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Category Archives: World War I
1913
Topic Feb / Mar 2021. In our last topic page we looked at the Frontiersmen in 1938, the year before the Second World War was declared. This time we look back at 1913, the year before the First World War. Reading … Continue reading
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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A Persistent Mystery
Surprising Snippets 8: An unsolvable mystery is, who was the person from which official government or military department who decided that the file on the Frontiersmen and Remounts in the last quarter of 1914 was not worth saving at The … Continue reading
Posted in Frontiersmen, History, Legion of Frontiersmen, Surprising Snippets, World War I
Tagged Remounts, Shirehampton, Swaythling, War Horses
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The Frontiersmen’s Lorry
Topic October/November 2016. A tale of the First War in East Africa and the frustrations of bureaucracy. By the time the 25th battalion Royal Fusiliers (Legion of Frontiersmen) arrived in East Africa in 1915, the actions of the Indian Army … Continue reading
The Legion of Frontiersmen in World War I
The Legion of Frontiersmen was founded in London, on Christmas Eve 1904. Immediately following on 26 December 1904 a letter in British National newspapers suggested an organization to organize Imperial campaign veterans, adventurers, patriots and men with experience of in … Continue reading
Posted in Frontiersmen, History, Legion of Frontiersmen, World War I
Tagged Prince Louis of Battenberg, Sam Steele, WW1, WWI
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