Doughboys on duty in 1918 part one
The 105thregiment of engineers part of 'the old Hicory '30thDivision arrived in Calais between the 14thand the 17thof June 1918. On arrival they experienced their first air raid, Calais was…
German hand search light units oder ‘ sheinwerferzuge’
German hand search light units oder ' sheinwerferzuge'Something I never paid attention to, never realized I actually had an image hidden in my ww1 library.It seems an engineer battalion (…
German pow dying in France
German pow dying in FranceMax Abraham a soldier on the 176 infantry regiment part of the 11thCompagny was captured near Chérizy on 23/04/1917,( now there are two villages in France…
The grenadiers ( Belgian army)at Steenstraete
The front occupation on the Allied side before the gas attack looked as follows: north of the Steenstrate bridge was the Belgian 6th Army Division along the western bank of…
A German ID tag ( erkennugmarken),
Another Andy’s Rubbish and Ramblings for you, firstly, best wishes for the New Year to everyone.Here is my first find for 2025, it’s half if a German ID tag (…
Sister Ursula’s diary for Nieuwkerke
Early October 1914, 4 nuns and a few young women had training from Doctor Callewaert from Ieper to dress wounds, in case wounded soldiers would end up in the Village.…
British atrocities on the 25th of October 1914
This week Sabine's battlefield guide Saturdaythis blog was going to be about so called British atrocities on the 25th of October 1914 , You might remember I wrote 3 blogs…
A British POW buried in Torhout in 1917.
Digging in German archives is not always easy, loads of material is still not digitized , but I found a file of a German cemetery that was once located in…
M1883 Reichsrevolver
Today for Gus' Gear, I am going to do something different. I am going to actually post a German item for a change. This is one of the many variations…
Tool kit for the Chauchat automatic rifle
Today for Gus' Gear I will look closer at the tool kit for the Chauchat automatic rifle. It has tools to disassemble, clean and adjust the weapon in the field.…
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