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Donna Quixote
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Posted At: 30 Sep 2011 at 11:17 5196063 I've just read The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire by John Newsinger, Professor of History at Bath Spa University. It has left me in ...
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Posted At: 30 Sep 2011 at 13:16 Well, that's one way : 37647 The British Empire....
Posted At: 30 Sep 2011 at 12:21 Both those Quixote
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Jack Sparrow
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Inspired by this thread. Let's go the other way! Brits, forget that Revolution, you win! Let America come home to Mother Britannia! Of course, we'll have to have a slightly different arrangement this time, no taxation without representation, and all that...
Started by BrainGlutton on
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Will your Neo British Empire with becoming subjects of....
And Americans, officers and men, will always be the majority there, too .
Oh, and, to unite the Am- British Empire and hold it together, all Kingdoms' armed forces.
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Not sure if this is the best place for this topic. It's not really a question, more of a set of observations.
I've just received my shiny new copy of "Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1840-1970, 2012 edition" in the post, as an early...
Started by Norbert Jenkins on
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by 21 people.
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It was a nice British Commonwealth pre 1953 and recently (1-2 years ago) went from used or mint to strictly mint in these days of growing specialization....
British Guiana from 1880s is almost always no gum" ....
And dealing with "you know....
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Since the BEM was culled by John Major in 1992 in his great effort to introduce 'equality' in military and civil awards what was it replaced with?
During my 12 years I met many junior and senior NCO's who had been awarded this for doing a bit more than...
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by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at arrse):
The QGM replaced the Orders and Medal.
There were two types of Orders of the British Empire and the BEM.
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British Empire-For better of worse? One of my favourite eras to collect are the wars of the British Empire. At the risk of starting a huge fight , what is your opinion on the British Empire? As an Australian with Anglo-Celtic heritage, and a die hard ...
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All of the British Empire/Commonwealth....
Re: British Empire-For better of worse? Good thread mate,
I was a strong republican until a few , the A.I.F , and those men who served it changed my opinion of the British Empire.
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Who do you think speaks the best English in the list of nations in the poll above - all of which were once a part of the British Empire? The UK has not been included in this poll - this is about other countries.
You may have travelled to some of the nations...
Started by Terry Telly on
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Gibraltar's.
Surely they are part of the British Isles anyway.
Although have been to neither.
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British Empire Under Attack
Argentinian leader denounces 'militarization' of the South Atlantic
By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 7:33 PM EST, Tue February 7, 2012
(CNN) -- Amid escalating tensions over the Falkland Islands, Argentinian President Cristina...
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I wanna see British Tomato jets, secret discussions were held by the British and Argentine governments to identify a means by which.
Have some pride ...
Sack up England ...
The same thing last year.
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I am trying a new type of alternative history, what I have here is more or less a bias out look on the past in the eyes of propaganda from a right wing aristocracy, while obviously some of this is ASB it is supposed be because this is representing how...
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There's a strong British Empire, while believing....
There's a strong British Empire that wins the American War, George there is insufficient detail for there to be much to comment about.
For there to be much to comment about.
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:03:14 -0000, "D. Spencer Hines" <panther@excelsior.com
Hear, Hear!
We should ALL recognize the Truths expressed below.
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DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor
Veni, Vidi, Calcitravi Asinum
DSH
Lux et Veritas et...
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I think that the British Empire did much to
help the world develop but it's timew came +1100, "Peter....
By fighting a war to break away
from the British Empire, right?
The British Empire came apart and white.
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Since the BEM was culled by John Major in 1992 in his great effort to introduce 'equality' in military and civil awards what was it replaced with?
During my 12 years I met many junior and senior NCO's who had been awarded this for doing a bit more than...
Started by Speedy on
, 10 posts
by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at arrse):
The QGM replaced the Orders and Medal.
There were two types of Orders of the British Empire and the BEM.
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