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Pages in category "British Army personnel of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 6,460 total.
British Army personnel of World War I (6 C, 6,453 P) British military leaders of World War I (6 C, 1 P) British World War I pilots (1 C, 58 P) I.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. Belgian-British Army officer (1880–1963) This article uses a Belgian surname: the surname is Carton de Wiart, not Wiart. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO Lieutenant Colonel Carton de Wiart during the First World War Birth name Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart Born ...
Establishment and Strength of the British Army (excluding Indian native troops stationed in India) prior to August, 1914. By the First World War, the British military forces (i.e., those raised in British territory, whether in the British Isles or colonies, and also those raised in the Channel Islands, but not the British Indian Army, the military forces of the Dominions, or those of British ...
A publicity photograph of "Tommy Atkins", a soldier of the 51st (Highland) Division, seated with a large doll in his arms, taken during the German offensive in Lys, 13 April 1918. Tommy Atkins or Thomas Atkins has been used as a generic name for a common British soldier for many years. The origin of the term is a subject of debate, but it is ...
The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies – 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [26]; The Death or Glory Boys – 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")
Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918, London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-43-6
IIIrd army grenade [8] DR M1916 rifle grenade [8] Feuillette rifle grenade [8] Viven-Bessières M1916 rifle grenade; Obstacle clearing explosive charges. Barbed wire destruction rod grenade [8] Flamethrowers. P3 and P4 portable flamethrower; Schilt portable flamethrower; Mortars. Aasen 88.9mm M1915; Saint Étienne 58mm T No.1; Saint Étienne ...