pferguson | March 11, 2015
Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10 – 13 March 1915) J.P. Beadle was an English painter who was interested in historical and military subject matters. His interests included the Peninsular War (1807 – 1814), the Boer War (1899 – 1902) and the Great War (1914 – 1918). Beadle’s painting of the opening day of the Battle […]
Category: Snapshots of the Great War |
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Tags: 10 - 13 March 1915, 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion (The Canadian Scottish), 39th Garwhal Rifles, 8 October 1916, Battle Honours, Battle of Neuve Chapelle, Great War, J.C. Richardson, James Prinsep Beadle, Victoria Cross, War Artists
pferguson | March 5, 2015
Actors and the Great War Seemingly one just has to ferret about the internet and much will be revealed simply by coming up with the right combination of search terms. Recently I was reviewing none other than Basil Rathbone’s Great War service, with the Liverpool Scottish, when I learned of three actors who served during […]
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Tags: 14th London Regiment, 1914, 1915, 1917, A Double Life, Academy Awards, Actors, Amputee, Arras, Battle of Messines, Bedford Regiment, Blinded, Comines–Ypres Canal, David Lean, David Niven, Film, Film History, Gas Attack, Golden Globe, Greta Garbo, Herbert “Bart” Brough Falcon Marshall, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Humphrey Bogart, Insignia, John Gielgud, Katherine Hepburn, Lawrence of Arabia, Lawrence Olivier, London Scottish, London Scottish War Memorial, Marlene Dietrich, Phantom Pain, Prosthetic Limb, Race to the Sea, Rampant Lion, River Douve, Ronald Charles Colman, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Scottish Thistle, Silver War Badge, Sniper, Strike Sure, Theatre, Tony Awards, West Middlesex Dramatic Society, William Claude Rains, Wytschaete