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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
To me, WWI was is more interesting than WWII and I have been itching to see a good WWI movie... There seem to be surprisingly few of them.
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It's not surprising at all. Most movies (or movies with budgets enough to be period war pieces) are made in Hollywood. As the US did not enter WWI until very near the end, there is not a whole lot interest in the Great War for Americans. Thus, movies on WWI just don't get made. How many war movies can you think of that don't focus on American troops?
My great-grandfather's brother was nominated for the DCM (Distinguished Conduct Medal) at Passchendaele, and it was here that he earned his Belgian Croix de Guerre, although the records are silent on for what and when he earned it.
Here is one mention of him at Passchendaele in October 1917 from
New Brunswick's Fighting 26th (MacGowan et al.). Sgt. Palmer is mentioned on Pg 223 of the History of the 26th Battalion.:
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"The 26th Bn. was to attack on a three company front with B Coy in the centre, D Coy on the Left, A Coy on the right, and C Coy in support." p221
"C Coy was shelled heavily in its support position some 500 yards behind the line. A direct hit on the C Coy HQ killed Capt. Lawson's batman and had wounded company commander Capt. W. C. Lawson, 3 signallers and 3 runners. Capt. Lawson was evacuated and Lieut. M. C. Buchanan took command of the company." p222
B Coy continued to be subjected to enemy machine gun and sniper fire and at 0900 hrs because of accumulated losses, Lieut. Kelly requested reinforcements. The request was acted upon at once and Lieut. H. W. Allingham was sent forward with No 11 Pl. from C (Support) Coy. Unfortunately, as they made their way across the open toward the B Coy front line, they were subjected to enemy fire. This resulted in Lieut. Allingham and about ten of his men being wounded. Under the leadership of 412830 Sgt E. A. V. Palmer, the remaining twenty-eight reinforcements pressed on and reached their destination at about 1100hrs. The reinforced Company continued to consolidate and hold the line. "
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Here also is mention of him from November 1917 at Passchendaele. Looks like a shell landed in his platoon's trench at 5:45am. (Change the last digit on the URL of the image to '3' to see the following page where his name appears.)
Sgt. Palmer was killed in action at Arras in 1918 after surviving the Somme, Vimy, Passchendaele, and Amiens. He was 24.