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12 NOVEMBER
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8 SEPTEMBER
FIRST OF 306 FIRST WORLD WAR EXECUTIONS FOR DESERTION. [ 8 September 1914 ] [ relevance ? ] On this day in 1914, the First World War was barely a month old and the first British soldier to be found guilty of desertion was executed. Thomas Highgate was just 19 years old when he was…
19 MARCH
312 PARAS INVADE THE SMALL CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF ANGUILLA [ 19 March 1969 ] In February 1967, the British government had allowed the Caribbean island of Anguilla a degree of self-government on condition that it accepted a subservient status as an associated state of the larger island of St. Kitts, 112 miles away. THE RAF…
14 MARCH
AS SLAVE SHIP DOCKS AT ST. KITTS, 33 SLAVES LEAP TO THEIR DEATHS [ 14 March 1737 ] Today in 1737, the Prince of Orange, a small 80 ton Bristol registered vessel crammed with 251 African slaves, arrived at St. Kitts in the West Indies. BRITISH ARMS PLAY VITAL ROLE IN CRUSHING BAHRAIN DEMOCRACY PROTESTS…
4 JULY
BRITISH SLAUGHTER THE ZULU WOUNDED AND BURN DOWN THE CITY OF ULUNDI [ 4 July 1879 ] On this day in 1879 British troops, part of a massive invasion force intended to subjugate the Zulu nation, slaughtered many hundreds of wounded warriors after the battle of Ulundi. The Honourable William Drummond, an intelligence officer, tried…
17 AUGUST
GENERAL GASELEE SANCTIONS AN ORGY OF LOOTING IN PEKING [ 17 August 1900 ] On 17 August 1900, Major General Alfred Gaselee issued an order licensing the ransacking of Peking. Gaselee was the commanding officer of a British and Allied expeditionary force. It had arrived in the city just in time to relieve the diplomatic…