This day in History (1 Viewer)

[Artillery_crazy]

This is HISTORY and Muscle Power.....{sm4}{sm4}:salute:::salute:::salute:::salute::
The Fashoda Incident or Crisis was the climax of imperial territorial disputes between Britain and France in Eastern Africa, occurring in 1898. A French expedition to Fashoda on the White Nile river sought to gain control of the Upper Nile river basin and thereby exclude Britain from the Sudan. The two armies met on friendly terms but back in Europe it became a war scare. The British held firm as Britain and France were on the verge of war with heated rhetoric on both sides. Under heavy pressure the French withdrew, securing Anglo-Egyptian control over the area. The status quo was recognised by an agreement between the two states acknowledging British control over Egypt, while France became the dominant power in Morocco. France was humiliated by the result

 

[GICOP]

September 20th 1857 – The Indian Mutiny ends with the recapture of Delhi

Some troops managed to travel in more comfort than others

British Infantry - Trophy of Wales

Sailors and Sailboat - Dorset Toy Soldiers


Cheers

Martyn

 

[GICOP]

September 21st 1896 – British forces under the command of Major-General Sir Herbert Kitchener, K.C.M.G., C.B., Commanding the Dongola Expeditionary Force, takes Dongola in the Sudan after defeating the Dervish at the battle of Hafir

:salute::

 

[GICOP]

September 26th 1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don’t shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.

^&cool

 

[GICOP]

October 2nd 1959 – The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television

 

[GICOP]

October 6th 1879 - SECOND AFGHAN WAR - The Battle of Charasiab, south of Kabul

http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/charasiab.htm

20th (PUNJAB) REGIMENT, BENGAL NATIVE INFANTRY








All figures - Trophy of Wales

Cheers

Martyn

 

[GICOP]

October 8th 1952 - The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash, North West London

The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash was a three-train collision at Harrow and Wealdstone station in London during the morning rush hour of 8 October 1952. 112 people were killed and 340 injured (88 of these being detained in hospital); it remains the worst peacetime rail crash in the United Kingdom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrow_and_Wealdstone_rail_crash

 

[GICOP]

October 12th 1915 – World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Cavell

 

[GICOP]

October 14th 1940 – Balham underground station disaster in South London occurs during a German air raid

During the Second World War, Balham was one of many deep tube stations designated for use as a civilian air raid shelter. At 20:02 on 14 October 1940, a 1400 kg semi-armour piercing fragmentation bomb fell on the road above the northern end of the platform tunnels, creating a large crater into which a bus then crashed. The northbound platform tunnel partially collapsed and was filled with earth and water from the fractured water mains and sewers above, which also flowed through the cross-passages into the southbound platform tunnel, with the flooding and debris reaching to within 100 yards of Clapham South. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), sixty-six people in the station were killed – although some sources report 64 shelterers and 4 railway staff were killed and more than seventy injured. The damage at track level closed the line to traffic between Tooting Bec and Clapham Common, but was quickly repaired, with the closed section and station being reopened on 12 January 1941[/B]

 

[GICOP]

October 23rd 1950 - Al Jolson died.

Jewish-American singer, film actor, and comedian. At the peak of his career, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jolson

 

[GICOP]

Today, 4th December, is the 122nd anniversary of the Last Stand of The Shangani Patrol in the Matabele War 1893

All figures – Little Legion

:salute::

 

[Buster]

Today, 4th December, is the 122nd anniversary of the Last Stand of The Shangani Patrol in the Matabele War 1893

All figures – Little Legion

:salute::

Awesome! {bravo}}

B :salute::

 

[GICOP]

Awesome! {bravo}}

B :salute::

Many thanks Buster :salute::

All the best

Martyn

 

[GICOP]

January 3rd 1911 - The Siege of Sidney Street, London

The Siege of Sidney Street was preceded by the Houndsditch murders in December 1910 where three police officers and one gang member were shot dead, it ended with the deaths of two members of a politically motivated gang of burglars and international anarchists supposedly led by Peter Piatkow, a.k.a. "Peter the Painter". My Grandfather was a Special Constable and attended the Siege

http://content.met.police.uk/Article/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/1400015482933/1400015482933

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sidney_Street

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https://youtu.be/v0wPKpAVDGE

This video clip is taken from the 1960 movie

https://youtu.be/Cbl8Gr9Xkqg

 

[GICOP]

October 25th 1854 – The Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War

http://www.britishbattles.com/crimean-war/balaclava.htm

The Thin Red Line



The Charge of the Light Brigade



Russian Light Infantry support a siege gun battery









The Russian Guns - The Heights, Balaclava 25th October 1854











All figures - Trophy of Wales

Cheers

Martyn

 

[Buster]

Lest We Forget, 75 years ago today .....

B.

 

[Warrior]

Got some sad news today of all days; my mothers cousin passed away today, December 7th.

He was a WWII veteran, he ran to the recruiters office the day after Pearl Harbor, was in the US Navy as a carpenters mate on an LST, he had some pretty amazing experiences in the Pacific, his ship dropped supplies on the way in and took casualties off on the way out of various islands, notably Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

R.I.P uncle Mike............................

 

[Louis Badolato]

The world is a poorer place for his passing, George. Another member of the greatest generation has left us. May he, and all the other WWII veterans, rest in peace.

 

[sammy719]

Got some sad news today of all days; my mothers cousin passed away today, December 7th.

He was a WWII veteran, he ran to the recruiters office the day after Pearl Harbor, was in the US Navy as a carpenters mate on an LST, he had some pretty amazing experiences in the Pacific, his ship dropped supplies on the way in and took casualties off on the way out of various islands, notably Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

R.I.P uncle Mike............................

Sorry to hear of the bad news George, sounds like he led an interesting life to say the least, as Louis said, he's certainly a part of the greatest generation that helped save this country as well as many others.

 

[Warrior]

The world is a poorer place for his passing, George. Another member of the greatest generation has left us. May he, and all the other WWII veterans, rest in peace.

He was a good egg, owned a gas station like a lot of Greeks.

Any veteran who came in, he'd fix their cars for the price of the parts, never charged them labor. Was such a decent, honest, hard working person, poor guy would be working on four or five cars at once at his shop out in the freezing cold or broiling heat, he worked from 7:00am till 7:00pm six days a week and never gave it a second thought.

They broke the mold when they made him.