Edward VII and the Great War’s Prince of Wales
Milton Bronner profiles Edward Albert, the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIIE, detailing his 1914 enlistment in the Guards, early bravado, and persistence to serve on the front. The piece recounts dispatch riding, near misses, and intimate moments with General French’s BEF, including a shell-hit car episode at Loos and a forest action in 1917.
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Lfe
Milton Bronner
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Europe
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Guards
Edward Albert, Prince of Wales
Oxford
Richmond
White Lodge
Edward
Osborne
Dartmouth
Navy
France
Magdalene College
Officers’ Training Corps
Grenadiers
War Office
Edward Albert
Kitchener
Poe
Mary
French
Loos
C. H. Dudley-Ward
Houlthourst Forest
British Legion
Albert Hall
Britain
Whitehall
Edward VIII War Experience in World War I Heroism
Edward VIII. War service narrator recounts near misses with French shells and German fire. He hid in a pillbox and a house trench while artillery pounded, never serving front lines yet earning recognition from France and German battles, later aiding the British Legion and Armistice Day events.
Birthday Ball To Aid Victims Of Infantile Paralysis Open To All
Cedar Rapids joins the national President’s Birthday Ball to aid infantile paralysis with over 5,000 events nationwide. The Cedar Rapids date January 30 at Pla-Mar. 70 percent of ticket sales stay local, 30 percent to the national fund for research. Telegrams to the President cost 25 cents each and support the fund.
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Cedar Rapids
Mre
W. EF. Lamey
United States
Pla-Mar
Henry L. Doherty
National Committee
University Hospital
Town City
American Medical Association
National Fund
Roosevelt
Linden Camp to Honor 25-Year Modern Woodmen Members
Linden camp No. 145 Modern Woodmen of America will honor members with 25 years or more at a meeting in Odd Fellows hall on Tuesday January 28 at 8 p.m. State manager L O Cross of Des Moines will present solid gold buttons to eligible attendees. About 225 Linn county members are in line for the token. Guests from nearby camps will be welcomed. Connecticut plans permanent license plates with annual inserts to be distributed yearly when registrations occur in March 1937.
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Linden Camp
Woodmen of America
Society
Odd Fellows Hall
Second Avenue SE
L. O. Cross
Des Moines
Linn County
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