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Title: Old Contemptibles Parade in Aldershot [Go to resource]
Description: The "Old Contemptibles" nickname is derived, according to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, from an order issued during World War One, when Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany ordered his troops to "walk over General French's contemptible little army". The World War I veterans proudly wearing their medals march down Wellington Avenue. The Royal Garrison Church of All Saints, known locally as The Red Church from the colour of its brickwork, is in the right background. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Subjects: Veterans
Army
World War One
Old Contemptibles
Royal Garrison ChurchTemporal: start=1958-08-29; end=1958-08-29; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Copied by: Colonel Howard Cole - donator Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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