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Although World War I army recruiters often turned a blind eye to underage recruits, another factor may have been Lewis's mature appearance. He was a tall heavily built boy, who would grow to 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) as an adult. The minimum height requirement of the British Army at the time was only 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m). [9] [10]
For the third campaign, known as the "Wake Up, America" rally, beginning on April 27, 1918, 400,000 Boy Scouts embarked on a door to window program selling Liberty Bonds as well as war stamps. [3] At the end of the five campaigns, the Boy Scouts raised $354,859,262 in bond subscriptions and $43,043,698 in war stamps. [23]
Young boys often took part in battles during early modern warfare. When Napoleon was faced with invasion by a massive Allied force in 1814 he conscripted many teenagers for his armies. Orphans of the Imperial Guard fought in the Netherlands with Marshal MacDonald and were between the ages of 14 and 17. [13]
Strudwick was born in Dorking on Valentine's Day 1900 to laundress Louisa Strudwick and gardener Jesse Strudwick, receiving his name from the holiday. [2] He lived with his parents and five siblings in Orchard Road. [2]
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – 17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates.
At 13.15 the commander of H Battalion received a receipt for the wood from the infantry, and withdrew to his rallying point. About 16.00 a platoon of 16th Middlesex with one tank captured a bridge across the St Quentin Canal and linked up at Noyelles-sur-Escaut (already entered by the cavalry) with 2nd Royal Fusiliers which had fought its way ...
On January 2, 1921, Ellis met a young woman of Polish descent. They discovered they had been childhood playmates in East St. Louis; the two were married on February 13, 1923, in St. Louis. Ellis died of pneumonia in a Chicago hospital on December 9, 1937. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. [2]
13 February 2003 106 years Newfoundland [d] Wallace Pike [23] 11 April 1999 99 years Ottoman Empire: Yakup Satar [24] 2 April 2008 110 years Poland [b] Stanisław Wycech [25] 12 January 2008 105 years Romania: Gheorghe Pănculescu [26] 9 January 2007 103 years Russia: Mikhail Krichevsky [27] [28] 26 December 2008 111 years Serbia: Aleksa ...