British troops waiting in a support trench shortly before zero hour, Beaumont Hamel, Battle of…
WebmasterJuly 1, 2016
The Leader reports that yesterday’s War Chest Button Day sales were hampered by rain and…
WebmasterJune 30, 2016
War Chest Button Day. The Orange Red Cross sells buttons to raise funds to help…
WebmasterJune 29, 2016
Private Cyral Morahan in East Africa writes to his father, Hugh, in Lords Place. Cyral…
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German attacks are repulsed at Ypres and Fleury on the Western Front, and in the…
WebmasterJune 27, 2016
Day 685 of the war The Leader reports that the Orange Red Cross will be…
WebmasterJune 26, 2016
Youngest Australian Victoria Cross recipient JWA Jackson. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial. 18-year-old John William…
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Allied troops commence a week-long artillery bombardment of German defensive positions along the Somme River…
WebmasterJune 24, 2016
Herbert Henry Argall is killed in action in France, the third serviceman from the Orange…
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