British army ww1

    • [DOC File]Source A by General Haig before the battle of the Somme in ...

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      British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920 via ancestery.com. Police Service History. Edgar joined Birmingham City Police 11th October 1911 as a 24 year old groom having previously served in the Army. He served on the ‘E’ Division with warrant number 7909.

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    • FIRST WORLD WAR – THE BRTISH ROLE Lecture Notes

      Britain's government is to pardon all of the 306 British soldiers its army executed for cowardice during World War I. The men were sentenced to death for committing military offences during the Great War. Britain’s Secretary of Defence Des Browne said: “I believe a group pardon, approved by parliament, is the best way to deal with this.”

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    • [DOC File]The First World War

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      WW1 a learning curve for British army. Gruelling campaign between 1914 and 18 required high morale of troops to keep high level of discipline. French and Russian armies mutinied. Ethos of British officer corps was one of paternalism – soldiers looked after one another. Resolve of British – life or death struggle, did not want to submit.

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    • [DOC File]Britain to pardon 306 WWI veterans

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      Source D is by William Brooks who was a private in the British army during World War 1. Haig's nickname was the butcher. He'd think nothing of sending thousands of men to certain death. The utter waste and disregard for human life and human suffering by the so-called educated classes who ran the country. What a wicked waste of life.

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    • British Army during World War I - Wikipedia

      In March 1918, the German army launched an all-out offensive, using a new strategy – called Blitzkreig – in a last-ditch attempt to win the war before the Americans came to Europe. At first it was a success. The British Army, which bore most of the attack, lost 160,000 casualties in 16 days, the French lost 77,000.

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