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One Hundred Years Ago

Started by Rix Gins, January 01, 2016, 08:20:14 PM

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Photo layout from a page of the August 26, 1917 New York Times.  (Library of Congress)



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From the Imperial War Museums.


QuoteRuined houses in the Rue Nationale in Armentieres, 26 August 1917.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205323344


QuoteLieutenant John Gardner White. Unit: 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), attached to 32nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 26 August 1917 Missing in Action near Albert Western Front.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205390664


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From the Imperial War Museums.


QuoteGunners of the Royal Field Artillery manhandling a 6-inch (BL 6-inch 26 cwt) howitzer. Ypres, 27 August 1917.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205237999


Quote12 inch howitzer on railway mounting of the 104th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery in the ruins of Ypres, 27 August 1917.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205239079


QuoteA patrol of the 19th Battalion, London Regiment in the ruins of a village on the 47th Division front before Ypres, 27 August 1917.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205237989


QuoteInterior of a dugout occupied by officers of the 105th Howitzer battery of the 4th Brigade. Three officers are looking at papers in the light of two candles on an upturned box.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205193433


QuoteCaptain Geoffrey Robert Wallace MC and Bar. Unit: 7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Death: 27 August 1917 Killed in Action Western Front.  Son of L. A. and M. K. Wallace, of 35, Lennox Gardens, Sloane Sq., London. CWGC has age at death given as 21. Mentioned in Despatches, in addition to his M.C. and Bar.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205390278


WhiteCrow

Rix!   Glad you're back posting again..

Your faithful reader!

And thanks to all that are keeping this thread alive!

Love ALL


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Quote from: WhiteCrow on August 27, 2017, 02:28:08 AM
Rix!   Glad you're back posting again..

Your faithful reader!

And thanks to all that are keeping this thread alive!

Love ALL

Thanks, WC.  I'm very glad to be back.  Yes, that was nice of Unc. Duke and Mr. Albrecht to post some items in my absence.  Of course anyone on BellGab is welcome to post 100 year related items on the thread.  Thanks for being a loyal reader. 

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The silent movie 'The Little American' was released to theatres on August 27, 1917.  It was directed (and co-written) by Cecil B. DeMille and starred Mary Pickford.  I spotted actor Raymond Hatton's name in the cast of characters.  Raymond was a great character actor and he appeared in movies clear up to 1965.

Wiki states that the film is available on DVD but there are several copies on YouTube, one of which has a music soundtrack.

Info on the movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_American   


QuotePoster for the 1917 film The Little American.
By Artcraft Films - site poster, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35342784



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Ulbert Grabinger

From Daberg, Germany.

Killed on August 6, 1917 by flying shrapnel during a storm attack.

36 years old.




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From the Imperial War Museum.


QuoteMajor Harry Denison DSO. Unit: O Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Death: 28 August 1917 Killed in action Western Front.  Son of Brig. Gen. Henry Denison C.B., C.B.E., and Edith Kate Denison, of 41, Evelyn Gardens, Kensington, London. Served at Gallipoli with 29th Div. and in battles on the Somme, Messines, Vimy Ridge, Ypres and Langemarck.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205293430


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Comic book artist Jack Kirby was born 100 years ago. 

Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kirby


QuotePhoto of Jack Kirby taken by Susan Skaar during a session in the studio at Jack's home in Thousand Oaks, CA. The photos were later published in The Art of Jack Kirby (Blue Rose Press, 1993).
By Susan Skaar - Kirby Museum website, see website for licensing information, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28809659

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The Chicago White Sox were on a role back on August 28, 1917.  They had completed a three game sweep of the visiting New York Yankees and this gave them a five game winning streak in total.  The final game on the 28th was a close one, Chicago taking it with a score of 4 to 3.  Winning pitcher: Lefty Wiliams.

Game info:  https://www.reddit.com/r/whitesox/comments/6wkj24/august_28_1917_sox_sweep_white_sox_beat_the/


QuotePhotograph of Chicago White Sox pitcher Lefty Williams.
By Chicago - http://www.sbcgallery.com/leftywilliams.htm, PD-US, (Invalid link but I had to post it anyway.) lol  https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29330468

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Josef Wimmer

Property owner's son from Hart, Germany.

Infantryman with the 3rd Bavarian Infantry Regiment, Company 7.

Died on August 11, 1917 as a result of an exploding hand grenade.

22 years old.


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From the Imperial War Museums.


QuoteA machine gun of 1st Anzac Corps packed for transport on horseback at the Pack Training School.  1917-08-29.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205193446


QuoteRuins in the village of Fleurbaix, 29 August 1917.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205308674


QuoteSapper F Robinson 183583. Unit: Royal Engineers. Death: 29 August 1917 Western Front.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205387912

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From the Europeana Collections.


Quote30.5 cm mortar battery.  Date: 1917-08-29.
http://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200291/BibliographicResource_3000073596052.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=api2demo  http://www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/Search/Result.aspx?p_eBildansicht=2&p_ItemID=1  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/


QuoteOutpost on Stara Iokva.  Probably near Vojscica, Isonzo front; photographer: Stara Iokva, Kriegsvermessung 5.  Date: 1917-08-29.
http://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200291/BibliographicResource_3000073493267.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=api2demo  http://www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/Search/Result.aspx?p_eBildansicht=2&p_ItemID=2  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/


QuoteColonel Hugo Fischer von See.  Commander of the 11th Mountain Brigade; probably near Lokve or Nemci, area behind the Isonzo front; photographer: Kriegsvermessung 5.   Date: 1917-08-29.
http://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200291/BibliographicResource_3000073493253.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=api2demo  http://www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/Search/Result.aspx?p_eBildansicht=2&p_ItemID=3  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/


QuoteAir raid in Trieste, Via della Valle 8.  Italian aerial bomb that failed to explode having broken through two stories; Isonzo front; photographer: Kriegsvermessung 5.  Date: 1917-08-29.
http://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200291/BibliographicResource_3000073493257.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=api2demo  http://www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/Search/Result.aspx?p_eBildansicht=2&p_ItemID=4  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/




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Jacob Lohmeier

Soldier in the 11th Bavarian Infantry Regiment, Company 1.

Died on August 16, 1917 as a result of being struck by a high explosives shell.

40 years old.


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From the Imperial War Museums.


QuoteFrench 155mm heavy guns on the road to Courville, 30 August 1917.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205215938


QuoteLieutenant Colonel Richard Chester Chester-Master DSO and Bar. Unit: 13th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 30 August 1917 Killed in action Western Front.  Son of Col. Thomas William and Georgina Emily Chester-Master; husband of Geraldine Chester-Master, of Querns Lane House, Cirencester. Chief Constable of Gloucestershire. Native of Cirencester, Glos.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205292101


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Franz Xaver Wanninger

Farmer's son from Woelsting, Germany.

Joined the 7th Bavarian Infantry Regiment, Company 7, on July 5, 1915.

Entered the trenches on June 5, 1916.

Suffered a stomach illness in the winter of 1916 and was sent to a military facility in Spain, Belgium.

Granted leave to return home on July of 1917.

Returned to war and took part in the bloody fighting at St. Mihiel along the Somme, and Lorettohoehe.

Killed by a shot to the head on August 16, 1917 at St. Julien by Arras, France.

Military Service Cross with Crown pinned to his chest shortly before his burial. 

22 years old.


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From the Imperial War Museums.


QuoteAustralian troops watching British soldiers manning an anti-aircraft gun at Morbecque.  1917-08-31.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205193425


QuoteTroops of the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment returning to their camp at Bergues, 31 August 1917.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205322917


QuoteBritish troops outside their tents at their camp at Bergues, 31 August 1917.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205322915


QuoteLieutenant Douglas Hay Keith MC. Unit: 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, attached to 18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Death: 31 August 1917 Western Front.  Nephew of Mr. A. Turnbull, of 13, Stirling Rd., Leith, Edinburgh.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205302270





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Michael Frischhut

Mercenary soldier's son from Diepoltskirchen in Lower Bavaria, Germany.

Soldier in the 1st Mountain Regiment, Company 3.

Died from severe wounds received in Romania on August 23, 1917.

21 years old.

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From the Imperial War Museums.


QuotePrivate Harold Dodson 83150. Unit: No. 2 Section, Machine Gun Corps. Death: 01 September 1917 Missing in action.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205293579


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  The Red Baron scored his 60th victory on September 1, 1917.  His combat report offers an important item of information regarding the type of aircraft he was piloting:

  "Flying my Triplane for the first time."  He went on to report that the RE8 that he attacked had seemingly mistaken him for an English airplane.  "Apparently the opponent had taken me for an English Triplane because the observer in the machine stood upright without making a move for his machine gun."  A quick twenty shot burst from 50 meters away caused the RE8 to spiral down into a mist covered field behind German lines.

  While badly wounded from several shots to the back, the pilot, John Bristo Culley Madge, actually survived the crash and was taken to a hospital where, due to the severity of his wounds, he spent almost all of his time before being repatriated on December 18, 1918.  More hospitalization followed in England and when he was able, John Madge continued his studies to be a doctor...studies that had been interrupted at the outset of war.  He did indeed become a doctor and enjoyed a long career of caring for others.  He died on February 2, 1957.

  The observer for the RE8 wasn't as lucky.  Walter Kember, who had given up his studies to be a dentist in order to do his part in the war, was killed in the crash.

  One note here, this wasn't the famous Fokker Triplane that was painted red.  I'm not sure when Von Richthofen started to fly that particular plane.  As a matter of fact, the Triplane that the Red Baron flew on September 1, was used by the well known German pilot Kurt Wolff 14 days later.  Wolff was shot down and killed in it.

Info on John Bristo Culley Madge: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/view/Military.aspx?tid=31127166&pid=12528934954&vid=a530a48e-cec7-46be-84c6-e573c4755026

Info plus tiny photo of Walter Kember: https://www.geni.com/people/Walter-Kember/6000000032348553001

Info on the DR.1 Triplane:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_Dr.I


Fokker Dr.I at Airpower11 Replica 2008, Mikael Carlson.
By User:MatthiasKabel - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15693710

   


albrecht


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Quote from: albrecht on September 01, 2017, 10:27:15 PM
As an aside but not 100 years ago this idea of wings to extremes and flying-ferry! Awesome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.60

Awesome, indeed.  I don't think I've ever seen so many wings on a plane.  The article said it took off from the water briefly on it's second test flight.  Reminded me of Howard Hughe's test flight in the Spruce Goose. 

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A couple of newspaper cartoons from the Library of Congress.


The Omaha Daily Bee.  September 2, 1917.


The Amarillo Daily News.  September 2, 1917.

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From the Imperial War Museums.


QuoteTroops of the railway regiments, the US Army Corps of Engineers, at the light railway works at Boisleux-au-Mont, 2 September 1917.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205238093


QuoteTroops of the railway regiments, the US Army Corps of Engineers, at the light railway works at Boisleux-au-Mont, 2 September 1917.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205238091


QuoteTroops of the railway regiments, the US Army Corps of Engineers, entering the mess hut at the light railway depot at Boisleux-au-Mont, 2 September 1917.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205238100


QuoteTroops of the railway regiments, the US Army Corps of Engineers, having lunch at the light railway depot at Boisleux-au-Mont, 2 September 1917.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205238101


QuoteTroops of the railway regiments, the US Army Corps of Engineers, in a tent at the light railway depot at Boisleux-au-Mont, 2 September 1917.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205238099




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