Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, KCB (8 April 1859 – 14 December 1927) was a senior British Army officer who served in several campaigns of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. From 1915 to 1916 during the First...
Alderson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Brian Alderson (footballer) (1950–1997), Scottish footballer Bryce Alderson (born 1994), Canadian soccer player Dale Alderson (1918–1982), American baseball pitcher Dan Alderson,...
The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF; French: Corps expéditionnaire canadien) was the expeditionary field force of Canada during the First World War. It was formed on August 15, 1914, following Britain's declaration of war on the German Empire,...
The Ross rifle is a straight-pull bolt action rifle chambered in .303 British that was produced in Canada from 1903 until 1918. The Ross Mk.II (or "model 1905") rifle was highly successful in target shooting before World War I, but the close...
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the formation of the British Army on the Western Front during the First World War. In its original form it comprised six divisions, sent by Britain to France in 1914 to aid in resisting the German invasion....
The 1st Canadian Division (French: 1re Division du Canada) is the Canadian Army's manoeuvre division headquartered at CFB Edmonton. Largely a Regular Force formation, it is "the Canadian Army's primary force responsible for generating...
Lowestoft ( LOH-(ih)-stoft, LOH-stəf) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. As the most easterly UK settlement, it is 38 miles (61 km) north-east of Ipswich and 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Norwich,...
The Allied leaders of World War I were the political and military figures that fought for or supported the Allied Powers during World War I.
The 6th (Poona) Division was a division of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1903, following the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army.
The Battle of Mont Sorrel (Battle of Mount Sorrel) was a local operation in World War I by three divisions of the German 4th Army and three divisions of the British Second Army in the Ypres Salient, near Ypres in Belgium, from 2 to 13 June 1916. To...
