Comics Nerd, Book Worm, Cynical Idealist, Mad Historian in Training (WWI and its place in the pop cultures of the major combatants, specifically), Feminist, Whovian, typo-prone, Grrl Dandy, incurable pottymouth, internet-ruining asexual heathen, so-called "Dirty Commy Basturd," and Neurasthenic Farceur. My aim is to study 1900-1950 in Europe and make comics about it, and my general policy is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. I also greatly enjoy tea.
“Fähnrich i.d.R., Kriegsfreiwilliger, Friedrich Lang, Diensteseinteilung Aufkläreroffizier, tapferes Verhalten vor dem Feind: Begab sich am 27. März 1916 allein 600x vor die eigenen Feldwachen und kehrte, obwohl aus unmittelbarer Nähe von russischen Feldwachen lebhaft beschossen, mit einer Skizze zurück, durch die es seiner Batt. möglich wurde, bisher gänzlich unbekannte Teile der russischen Stellung unter wirksames Feuer zu nehmen und dadurch ein sehr unangenehmes Maschinengewehr außer Gefecht zu setzen. Wiederholt nahmen auf die Inf. Kmdten. Gelegenheit, ihm ihre Anerkennung für sein erfolgreiches Wirken auszusprechen.”
- Notes of Congratulations of Officers of Fritz Lang’s unit as volunteered Soldier for 1 year.
“Freaks of gun fire” - scene in La Barque, France, during World War I. The effect caused by gunfire which has left a part of a brick wall standing, with a lacework of huge holes through it. The caption refers to La Barque, which is probably the village of La Barque, in the Ancre area of France.
Le Barque was one of the villages which was destroyed in the German withdrawal during the spring of 1917. The destruction not only disrupted communications for the advancing Allies, but also left them responsible for a dispossessed civilian population.
Sergeant George Tinsley Thompson
3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Mounted Division
Sergeant Thompson’s service number was 13/144. He was killed in action at Gallipoli in on 7 August 1915 aged 24. Presented by Mrs Margerison on 8 September 1919.Faces of the First World War
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This image is from IWM Collections.
