Air-Force.ca's Fallen Comrades

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

1916:

MOUNT SORREL, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 13 June 16)

1917:

VC won by William Avery Bishop, Royal Flying Corps, near Cambrai, France

1953:

The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Military Word Of The Day

COA

Course of Action

Today in Military History

June 1

1879:

Eugene, Prince Imperial of France, killed in the Zulu campaign

1915:

Lord Kitchener made a K.G.

1917:

Since beginning of the war, British have taken 76,067 prisoners on the Western front

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