WebNov 11, 2014 · This Veterans Day, on the 100th anniversary of the Great War, spare a few minutes' thought for the many women who played a role in WWI — not only the wives, mothers, and daughters of combatants,... WebNov 12, 2024 · Other Cumbrian sayings around our war heroes included "they went to war as lads and 'marras'" Another photo shows George Cape from Carlisle who holds up a …
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WebOct 9, 2024 · This series introduces some of the men of BME backgrounds who risked their lives for our freedom, during World War One, including: The Carlisle schoolboy, born in Burma and studying Engineering at Glasgow University –his whole life ahead of him, only to have it cut brutally short during the Battle of Loos; WebNov 11, 2014 · The teenage soldiers of World War One 11 November 2014 Getty Images As many as 250,000 boys under the age of 18 served in the British Army during World War One. Fergal Keane remembers the... green apple animated
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WebJan 16, 2014 · Archaeologists have uncovered a labyrinth of World War One tunnels left untouched for nearly 100 years and found poems and the signatures from three soldiers from a Cumbrian regiment. But who... WebVeteran, Brian Wood, to run 35 marathons in 35 days to commemorate British Soldiers who died in Afghanistan, Iraq and Falklands wars After 2024's monumental effort and raising over £168,000 for charity, Brian Wood MC, former Colour Sergeant, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, is once again running a marathon a day for those fallen in conflict. WebJan 22, 2016 · 10. Karl von Bülow (1846-1921) Stalwart of the Second Army According to the tradition of his Prussian family, Karl von Bülow entered the military as a young man. By the time the First World War started, he was something of a veteran, having seen action in both the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars. green apple and radish salad