Sunday, 22 July 2018

Three Personalities

From the Liverpool Courier of Feb  1918 three personalities two decorated and an injured airman returning home .


Monday, 16 July 2018

Distinguished Conduct Medal Citations

From the Liverpool Courier of January 1918 . These decorations were earned most probably during the Third battle of Ypres .


















Sunday, 15 July 2018

Reinstated from the ranks

During the First World War many myths , legends  and rumours were passed about . One such rumour was that several high ranking British officers were cashiered and dismissed from the Army after the retreat from Mons . Their crime being that they had signed papers agreeing to surrender to the German Army offered by Belgian town officials whilst the British Army rested in their towns . These papers were quickly handed to the Germans as they occupied the area  , and published in the Berlin press . From the Liverpool Courier of January 1918 comes information of the reinstatement of a former Lt Colonel of the Royal Artillery to his former rank for distinguished service in the Devonshire Regiment .

Friday, 13 July 2018

V.C. Citations

Published in the Liverpool Courier on 12 January 1918 these citations document the heroism of British and Commonwealth soldiers . The actions described were most probably performed in the latter months of 1917 .