Contents

Main History Pages:

1. History & Archives – Introduction
2. The Founder: Roger Pocock
3. The Formation
4. The First Ten Years: 1904-1914
5. The First World War
6. 25th Bn. Royal Fusiliers (Frontiersmen) in East Africa
7. Between the Wars and World War II
8. After the Second World War
9. Canada
10. New Zealand
11. Australia
12. The World-Flight Expedition of 1923
13. Bibliography
14. Links

Archive Topics:

• The Pioneer Frontiersmen Flyers
• The Frontiersman who wrote to the King
• These men had no need of Legion rank
• A Murder Mystery – Death of a Frontiersman
• Frontiersmen and the Sea
• The Flying Frontiersmen
• Frontiersmen in their own words (Part 1)
• Frontiersmen in their own words (Part 2)
• Who was “Texas” Thompson?
• Friends in High Places
• GAS!!
• A Light Legion Scandal
• Just an Inch of Ribbon
• Listen to the band
• The Mystery of the Union Flag
• Money Matters
• Frontiersmen have always been found in the most unlikely places
• The Fighting Macks (an extraordinary family of brothers)
• When a Government Minister supported the Frontiersmen

Latest Topics:

• On parade in front of 139,000 people
• From the Hangman’s Noose to Royal Bodyguards
• Frontiersmen and the Boy Scouts
• To Parade in Honour
• A Tribute to the Ladies
• Ahead of their Time?
• Definitely not a “Dads’ Army”
• Tasting Adventure and Revolution
• Supporting the Authorities
• The Frontiersmen’s Lorry
• What Caused the Rift?
• Telling the Truth?
• Defending against CHEMICAL WARFARE
• The Call of the Wild
• The Naval Frontiersmen Who Fought on Land
• An Extraordinary Occasion
• German Spies are Everywhere
• Before James Bond Was Invented…
• The RSM-in-Chief
• Commemorating the “Nine Thousand”
• Chaplains of Adventure
• Publicising the Legion and Recruitment
• Frontiersmen Independent Thinkers
• Yorkshire, the Heart of England and the Heart of the Frontiersmen
• Answering the Call
• Real Austerity
• A Moment in History
• Independence
• The Lost Squadron
• The Presidents
• More Than a Local Hero
• Propaganda
• The Frontiersman Who Took the Blame
• 1938
• 1913
• Not All Battles and Conflicts
• Legion of Frontiersmen Medals
• Not All Battles – But Definitely Some Conflicts
• An Oddity: “The Imperial Legion” and the Kaid
• Keeping Clear of Politics
• A Gallimaufry of Untold Tales
• A Frontiersmen Magazine Centenary
• The Perils of Hurried Handwriting
• The First Adjutant
• London’s Lord Mayor and the Frontiersmen
• Reconciling the Frontiersmen
• Supporting the Police (Canada)
• It All Started Very Well…
• The Man Who Got it Right
• The Story of the First Legion of Frontiersmen Colour
• The Shepperton Cowboy Frontiersmen
• Frontiersmen Mounted Training and Rides

Surprising Snippets:

• L.O.F. and Mounted Designations 1914-18
• A Royal Marine who served with the Frontiersmen
• An Unusual Method of Self-Defence
• The Origins of the Idea
• Not All Uniforms and Parades
• The Inspirational F.C.Selous.
• The Skipper
• A Persistent Mystery
• A Brave soldier and Unusual Frontiersman
• The Frontiersman who won the George Medal

Articles:

• The Summer of 1914: The 101 Ranch Wild West Show
• The source of a “camp-fire yarn.”
• Just a minor skirmish
• The Reason Why
• The Frontiersman’s Pocket Book
• …and finally
• The Battle of Bukoba
• Centenary Parade
• The Badges of the Legion of Frontiersmen, 1904-2001
• The Frontiersman Traitor

Canada:

• Legion of Frontiersmen to PPCLI and 31st Bn CEF (Canada)
• The Legion of Frontiersmen and the Great War
• Original Locations
• RCMP and the Frontiersmen
• Links with the Loyal Edmonton Regt.
• An Inuit Frontiersman
• Victoria Volunteer Mounted Rifles
• LOF Winchester Rifles
• A Smuggling Story
• Aerial Scouts and Airships
• A Canadian Hero
• L.O.F. and Mounted Designations 1914-18
• Legion of Frontiersmen in Canada Timeline (Part 1)
• Legion of Frontiersmen in Canada Timeline (Part 2)
• Legion of Frontiersmen in Canada Timeline (Part 3)
• Legion of Frontiersmen in Canada Timeline (Part 4)
• Legion of Frontiersmen in Canada Timeline (Part 5)
• Legion of Frontiersmen to PPCLI and 31st Bn CEF (Canada)
• United Farmers of Alberta Mounted Infantry Command

Belgium

• The Mystery Baron
• The Fog of War
• “We shall not forget their help.”

New Zealand

• Wearing of Legion buttonhole badge by NZ LOF. WW1.

Australia

• Major George Harris Heaney, VD

Guest Posts:

• Origins of the Legion of Frontiersmen and the formation of MI5/6
• How the Legion of Frontiersmen Acquired its Famous Motto

Other information:

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