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Category Archives: History
Independence
Topic December 2019 / January 2020. “The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank, or even power and fame. The world feels not without a certain apprehension, that here is … Continue reading
Posted in Frontiersmen, History, Latest Topic, Legion of Frontiersmen
Tagged Burma, Egypt, Gold Coast, Lord Lloyd, Mandalay, Rangoon, Uniform, Winston Churchill
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The Frontiersman Traitor
…but who was never brought to justice! Those who have read our most recently published book The Frontiers of Truth will have seen that there have been Frontiersmen who have been accomplished liars, cheats and rogues in their spare time … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Frontiersmen, History, Latest Topic, Legion of Frontiersmen
Tagged Australian Light Horse, Canadian Division, Cyril Wybrow, Egypt, Lord Lloyd
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A Moment in History
Topic October / November 2019. Captain Arthur Wynell Lloyd, M.C. was a very brave man. He was one of the few Frontiersmen to be still able to fight at the last engagement at Nyangao, for which the Royal Fusiliers were … Continue reading
Posted in Frontiersmen, History, Latest Topic, Legion of Frontiersmen, World War I
Tagged Africa, East Africa, Holborn Restaurant, Smuts
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The Frontiersman who won the George Medal
Surprising Snippets 10 William Green, G.M. Wilbur Dartnell is well known to all as the man who won the Victoria Cross as a Frontiersman, but the man who won another of the highest gallantry awards The George Medal, also as … Continue reading
Real Austerity
Topic August / September 2019. It was not until 1922 that the Legion of Frontiersmen recovered in any way from the losses of the First War. The Legion had grown so rapidly in its first ten years and with such … Continue reading
Answering the Call
Topic June / July 2019. As the threat of another world war grew ever more likely in the 1930s, Frontiersmen had hopes that they would be granted a named unit as they had in the First War. As retired senior officers, … Continue reading
The Badges of the Legion of Frontiersmen, 1904-2001
Nowhere is there to be found a list of the metal badges of the Legion of Frontiersmen, so this should explain them and how they came to be used, more or less in chronological order. 1) The infant Legion had … Continue reading
Yorkshire, the Heart of England and the Heart of the Frontiersmen
Topic April / May 2019. The first unit of the Legion of Frontiersmen in the county of Yorkshire, England was formed, as can be seen from the copy of the original invitation card shown here, in October 1906. For well … Continue reading
Frontiersmen Independent Thinkers
Topic February / March 2019. A brief look at some Frontiersmen characters who some might describe as eccentric. The late, great, Patrick Moore (who was also a Frontiersman) was always fascinated by what might be called eccentrics by some, but who … Continue reading
United Farmers of Alberta Mounted Infantry Command
UNITED FARMERS OF ALBERTA MOUNTED INFANTRY COMMAND* LEGION OF FRONTIERSMEN, BREMNER DISTRICT Barry William Shandro M.Ed – 12 January 2019 History & Archives Section, Countess Mountbatten’s Own Legion of Frontiersmen *The United Farmers of Alberta executive member Mr. Rice Sheppard … Continue reading
