[LargeFormat] The Czar's Photographer

Slobodan Dimitrov largeformat@f32.net
Fri Jun 13 10:34:32 2003


I wonder if the 'why and wherefore' points at the Allied Expeditionary
Force sent to help the czarist forces.
Slobodan Dimitrov


Tim Atherton wrote:
> 
> > never knew the details; he wouldn't talk about it. Actually,
> > there are many puzzles.
> > ---
> 
> Aren't there - my great grandfather was a born and bred meat and potatoes
> Yorkshire coal miner who fought in WWI from start to finish 1914-18, rose
> through the ranks and gained a battlefield commission and two serious medals
> for bravery (Military Cross and DCM) - but along with all his usual medals
> is one from the Czar, awarded to him... and I've never been able to find out
> the why and wherefore of that.
> 
> tim
> 
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