pferguson | September 25, 2020
1860 – 1900 (excluding the Second Boer War 1899-1902) Following the Indian Mutiny or Sepoy Mutiny, British soldiers and sailors found themselves deeply involved in colonial battles across the British Empire. The “pink” of the globe was well known to students and diplomats of Empire, so too the gun and cannon of powerful, organized troops […]
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Tags: Afghanistan, Ashanti, Bhutan (Bootan), British Empire, Burma, Charles James William Grant VC, Dargai Heights, Donald Macintyre VC, George Frederick Findlater VC, George Sellar VC, Herbert Stephen Henderson VC, India, James Dundas VC, John Cook VC, John Leishman McDougall VC, John MacKenzie VC DCM, Kabul, Lushai, Matabeleland, Mutiny, Peiwar Kotal, Piper George Findlater VC, Queen Victoria's Little Wars, Rebellion, Samuel McGaw VC, Sir John Carstairs McNeill VC GCVO KCB KCMG, Taku Forts, Waikato, William Henry Dick-Cunyngham VC, William John Vousden VC CB
pferguson | April 16, 2020
The sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away. Captain Thomas Moore, British Army, 16 April 2020 Clang Clanger, Thump Thumplers and More The day has arrived at 7 PM. Watched clocks and timepieces have signaled an explosion of clang clangers about the block. Children join with parents as drums, pots […]
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Tags: 2020 Fundraising Walk, Burma, Captain Thomas Moore, COVID-19, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), Havercake Lads, National Health Service, Story, Storyteller, Theodor Seuss Gissel
