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30 March 2016

Leinster Regiment - PoW Other Ranks - 1914

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This post will look at men serving with the Leinster Regiment who became prisoners of war on or before Christmas Day 1914. All of these ...
23 March 2016

Royal Welsh Fusiliers - Boer War memorial - St Giles, Wrexham

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  I was in Wrexham not so long ago, and took the opportunity to stop by at St Giles Church. I'm glad I did so as there is a wealth ...
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16 March 2016

Royal Warwickshire Regt: Deaths, Sudan Campaign 1898

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There's an impressive memorial in St Mary's Church, Warwick to the non commissioned officers and men of the Royal Warwickshire Re...
7 March 2016

Warwickshire Royal Horse Artillery (TF)

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Royal Horse Artillery units were included in twelve of the fourteen pre-war Territorial Force Mounted Brigades, each of these formations...
28 February 2016

Hampshire Regiment - PoWs 1914

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The following list of Hampshire Regiment prisoners of war has been transcribed from the Imperial War Museum's collection, specificall...
12 February 2016

2nd Dragoons - PoW Other Ranks 1914

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The following 30 men were all serving with the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) when they were captured in 1914. Read more about this dat...
17 January 2016

DVD-ROM bargains - Quick sharp now!

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Naval and Military Press has these current DVD-ROM bargains. I have a number of these myself - and rather wish I'd invested in the Mi...
16 January 2016

6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons - Boer War transfers

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Here's an interesting little diversion. When the Army Reserve was called out in 1899 in response to the crisis in South Africa, the ...
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13 January 2016

1st Highland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, TF

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This is something of a work in progress and I only stumbled upon these number series when I was doing some research on a DCM winner for a ...
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2 January 2016

4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards - PoW Other Ranks 1914

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The 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards holds the distinction of being the first British Regiment to fire a shot during the First World War ...
29 December 2015

The importance of regimental numbers in military research

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This is a well-worn topic on this blog but it doesn't harm to go over the basics again once in a while. And before I forget, the imag...