Baker's Dozen (WWI Edition)

[Dan M]

Baker's Dozen of Regiments That Made a Difference in Battle

1. The Royal Fusiliers at Mons Canal 1914
2. The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) at 2nd Ypres
3. Colonel Driant' s Chasseurs - Verdun 1916 -
4. 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers, Etreux, 1914
5. Schutztruppe Askari - East Africa
6. 73rd Hanoverian Infantry Sturmbataillione, Cambrai, 1917
7. 5th Marines Belleau Wood
8. 7th Machine Gun Battalion (US) at Château-Thierry
9. French Fusiliers-marins "The ladies" at Dixmude - 1914
10. 2nd Tyrolean Kaiserjäger Regiment (Austria-Hungary) at Hujcze - September 6-7, 1914
11. Le Régiment d'Infanterie Coloniale du Maroc (R.I.C.M.) Verdun, 1916

12. 28th Infantry Regiment "The Lions of Cantigny" (US Army)

[broderickwells]

Baker's Dozen of Regiments That Made a Difference in Battle

1. The Royal Fusiliers at Mons Canal 1914
2. The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) at 2nd Ypres
3. Colonel Driant' s Chasseurs - Verdun 1916 -
4. 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers, Etreux, 1914
5. Schutztruppe Askari - East Africa
6. 73rd Hanoverian Infantry Sturmbataillione, Cambrai, 1917
7. 5th Marines Belleau Wood
8. 7th Machine Gun Battalion (US) at Château-Thierry
9. French Fusiliers-marins "The ladies" at Dixmude - 1914
10. 2nd Tyrolean Kaiserjäger Regiment (Austria-Hungary) at Hujcze - September 6-7, 1914
11. Le Régiment d'Infanterie Coloniale du Maroc (R.I.C.M.) Verdun, 1916
12. 28th Infantry Regiment "The Lions of Cantigny" (US Army)

13. NZ Mounted Brigade at Beersheba - 1917

[Dan M]

Baker's Dozen of Regiments That Made a Difference in Battle

13. NZ Mounted Brigade at Beersheba - 1917

I saw the movie. It was the Australians.

Look into her eyes and tell me I'm wrong.

[broderickwells]

I saw the movie. It was the Australians.

Look into her eyes and tell me I'm wrong.

The Aussies made the comment, "Quick, get after them before the Kiwis take all the credit!"

[broderickwells]

Baker's Dozen of Dreadful Diseases

1. Spanish Flu

[Post Captain]

Baker's Dozen of Dreadful Diseases

1. Spanish Flu

2. Dysentery

[Dan M]

Baker's Dozen of Dreadful Diseases

1. Spanish Flu
2. Dysentery

3. Body Lice

[broderickwells]

Baker's Dozen of Dreadful Diseases

1. Spanish Flu
2. Dysentery
3. Body Lice

4. Gonorrhea

[The_Hussar]

Baker's Dozen of Dreadful Diseases

1. Spanish Flu
2. Dysentery
3. Body Lice
4. Gonorrhea

5. Cholera

This is a cover of Petit Journal from 5th December 1912. It's not from WW1 but still represents the same epoch and it's quite good for me.

[Ricthofen]

Baker's Dozen of Dreadful Diseases

1. Spanish Flu
2. Dysentery
3. Body Lice
4. Gonorrhea
5. Cholera

6. Trench Foot

One of the worst fears of trench-bound soldiers in the War.

[McMax]

Baker's Dozen of Dreadful Diseases

1. Spanish Flu
2. Dysentery
3. Body Lice
4. Gonorrhea
5. Cholera
6. Trench Foot

7. Gangrene

[R. Evans]

Baker's Dozen of Dreadful Diseases

1. Spanish Flu
2. Dysentery
3. Body Lice
4. Gonorrhea
5. Cholera
6. Trench Foot
7. Gangrene

8. Trench Mouth

[broderickwells]

Baker's Dozen of Dreadful Diseases

1. Spanish Flu
2. Dysentery
3. Body Lice
4. Gonorrhea
5. Cholera
6. Trench Foot
7. Gangrene
8. Trench Mouth

9. Typhus There was a serious epidemic on the Serbian Front in 1915

[Selous]

1. Spanish Flu
2. Dysentery
3. Body Lice
4. Gonorrhea
5. Cholera
6. Trench Foot
7. Gangrene
8. Trench Mouth

10. Malaria
Disease and wildlife killed more than enemy action on the African front, whilst on the Western Front the war was the first major conflict where more men died of enemy action than disease.

[Post Captain]

1. Spanish Flu
2. Dysentery
3. Body Lice
4. Gonorrhea
5. Cholera
6. Trench Foot
7. Gangrene
8. Trench Mouth
9. Typhus
10. Malaria

11. Trench Nephritis
An obsolete term for glomerulonephritis occurring in soldiers subjected to cold and damp conditions in trenches.