Triumph on the Western Front

This is the World War One (WW1) or the Great War Diary of Corporal Oswald Harcourt Davis MM (Military Medal) R.E. Whilst the war lasted from 1914 to 1918, Oswald’s War Dairy spans 1915-1919. Oswald takes on the duty of pigeon wallah, taking carrier pigeons up the line for the Australians also known as Aussies, Kangaroos and Cobbers. At Messines (Mesen) in 1917 he does likewise for the New Zealand

(enzeds or enzeders) Kiwis and Diggers and also during the Battle of Passchendaele (Passendale) also known as the Third Battle of Ypres (Ieper). Oswalds unit is the Carrier Pigeon Service, Signals Squadron, Royal Engineers – a Ubique Sapper. For more information and to purchase your very own signed copy by great-nephew and publisher Philip Holdway-Davis, visit the website http://www.triumphonthewesternfront.com/

Triumph on the Western Front is an educational mission with the primary aims of:

·Raising awareness of the forgotten "Boys-Own" hero of old - the Despatch Rider (without them we would probably have lost the war!)

· Playing its part in keeping the Remembrance Flame lit for all those who served

· Encouraging people to go on a "Pilgrimage" to the Western Front Battlefields at least once in their lifetime.

· Conducting educational presentations on the First World War Western Front.