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Helping Blind Ex-servicemen – My November Challenge for St Dunstan’s

by Bruce Officer in History, November 1, 2011
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The St Dunstan’s charity for blind ex-serviceman, and why I want to raise £50 for them this month.

The Indian Army Memorial at Neuve Chapelle, France (Page Six)

by Bruce Officer in History, September 14, 2011
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An account of my visit in September 2011 to this fascinating memorial to the Indian Army on the First World War Western Front.

The Indian Army Memorial at Neuve Chapelle, France (Page Five)

by Bruce Officer in History, September 14, 2011
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An account of my visit in September 2011 to this fascinating memorial to the Indian Army on the First World War Western Front.

The Indian Army Memorial at Neuve Chapelle, France (Page Four)

by Bruce Officer in History, September 14, 2011
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An account of my visit in September 2011 to this fascinating memorial to the Indian Army on the First World War Western Front.

The Indian Army Memorial at Neuve Chapelle, France (Page Three)

by Bruce Officer in History, September 14, 2011
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An account of my visit in September 2011 to this fascinating memorial to the Indian Army on the First World War Western Front.

The Indian Army Memorial at Neuve Chapelle, France (Page Two)

by Bruce Officer in History, September 14, 2011
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An account of my visit in September 2011 to this fascinating memorial to the Indian Army on the First World War Western Front.

The Indian Army Memorial at Neuve Chapelle, France (Page One)

by Bruce Officer in History, September 14, 2011
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An account of my visit in September 2011 to this fascinating memorial to the Indian Army on the First World War Western Front.

Turning Points of History: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (Sarajevo, 1914)

by V Kumar in History, April 8, 2011
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Assassination of this Archduke precipitated World War One and indirectly led to the end of Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires, Arab ascendancy in the Middle East, beginning of Pan-Islamism, the Bolshevik Revolution, Humiliation of Germany, League of Nations, and according to some, even the Great Depression. After 28th June, 1914, the world was never the same again.

Was Douglas Haig an Uncaring General?

by BAb in History, March 2, 2011
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A short discussion on Douglas Haigs time as a general through the great war.

Reinhard Scheer German Naval Commander in The Great War

by Bazza1972 in Military, January 3, 2011
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Reinhard Scheer was born in 1863 and later joined the German Navy after leaving school.

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