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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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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
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
Publicising the Legion and Recruitment
Topic December 2018 / January 2019. Certainly the Legion of Frontiersmen showed skills in recruitment and promoting the Legion, especially in the early years. With no television and no radio to occupy their relaxation time men went out in search of … Continue reading
Chaplains of Adventure
Topic October/November 2018. The first Legion Padre was Bishop H.H. Montgomery, who we will know of in the main as being the father of the famous Montgomery of Alamein. He was succeeded by several mainly London-based clergymen, often with somewhat … Continue reading
Posted in Frontiersmen, History, Latest Topic, Legion of Frontiersmen, Roger Pocock
Tagged Cave-Browne-Cave, Harry Leigh Pink, Wild West
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Commemorating the “Nine Thousand”
Topic August/September 2018. There will be many commemorations and countless books about the centenary of the end of the First War – the Great War – the “war to end all wars”. In this topic page we will take a look … Continue reading
Posted in Frontiersmen, History, Latest Topic, Legion of Frontiersmen
Tagged First War, WW1
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The RSM-in-Chief
Topic June/July 2018. Before we located the I.W.M. photograph of Sidney James Alexander M.C. outside Buckingham Palace, all we had to start with was a rather faint photograph of him in Frontiersmen uniform. By that time he had acquired some rotundity … Continue reading
