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British official historian Brigadier James Edward Edmonds, in 1925, recorded that "The British Army of 1914 was the best trained, best equipped and best organized British Army ever sent to war". [80] This was in part due to the Haldane reforms , and the Army itself recognising the need for change and training.
He was the second most highly decorated British private of the First World War [4] and is most commonly remembered as the soldier who allegedly spared Adolf Hitler's life during the first world war. Born with the family name of Tandy, he later changed his surname to Tandey after problems with his father, [ 5 ] [ vague ] and because of this ...
The Oxford History of the British Army. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-285333-3. Edmonds, J. E. (1993) [1932]. Military Operations France and Belgium, 1916: Sir Douglas Haig's Command to the 1st July: Battle of the Somme. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial ...
Pages in category "British Army personnel of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 6,452 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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
List of military corps — List of British corps in the First World War. This is a list of British army corps that existed during the First World War.
Polling conducted by YouGov in 2014 suggested that 58% of modern British adults believed the Central powers were primarily responsible for the outbreak of the First World War, 3% the Triple Entente (the major countries in each group were listed), 17% both sides and 3% said they didn't know. 52% believed generals had failed British soldiers, 17% ...
British military personnel killed in World War I (3 C, 1,139 P) M. Royal Marines personnel of World War I (1 C, 77 P) R. Royal Air Force personnel of World War I (1 C ...