Winston Churchill received a phone call telling him that the HMS Prince of Wales and the HMS Repulse had both been sunk by the Japanese by aircraft. He said “In all the war I never received a more ...

The commander of the ship which rescued sailors from Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance has been recognized by the UK during icebreaker HMS Protector ... on 3 September 1916. RN Ice Patrol Protector ...

Instead, Groundhog Day in 1916 brought Seattle’s greatest one-day snowfall on record – a record that still stands today. The city reported 21.5 inches of snow that day, which sounds like a lot for a ...

The commander of the ship which rescued sailors from Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance has been recognised by the UK during icebreaker HMS Protector’s port stop ... with Shackleton’s crew on 3 September ...

QUINCY — The documentary film, “The 1916 Project”, will be shown at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26 at Bethel Church, 12th and Jefferson. The film discusses the dark history of Planned Parenthood and its ...

In January 1916 the Military Service Act was passed. This imposed conscription on all single men aged between 18 and 41, but exempted the medically unfit, clergymen, teachers and certain classes of ...

It withdrew from the peninsula on 12 December. After another stint in Egypt, the 7th Brigade proceeded to France as part of the 2nd Australian Division in March 1916 In concert with the 28th Battalion ...

The 4th Brigade was combined with the 12th and 13th Brigades to form the 4th Australian Division. In June 1916 they sailed for France and the Western Front. From then until 1918, the battalion took ...