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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.
With another soldier, silenced four machine gun nests, killed while attacking a fifth Samuel Woodfill: Army: First Lieutenant: Cunel, France: Oct 12, 1918: Supported by his company, attacked and silenced three machine gun nests Alvin C. York: Army: Corporal: near Chatel-Chéhéry, France: Oct 8, 1918
At the beginning of 1914 the British Army had a reported strength of 710,000 men including reserves, of which around 80,000 were professional soldiers ready for war. By the end of the First World War almost 25 percent of the total male population of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had joined up, over five million men.
In 1914, the British Indian Army was larger than the British Army itself, and between 1914 and 1918 an estimated 1.3 million Indian soldiers and labourers served in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. In all, 140,000 soldiers served on the Western Front and nearly 700,000 in the Middle East, with 47,746 killed and 65,126 wounded. [81]
The Royal Irish Rifles in a communications trench on the first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916 The Victoria Cross (VC) was awarded 628 times to 627 recipients for action in the First World War (1914–1918). The Victoria Cross is a military decoration awarded for valor "in the face of the enemy" to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. It ...
Served as a conscripted soldier in an Imperial Japanese Army communications unit from April 1–June 30, 1918, posted to Nakano, Tokyo; saw no action. Oldest verified man in history at the time of his death, and the last verified surviving man to have been born in the 19th century. Service verified from official government records by ...
Richard Aldington; John William Aldred; John Aldridge (RAF officer) A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough; Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis; Christopher James Alexander; Harry Alexander (rugby union) Peter Alexander (Shakespearean scholar) Ulick Alexander; Kenneth J. Alford; Alex Allan (footballer) David Allan (police ...
In 1792 barracks for soldiers were introduced and soldiers were given 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 d a day for bread. In 1795 allowances for bread and necessities were consolidated to 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 d per day and was later increased in the year by 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 d per day to reflect increased prices of bread and meat.