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  1. DeathHand

    War WW1: Planes KO'd (Comp)

    The First World War saw the use of air power in conflict on a large scale for the first time. Military aviation was still relatively new in 1914. Its uses were not yet clear, and the Royal Flying Corps – the air arm of the British Army – was very small in size. Despite this, once the war was...
  2. DeathHand

    War Battlefield Soldiers' Graves (WW1 & WW2)

    This thread contains the vintage photos (just over 100) of the single and/or multiple burial sites (not war cemeteries of the times) of soldiers and their often crude grave makers from the last two World Wars who were buried where they died or perhaps in a very small graveyard, not far from the...
  3. DeathHand

    WW1 - 100 Yrs Armistice

    I did a few set of these back in 2014 (thread here) marking the 100th Anniversary of the beginning of World War One so this year I did some more for the 100th Anniversary of the signing of the Armistice ending the war. World War One - 100th Armistice Anniv./Remembrance Day Set 1. 1. 2. 3...
  4. DeathHand

    WW1 Shot At Dawn

    In World War One, the executions of 306 British and Commonwealth soldiers took place. Such executions, for crimes such as desertion and cowardice, remain a source of controversy with some believing that many of those executed should be pardoned as they were suffering from what is now called...
  5. p4irs

    Vintage WWI war injuries

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