I still play the pipes that saved my great-grandfather's life in WW1
During the recovery of bodies following the Battle of Marne in France in 1914, his pipes were accidentally set off, alerting ...
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WW1: How do you find out what your family did in the Great War?
David: Your great-grandfather was from Hull ... Where did it all go wrong? WW1: How did Britain handle its biggest wave of refugees ever? documentWW1: How did Britain handle its biggest wave ...
Woman born in 1914 says there is a secret to long life - and chocolate is part of it
Hilda Luck says there are some things she does every day and some things she has never done - which account for her 111 years ...
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How Britain’s Secret Decoy Ships Outfoxed German U-Boats During World War I
Germany concentrated more and more effort in its U-boat fleets as the final weapon to defeat Great Britain.” If Taylor’s team could confirm the old story that the two vessels wiped each other ...
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WW1 - Music in The Great War
the Great Nephew of William Dinis Browne. David Owen Norris on Lilian Baylis and The Old Vic Britain -The Home Front: Kate Kennedy talks about Female composers in WW1 Kate Kennedy talks about The ...
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Holt’s invention in 1904 at his Stockton facility revolutionized farming, aided World War I effort
This is part of an occasional series about people, places and things in San Joaquin County as the county marks its 175th ...
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I still play the pipes that saved my great-grandfather's life in WW1
Alasdair Campbell is proud to be playing pipes his great-grandfather carried into battle in World War One After piper Malcolm ... thousands of soldiers in the British Expeditionary Force who ...