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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #420 on: November 21, 2018, 01:28:03 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, November 21, 1918.

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Ships of the British Fleet preparing to meet the surrendered German ships, 21st November 1918.
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German ship of the KAISER Class.
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German submarines moored at Harwich.
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Lieutenant Blacklock, DSC., examining papers of German submarine U48 commander, Harwich.
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Arrival at Rosyth: SMS SEYDLITZ leading MOLTKE, HINDENBURG, DERFFLINGER and VON DER TANN. Surrender of the German Fleet. British airship N. S. 8 flying over the surrendered ships in line. 21st November 1918.
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Arrival at Rosyth: SMS FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE (Fleet Flagship) leading two Kaiser class battleships.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #421 on: November 22, 2018, 01:30:05 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, November 22, 1918.

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German car, flying A white flag, leaving the former German GHQ at Spa, now the headquarters of the International Armistice Commission, 22 November 1918. Note the German sentry.
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The ceremony for the state entry of Albert I, King of the Belgians, and other members of the Belgian Royal Family into Brussels, 22 November 1918. The Royal party watch a march-past of French troops.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #422 on: November 25, 2018, 12:58:04 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, November 25, 1918.

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Image: to the left a team of Sikh sappers repair a stone bridge, replacing a missing section with a wooden structure, supervised by a British officer. To the right, a heavily loaded camel followed by two military trucks move along a track that runs down into the dry riverbed and up to the other side. Horses are grazing on the far bank and the sea is visible to the far left.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #423 on: November 25, 2018, 01:27:27 AM »
From the Library of Congress.  Lietuva., (Chicago) November 25, 1918.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #424 on: November 27, 2018, 12:54:05 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, November 27, 1918.
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Victor Emmanuel III, the King of Italy, with General Rudolph Lambart (10th Earl of Cavan), the C-in-C of the British Army in Italy, in a car at the review of the British troops. Castelgomberto, 27 November 1918.
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British troops helping to get Victor Emmanuel III, the King of Italy's car out of the mud. Castelgomberto, 27 November 1918. They are probably servicemen of the 12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (69th Brigade, 23rd Division).
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Victor Emmanuel III, the King of Italy, talking to General Rudolph Lambart (10th Earl of Cavan), the C-in-C of the British Army in Italy, at the review of the British troops, Castelgomberto, 27 November 1918. Major-General John Gathorne-Hardy can be seen talking to a French officer, probably General Paul Maistre, in the Royal Box.
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Gunners of the Royal Artillery passing the saluting point at the review of the British troops by Victor Emmanuel III, the King of Italy, at Castelgomberto, 27 November 1918.
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Victor Emmanuel III, the King of Italy, leaving the parade ground after reviewing the British troops. Castelgomberto, 27 November 1918. General Rudolph Lambart (10th Earl of Cavan), the C-in-C of the British Army in Italy, is on the far left.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #425 on: November 27, 2018, 01:48:09 AM »
From the Library of Congress.  The Rogue River (Grants Pass, Or.) Courier, November 27, 1918.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #426 on: November 27, 2018, 10:46:53 AM »
From the Library of Congress.  The Rogue River (Grants Pass, Or.) Courier, November 27, 1918.

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"Deputy Sheriff Frank Walter Twombley

 

On Tuesday, November 19, 1918 Deputy Sheriff Frank Walter Twombley was riding his police motorcycle, attempting to catch and pull over a speeding motorist. As he got alongside the car he was probably able to observe a young couple in the front seat; a young man driving with a young woman passenger. As Deputy Twombley pulled next to the speeding driver’s window, the driver produced a pistol and shot the deputy off his bike. Deputy Twombley died instantly at the corner of Union and Portland Blvd. Unknown to Deputy Twombley, his killer had just robbed the toll plaza at the Southern end of the Interstate Bridge. The killer, John Cyril Laird, was eventually arrested and convicted of 2nd Degree Murder and sentenced to life in prison. During the trial, Laird stated his true name was John Knight Giles. According to documents, Giles escaped from the Salem, Oregon prison and was free until 1935 when he was arrested along with six others for attempting to rob the Denver and Rio Grande Mail Train as it pulled out of Salt Lake City. Giles was sentenced and sent to McNeil Island and was quickly transferred to Alcatraz Prison due to the length of his sentence and his escape record. Giles is considered by some to be one of the only inmates to ever escape from Alcatraz as, in 1945, while working a laundry detail, he donned the uniform of a US Army soldier and jumped aboard a departing boat. He was questioned and arrested as he stepped off the boat at Ft McDowell.

Our thoughts and prayers will always be with the Twombley family."

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #427 on: November 27, 2018, 01:08:42 PM »
"Deputy Sheriff Frank Walter Twombley

 

On Tuesday, November 19, 1918 Deputy Sheriff Frank Walter Twombley was riding his police motorcycle, attempting to catch and pull over a speeding motorist. As he got alongside the car he was probably able to observe a young couple in the front seat; a young man driving with a young woman passenger. As Deputy Twombley pulled next to the speeding driver’s window, the driver produced a pistol and shot the deputy off his bike. Deputy Twombley died instantly at the corner of Union and Portland Blvd. Unknown to Deputy Twombley, his killer had just robbed the toll plaza at the Southern end of the Interstate Bridge. The killer, John Cyril Laird, was eventually arrested and convicted of 2nd Degree Murder and sentenced to life in prison. During the trial, Laird stated his true name was John Knight Giles. According to documents, Giles escaped from the Salem, Oregon prison and was free until 1935 when he was arrested along with six others for attempting to rob the Denver and Rio Grande Mail Train as it pulled out of Salt Lake City. Giles was sentenced and sent to McNeil Island and was quickly transferred to Alcatraz Prison due to the length of his sentence and his escape record. Giles is considered by some to be one of the only inmates to ever escape from Alcatraz as, in 1945, while working a laundry detail, he donned the uniform of a US Army soldier and jumped aboard a departing boat. He was questioned and arrested as he stepped off the boat at Ft McDowell.

Our thoughts and prayers will always be with the Twombley family."

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What an awesome update!  Thanks, mr. a.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #428 on: November 28, 2018, 01:28:00 AM »

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #429 on: November 28, 2018, 09:59:34 AM »


Interesting footage. Quite a crowd and though comments are surprised I think everyone was happy that the war was over, even the losing side(s.)  There is a poster or advertisement featured on a pole "Der sprechende Hund," from I can tell. "The speaking dog?" Some novelty play or side-show? A bar's name? Dog training? Imdb shows nothing. But I find this but seems more modern. Also there are some dog training sites that use this phrase (how to 'speak to your dog')
 
https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/loriot/der-sprechende-hund-53b6afa5.html 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Loriot-sprechende-Hund-Mensch-Videokassette/dp/B00004RMA3 

 


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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #430 on: November 28, 2018, 12:59:05 PM »
Interesting footage. Quite a crowd and though comments are surprised I think everyone was happy that the war was over, even the losing side(s.)  There is a poster or advertisement featured on a pole "Der sprechende Hund," from I can tell. "The speaking dog?" Some novelty play or side-show? A bar's name? Dog training? Imdb shows nothing. But I find this but seems more modern. Also there are some dog training sites that use this phrase (how to 'speak to your dog')
 
https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/loriot/der-sprechende-hund-53b6afa5.html 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Loriot-sprechende-Hund-Mensch-Videokassette/dp/B00004RMA3 



Most interesting.  I hadn't noticed the signs.  I was too preoccupied by wondering if Adolf Hitler was among the crowd of returning soldiers.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #431 on: November 28, 2018, 01:54:23 PM »
Most interesting.  I hadn't noticed the signs.  I was too preoccupied by wondering if Adolf Hitler was among the crowd of returning soldiers.
I'm sure exactly when he was discharged but I seem to recall he was in the hospital when he learned of Germany's surrender and the end of the War....

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #432 on: November 28, 2018, 02:19:56 PM »
I'm sure exactly when he was discharged but I seem to recall he was in the hospital when he learned of Germany's surrender and the end of the War....

Right.  I should have looked that up.  Hitler was temporaily blinded by mustard gas on October 15, 1918 and was recuperating in a hospital when the war ended.  Ironically, he was proud of the German army's performance and thought that they would have won the war had it not been for the 'turncoats' running things back in the Fatherland.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #433 on: November 28, 2018, 03:15:49 PM »
Right.  I should have looked that up.  Hitler was temporaily blinded by mustard gas on October 15, 1918 and was recuperating in a hospital when the war ended.  Ironically, he was proud of the German army's performance and thought that they would have won the war had it not been for the 'turncoats' running things back in the Fatherland.
With no foreign troops in Germany, and German soldiers still occupying large parts of France and other countries, with the Kaiser hiding out in Holland and then abdicating, Hitler’s view was widely held. In fact, it was one of his rallying points in his rise to power.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #434 on: November 29, 2018, 12:30:07 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, November 29, 1918.

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German soldiers watching the entry of the 2th Lancers into Spa, 29 November 1918.
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General Charles Kavanagh, the Commander of the Cavalry Corps, watching the 2nd Cavalry Brigade passing through Spa, 29 November 1918.
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Brigadier General Algernon Lawson leading the 2nd Cavalry Brigade into Spa, 29 November 1918.
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