, horses and the influence of the “wild west”. It is only since the end of WW2 that Frontiersmen have not been required to be able to ride a horse, although successful mounted Troops still exist. The early Frontiersmen … Continue reading
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