Peter Hawthorne's book, [i]The Animal Victoria Cross: The Dickin Medal[/i]tell the animal's stories including an Alsatian that dragged its drowning handler to safety under gunfire in WWII.
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Peter Hawthorne's book, [i]The Animal Victoria Cross: The Dickin Medal[/i]tell the animal's stories including an Alsatian that dragged its drowning handler to safety under gunfire in WWII.
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Wargames Illustrated, March 2019
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Wargames Illustrated, March 2019
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The Westmorland Gazette, 15th November 2018
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The Westmorland Gazette, 15th November 2018
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The Forester, 26th September 2018
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The Forester, 26th September 2018
John Kelly’s life and military career were deeply intertwined, pretty much one and the same. This history book pulls back the curtain on the lives of English soldiers just after the dawn of the 20th century. I cannot let the outstanding photography and graphic design of the front and rear covers go unacknowledged, either.
Read the complete review online [link=http://johnkoenig.squarespace.com/books-and-music/2018/9/11/recently-published-military-history-roundup.html]here.[/link]
Stuff I Like Blog, John Koenig
John Kelly’s life and military career were deeply intertwined, pretty much one and the same. This history book pulls back the curtain on the lives of English soldiers just after the dawn of the 20th century. I cannot let the outstanding photography and graphic design of the front and rear covers go unacknowledged, either.
Read the complete review online [link=http://johnkoenig.squarespace.com/books-and-music/2018/9/11/recently-published-military-history-roundup.html]here.[/link]
Stuff I Like Blog, John Koenig
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Daring Raids of World War Two: Heroic Land, Sea and Air Attacks
The Second World War saw a host of heroic raids enacted across the various theatres, all delivered valiantly in a variety of ways by British combatants; on land, by sea and from the air. Daring exploits such as the raid on Rommel, the endeavours of the Cockleshell Heroes and the Dam Busters have become legendary in the annals of warfare. All feature… Read more...
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Herbert Columbine VC
'Save Yourselves, I'll carry on'. These were the last known words of Herbert Columbine, shouted at his two companions on the afternoon of 22nd March 1918. At 9am that morning, in Hervilly Woods, France, 9 Squadron Machine Gun Corps had come under intense attack from a heavy force of German infantry. Private Columbine took command of an isolated gun,… Read more...
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Valour in the Trenches
Alfred Pollard joined the Honourable Artillery Company at Armoury House in the City of London in 1914 aged 21. The HAC is a unique Territorial unit composed entirely of middle class volunteers, who recruit all their officers from the ranks. Pollard was a natural soldier who believed himself (correctly as it turned out) to be invulnerable. He revelled… Read more...
