Blackhorse
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Holy hell man. Glad to see you are still among the living. Avoid Covid and stay with us.
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Is there an NTC Scenario? Can one be made? Asking for a friend.
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WOW! Those are stunning.
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Bats on long exposure
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Great picture...
Great picture?? Did you click the link? There are MANY great pictures
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fantastic! Thanks for sharing!
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I'm still trying to figure out how he did the hand and arm trick...
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An interesting parallel (of sorts) is the US practise concerning cutting payment of combat pay and even reclaiming paid combat pay from fallen soldiers. Do they justify it as "breach of contract" for defaulting before the signed term of service is up ?
??? Not sure what you are on about with this statement? Linky (or more info) please.
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Still the pilot's professionalism is a credit. If that was a Yank there would have been screaming and expletives all over the place.
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What kind of ignorant statement is that?
Woolley, also an air mission commander during the operation where he earned the Silver Star, is a CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot.In November 2009, Woolley and his crew were called for a casualty evacuation mission in Baghdis province, western Afghanistan. As Woolley and his crew approached the pick-up site, his left door gunner reported heavy tracer fire coming at them. Woolley and his co-pilot maneuvered to avoid the rounds.
Once they were able to land, ground troops began loading five wounded Soldiers on the aircraft. Very quickly, the aircraft began taking more enemy fire. With less than a minute on ground, insurgents fired a rocket propelled grenade at Woolley's Chinook. The round penetrated the nose, flew between the two pilots, and hit the flight engineer in the back of the head before coming to a rest inside the helicopter, unexploded.
Woolley and his crew continued to take a barrage of enemy fire, but Woolley directed the team to stay on ground until the last patient was loaded. Once the fifth patient was loaded, Woolley led the team out of the hot landing zone and back to a coalition base where the casualties could receive treatment.
After they determined the aircraft was still flyable, Woolley made the decision to conduct a second casualty evacuation of several wounded and dead Afghan National Army soldiers.
"I feel privileged," began Woolley. "I guess the best way to describe it is I feel the same as I did yesterday, but it is an honor to be recognized. I would've done it anyway, but it truly is an honor and a privilege to be wearing this on my chest."
"These two officers displayed great courage while under intense enemy fire, while serving as air mission commanders in support of combat operations in Operation Enduring Freedom," said Col. Paul W. Bricker, commander of the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade. "They exemplify the tremendous commitment to our mission and join the long line of 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers recognized for valor in defense of our nation."
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Here is the 1st Bn's War Diary entry for 20 August 1918:
On 19th August the Battalion sent patrols out and established a line 150 yds west of Paradis road, and at 1.30 pm a further advance was made east of the road. On 20th the line was again advanced another 900 yds but the enemy's resistence was stiffening and casualties became quite heavy. Orders were given for the Battalion to dig in. On the evening of the 20th the Battalion was relieved and went into support.
Received from a bloke named Martin over on the Great War 1914-1918 forum.
http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=154009&st=0&gopid=1484206entry1484206
Note: This places the 1st Bn approx midway between Bethune and Lestrem to the NE.
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FREDERICK DAVID BERRY
Regiment, Corps etc
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Battalion/etc
11th Battalion. Details
Surname
Berry
Christian Name
Frederick David
Initials
F D
Born
London
Enlisted
Walthamstow
Residence
Walthamstow, Essex
Rank
RIFLEMAN
Number
S/24982
Died Date
18/09/1916
Died How
Killed in action
Theatre of War
France & Flanders
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Just over two days since the initial request. Amazing.
It's for moments like these that I really loves teh intarwebs
Oh my god yes..absolutely!! Stunning actually... with correspondence from the living relatives no less!!
This is friggin HUGE!! Makes me want to visit and see James Berry's marker.
Affen,
I recommend you get hold of the regimental history. You never know, James Berry might just be listed and/or named in there. Perhaps there is a photo of him out there somewhere as well.
I'll keep an ear to the ground and an eye open.
Fantastic stuff this.
The one thing I was thinking though was damn..what a shame...he was KIA less than three months from 11/11/18...
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Affen,
What year did he enlist?
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Looking more closely at the record he was a 36 tear old tea blender with 2 kids when he enlisted and was actually wounded in 1917, GSW left thigh, and was evacuated home before returning to France in May 1918 for the last time.
16 Pages of records including correspondence with his widow about his medals and effects.
Found them on Ancestry.co.uk, quite rare to find a complete set as most were destroyed in the blitz.
Regards.
Carl
Fascinating. What year did he enlist?
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Poor lad. He didn't last very long. Less than three months, with some initial time spent at Etaples proir to heading to the Front.
Affen,
If you could somehow get a copy of the 1st Bn's War Diary, you could see what actions occurred on 20 Aug 1918 that led to your relative's being KIA.
SMLE,
can you help with that? Nice work on the Service Record, by the way. How were you able to locate it?
BH
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Affen,
Send me your email and I'll forward you the official copy.
Regards,
BH
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I got it:
I think this is your relative....
From "Soldiers Who Died" DB.
JAMES BERRY
Regiment, Corps etc
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Battalion/etc
1st Battalion. Details
Surname
Berry
Christian Name
James
Initials
J
Born
Borough, Surrey
Enlisted
Woolwich
Residence
Greenwich, Kent
Rank
RIFLEMAN
Number
S/28364
Died Date
20/08/1918
Died How
Killed in action
Theatre of War
France & Flanders
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Regimental History of the London Rifles: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25932.bibrec.html
(it only seems to go to the end of 1916 however) maybe there is another edition?
Search Results for London Rifles on the 1914-1918 site: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=search&fromMainBar=1
(If you cannot see these, then you should register and log-in at the site)
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CMBO Works fine with Windows 7.
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Also, what are his parents' names?
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1 Bn Rifle Brigade.
That is to say, I know from the CWGC database that this person roughly matches the date of death that is provided on the family headstone. But the best proof I could have is details of place of enlistment, address etc. The only other CWGC hit of that name that is close to the date is from a Liverpool regiment, so he would be a less likely contender given the London origin of the family.
I've found these sites to be invaluable for this sort of research:
http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?act=idx
Good Luck! Let us know what you learn!
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How the hell do those really cool photos shed "New Light" on the Great War????
NTC Scenario
in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
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Thanks very much guys!