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The London Scottish ( a TA regiment formed in 1859 who also served in South Africa in 1900-02) first saw action in the 1914-18 war on 31st October (Halloween) 1914 at the Mill at Messines. They were the only regiment to hold the line despite heavy casualties. The Regiment commemorates this action on Halloween every year. The London Scottish now form A Company of The London Regiment who have provided over 400 TA soldiers for active service along side the regular army in recent years.

Thank you,..Respect,..Imagine,

Wonderful photo of a nations and a family's loss. I had never seen this before and it is very good. Interesting to see how they hall was laid out to cope with those who wished to pay their respects to the fallen leader.

I was reading about Michael Collins and it said the last known photograph of him was in Bandon before the ambush. Is this photograph in your collection?

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/reneemartin] It's not in our online catalogue, Renee, I'll ask about uncatalogued photos and let you know...

oh wow, thanks! I've just been reading coincidentally about Michael Collins recently and it is such an incredible history (incredible in the sense of cultural and historical relevance, not withstanding any political standpoints.) love this flickr, you do such a great job! I always check in every week

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Niall McAuley Thanks again, Niall!

Wikipedia offers the charming information that the Bremen landed on Greenly Island on April 13, 1928 after the first successful east - west crossing of the Atlantic by an aircraft. The first person to see the plane was Antoine Letemplier, when first sighted, he ran to his parents and shouted "Flying fish! Flying fish!"

You can visit the Bremen in Bremen Hall at Bremen Airport.