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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
German Spies are Everywhere
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
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
Posted in Frontiersmen, History, Latest Topic, Legion of Frontiersmen
Tagged Albert Chevalier, Alfred Hutton, Duelling, Empire Day, Graham Hope, Koekkoek, Regent's Park
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The Naval Frontiersmen Who Fought on Land
Topic October / November 2017. It has always been something of a puzzle as to what happened to the men of the famous Manchester Troop of the Legion who served with the 3rd Belgian Lancers after the “British Colonial Horse” … Continue reading
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The Call of the Wild
Topic August/September 2017. Throughout its history the Legion of Frontiersmen has attracted countless men, and more than a few women, whose travels had taken them all over the world. Many was the story they could, and sometimes did, tell of … Continue reading
Posted in Frontiersmen, History, Latest Topic, Legion of Frontiersmen
Tagged Escott North
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Defending against CHEMICAL WARFARE
It can truthfully be said that nowhere, outside the Government Schools, are such facilities available as are offered by the Central Gas School of the Legion of Frontiersmen. Topic June/July 2017. We covered the Legion’s work in anti-gas warfare to … Continue reading
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