Category Archives: Latest Topic

Publicising the Legion and Recruitment

Posted on December 1, 2018 by

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 →

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Chaplains of Adventure

Posted on October 1, 2018 by

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 →

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Commemorating the “Nine Thousand”

Posted on August 1, 2018 by

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 →

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The RSM-in-Chief

Posted on June 1, 2018 by

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 →

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Before James Bond Was Invented…

Posted on April 1, 2018 by

Topic April/May 2018.  Before James Bond was invented the Legion of Frontiersmen had at least one of its own adventurers, womanisers and Intelligence gatherers – that is if you believe the writings of Tom Cushny. Fortunately his accounts of his … Continue reading →

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German Spies are Everywhere

Posted on February 1, 2018 by

Topic February/March 2018.  The early Legion of Frontiersmen attracted a number of men whose characters varied from the slightly to the very eccentric. One of the most eccentric of all was the novelist, journalist and writer William Le Queux. Le … Continue reading →

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An Extraordinary Occasion

Posted on December 1, 2017 by

Topic December 2017 / January 2018.  To perform a major event in one of London’s Royal parks would be an achievement for any organisation; for an organisation that was less than two years old to find the numbers to produce … Continue reading →

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