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Widecombe World War 1: The Flammenwerfer
In Flanders, Belgium, on July 30, 1915, the Germans put their new weapon, the flammenwerfer, or flamethrower, to devastating use against the Allies at the Battle of Hooge. The Battle of Hooge represented one of the first major employments of the flamethrower, one of the most feared weapons introduced during World War I. Eleven…
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Widecombe World War 1: George Nosworthy
George Nosworthy’s Life and War “The Royal Naval Division (of which Plymouth Battalion was a part) should reinforce a fresh attack to be made that afternoon, 13th July, on such portions of our original objectives as remained in enemy hands. The second attack was a success….” Extract from Sir Ian Hamilton’s Third Gallipoli Despatch. (Hamilton…
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Widecombe World War 1: Henry James Broome
Henry James Broome Henry James Broome was born in Wandsworth SW London in 1880, eldest son of Charles and Emily Broome. He had four sisters (Catherine, Emily, Charlotte and Bessie) and four brothers (Charles William Alfred and Arthur). Later the family moved to Chislehurst in Kent. Henry, at the age of 17, took employment with…
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Widecombe World War 1: Evelyn Anthony Cave Penney
Evelyn Anthony Cave Penney’s Life and War This photograph of Evelyn Anthony Cave Penney shows him in the uniform of the Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsdens). It was considered an “elite” regiment within the Indian Army. This photograph of Evelyn Anthony Cave Penney shows him in the uniform of the Queen…
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Widecombe World War 1: SS Braemar Castle
From DVD: RND Royal Naval Division. From 1916 63rd (RN) Division. W.W.1. 1914-1919. Antwerp, Gallipoli, Western Front. Magazine Issues 1-24, pages 1 to 2443. Copyright © Leonard Sellers 1998, Produced and designed at 17a Bellhouse Road, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 5NL. This extract is from Issue Number 19 pages 1885 – 1886 SHIPS THAT TRANSPORTED…
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Widecombe World War 1: Captain Platt Diaries
The following is an extract from the “Hussars War Diary” May 1915. Exceptionally heavy bombardment by the enemy began which went on almost unceasingly till dark. During the morning the line on the south side of Potijze – Ypres road was broken. About 12.15pm the regiment was ordered to extend to the right up to…
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Widecombe World War 1: Edward James Foster
Edward James Foster was born in Holne in 1880, his father James is recorded in the 1881 census as a copper miner. Both Edward’s father and mother Alice were born in Buckfastleigh. In 1891 the Foster family is shown as living at Lower Hannaford in the parish of Widecombe, James has ceased to be a…