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Sabres in the sun

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    The title says ... Charge of the Warwick and Worcester Yeomanry at Huj, near Gaza, on the 8th November, 1917. Preceding the fall of Jerusalem 8 November 1917 was a Thursday ... 10 May 1921 was a Tuesday ...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    BINGO!


    From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_at_Huj
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The artist, Elizabeth Southerden Thompson (1846 – 1933), later known as Lady Butler - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Thompson
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing! A display case at the Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum, via Anne Nolan EDIT - the original painting is now in the Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum. www.warwickshire-yeomanry-museum.co.uk/
  • John Spooner said:
    How the Birmingham Daily Post reported the action on Monday 12 November 1917. No mention of British casualties.
    Details have now been received of an action of the Warwickshire Yeomanry and Worcestershire Yeomanry on November 8. General Officer Commanding, reconnoitring near Huj, saw a considerable body of the enemy with guns marching about 2,500 yards away in a north-easterly direction. He ordered the Yeomanry to charge the retiring enemy. The charge was at once carried out in face of heavy-gun and machine-gun and rifle fire with a gallantry and dash worthy of the best traditions of British cavalry. Twelve guns were captured, the Austrian gunners being killed wounded at the guns. Three machine guns and 100 prisoners were also captured. This completely broke the hostile resistance and enabled to push on Huj.

Maude Powell (LOC)

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  • Seuss. said:

The Times They Are A-Changin'

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Suck Diesel said:
  • John Spooner said:
    James Murtland, buried at Grove Town Cemetery, Maulte
    www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/search-results/?S...
  • John Spooner said:
    In the 1911 census James Murtland was a shirt cutter
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    John Spooner not the best skill to take to war with you.
  • John Spooner said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons As you mention it, a lot of recruits from Coventry ended up in the machine gun corps, because it was assumed you worked in the motorcycle industry, and could operate and/or fix a motorcycle used to transport the machine gun (like my brother-in-law's grandfather). Likewise if you were from Grimsby the chances were you'd end up in an armoured trawler fighting the submarine menace (like Gainsborough Trinity goalkeeper Jim Bagshaw). But yes, difficult to find a suitable role for a shirt-cutter.