Recent content by Bill DD

1st class web site -have saved in favorites to explore at my leisure

In To-days copy of 'The Daily Mail' there is the following dedication.  I thought you might like to share these thoughts: 'In Memory of the NEWFOUNDLANDERS and LABRADORIANS who fought at the Battle of the Beaumont Hamel on 1st July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The...

JackD.............Many thanks, some hours (or days) of reading and study here

[b]OVER THE TOP - JULY 1ST 1916[/b] It is utterly impossible to describe one's feelings during the hours of waiting for zero hour- the mind is full of wild thoughts and fancies which are utterlybeyond control. Recollections of friends and dear ones, places we have seen and known and different...

Thanks for that - I am part of a 1st WW Study group associated with the Imperial War Museum in London - Both my maternal & paternal Grandfathers died in the Great War, My Father was wounded in the second and I was wounded in Northern Ireland - dues paid? Regarding the sudy group we are entitled...

To all my detractors - sorry! All I was reporting was the recognition attributed to The Royal Newfoundland Regiment on the Somme. 'Lest we forget - what!!!!

This is my first post since joining 10 minutes ago, I have just watch a programme on UK TV in Nottingham showing 'The Royal Newfoundland Regiment' and their heroic advance on the Somme - everyone a hero - led by incompetents.