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The Great War is a 26-episode documentary series from 1964 on the First World War. The documentary was a co-production of the Imperial War Museum, the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Broadcasting Commission. The narrator was Michael Redgrave, with readings by Marius Goring, Ralph ...
Shirley Abbott (footballer) Anthony Abdy (British Army officer) Sir George Abercromby, 8th Baronet. Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare. Dudley Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair. Guy Larnach-Nevill, 4th Marquess of Abergavenny. Hugh Scarlett, 7th Baron Abinger. Shelley Scarlett, 5th Baron Abinger.
Tommy Magee. Leslie Marshall (cricketer) Billy Matthews (footballer, born 1897) Robert McCracken (footballer) Murdoch McKenzie (footballer) Henry Montgomery Campbell. Jimmy Morris (English footballer) Horace Moulden. Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans.
e. The British Army during the First World War fought the largest and most costly war in its long history. [1] Unlike the French and German Armies, the British Army was made up exclusively of volunteers—as opposed to conscripts —at the beginning of the conflict. [2] Furthermore, the British Army was considerably smaller than its French and ...
Edward Thomas (British Army soldier) Ernest Edward Thomas, MM (16 December 1884 – February 1939) was a cavalryman in the British Army and drummer. While serving with the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards he fired the first British shot of the First World War in Europe, at 7:00 a.m. on 22 August 1914, in an engagement against German troops ...
Brooks on the Western Front, 1917. Ernest Brooks (23 February 1876 – 1957) was a British photographer, best known for his war photography from the First World War. He was the first official photographer to be appointed by the British military, and produced several thousand images between 1915 and 1918, more than a tenth of all British official photographs taken during the war.
John "Barney" Hines (1878–1958) was a British-born Australian soldier of World War I, known for his prowess at taking items from German soldiers.Hines was the subject of a famous photo taken by Frank Hurley that depicted him surrounded by German military equipment and money he had looted during the Battle of Polygon Wood in September 1917.
A squadron from the 1st Life Guards, August 1914; possibly attached to the Household Cavalry Composite Regiment, as the Life Guards did not leave for France until September. The British cavalry were the first British Army units to see action during the First World War. Captain Hornby of the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards is reputed to have ...