Chaz (humahistory)

Having researched the First World War extensively I felt it time to share my knowledge with the world. This will be a long project, hopefully completed before the end of the centenary of the end of the Great War.

Then, I suppose, I will have to find something else to write about.

In the Spotlight

British Air Forces Developments to 1914 (Great War, World War 1)

Royal Engineers Balloon Section, Kites, Heavier than Air, Royal Flying Corps, Naval Wing, Army Wing, Central Flying School, British Air Forces to 1914.

In the Spotlight

War-Dogs of First World War (WWI, First Great European War) 1914-1918

German, Belgian, French, British, Austro-Hungarian, and Russian armies used war-dogs in the Great War as sentry dogs, scout dogs, casualty dogs, explosives dogs, ratters, and mascots etc. Heroes all!

In the Spotlight

British Airmen Uniforms (to 1914, Great War, World War 1)

From the age of ballooning to the Great War aeronaut uniforms needed to be utilitarian in the new age of machine warfare. The Military + Naval Wings Royal Flying Corps each had their own requirements.

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  World War I

  What Animal Saved Most Lives in WWI (Great War, 1914 to 1918)?

  2 years ago

  Candidates: 1. Dog, 2. Horse, 3. Mule, 4. Pigeon , 5. Man, 6. Microbe, 7. Other ... and the winner of the title 'Animal that saved the most lives in World War I ' is ...

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  World War I

  Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Wwi (World War One, Great War) to 1918

  2 years ago

  Master of submarine warfare, scourge of German U-boats throughout the Great War from Heligoland Bight, Dandanelles, Cuxhaven, to Ostend and Zeebrugge operations in 1918.

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  World War I

  War-Dogs of First World War (WWI, First Great European War) 1914-1918

  2 years ago

  German, Belgian, French, British, Austro-Hungarian, and Russian armies used war-dogs in the Great War as sentry dogs, scout dogs, casualty dogs, explosives dogs, ratters, and mascots etc. Heroes all!

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  World War I

  Gordon Highlanders, the - Actions in Wwi (Great War, World War 1, European War) to 1915

  2 years ago

  From contemporary accounts of actions fought by the Gordon Highlanders during the first years of World War 1 (Great War, WWI, European War).

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  World War I

  Royal Welsh Fusiliers, the - Actions in the European War (Wwi, Great War, World War 1) to 1915

  2 years ago

  From contemporary accounts of actions fought by the Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the first years of World War 1 (Great War, WWI, European War).

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  World War I

  Coldstream Guards, The - Actions in World War 1 (Great War) to 1915

  2 years ago

  From contemporary accounts of actions fought by the Coldstream Guards during the first years of the Great War (WWI, European War).

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  World War I

  British Air Forces Developments to 1914 (Great War, World War 1)

  2 years ago

  Royal Engineers Balloon Section, Kites, Heavier than Air, Royal Flying Corps, Naval Wing, Army Wing, Central Flying School, British Air Forces to 1914.

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  World War I

  British Airmen Uniforms (to 1914, Great War, World War 1)

  2 years ago

  From the age of ballooning to the Great War aeronaut uniforms needed to be utilitarian in the new age of machine warfare. The Military + Naval Wings Royal Flying Corps each had their own requirements.