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On this date: October 2022

1 October 1917  Lt.-Col. Philip Bent is posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for leading a successful counterattack to regain lost positions near Polygon Wood, Belgium. 3

Haig & Ludendorff

DOUGLAS HAIG Notwithstanding the many difficulties, much has been achieved,” British Expeditionary Force (BEF) commander-in-chief Field Marshal Douglas Haig announced shortly after the Third Battle of

Windows to another time

A pair of portholes are grim reminders of destruction during the Battle of the Atlantic The mangled portholes, bronze bent from the force of the

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