Today (27th January 2017) marks 101 years since Prime Minister Herbert Asquith’s government passed the 1916 Military Service Act and introduced conscription to the British Isles. READ MORE HERE:
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19 OCTOBER 1914 — Blood, Mud and Rain as the First Battle of Ypres Officially Begins
Today has an important significance because on the 19 October 1914, a savage and bitter battle for the strategic town of Ypres, in western Belgium, was taking place READ MORE HERE
WWII D-Day Paradummys – Fake Parachutists
Sheds can be a haven for men of certain age — perhaps that is why an old WWII D-Day dummy chose to make its home there?