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The first day on the Somme remains the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army, with 19,240 British soldiers killed and 38,470 wounded or missing, all for little or no gain. [150] The only real success was in the south where, using imaginative tactics and helped by the French, the New Army 18th and 30th Divisions took all their ...
This list includes all officers noted by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) as holding flag officer rank and who died between the British entry into the war on 4 August 1914 and the armistice of 11 November 1918. A large number of retired naval officers, including many admirals, volunteered for service during the war.
The Australian Honour Flag is a special Australian flag that was created by the Commonwealth Government in 1918, as a result of World War I.It consists of a white flag, with the national flag in canton, a large 7-pointed star, and three blue vertical bars, with a red border overall.
These flags mirrored the Commonwealth military colours of today, with one colour set as the state colour and the rest as the regimental and battalion or squadron colours. 1797 regulations introduced new designs for the infantry—for regular units, the state colour being white with the state emblem and the company, battalion and/or regimental ...
Empire flags also saw use throughout Canada during the Second World War. [54] An Empire flag photographed atop the Dangarsleigh War Memorial. The Empire flag can still be found in use today at the Dangarsleigh War Memorial in New South Wales for special occasions. It was first opened on the Empire Day of 1921 with the flag hoisted above the ...
Empires of the Dead: How One Man's Vision Led to the Creation of WWI's War Graves. London: William Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-745665-9. Gibson, T. A. Edwin; Kingsley Ward, G. (1989). Courage Remembered: The Story Behind the Construction and Maintenance of the Commonwealth's Military Cemeteries and Memorials of the Wars of 1914–18 and 1939–45 ...
Flag of the Commonwealth of England: St George's Cross and an Irish Harp juxtaposed. 1651–1658: Flag of the Commonwealth of England: St George's Cross and St Andrew's cross quartered. 1658–1660: Flag of The Protectorate: The 1606 Union Jack defaced with an Irish Harp. 1925–1936: King's Colour for the Royal Navy
Regimental Colour of the 18th Regiment of Foot showing the earliest battle honour (for Namur) and the badges later awarded for Egypt and China.. The first battle honour was the motto Virtutis Namurcensis Præmium (Reward for valour at Namur), [3] ordered by King William III to be emblazoned on the colour of the 18th Regiment of Foot, later the Royal Irish Regiment, for their part in the Siege ...