{"id":2992,"date":"2015-02-20T20:50:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T20:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themify.me\/demo\/themes\/landing\/?page_id=2992"},"modified":"2015-09-25T13:37:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T13:37:13","slug":"import","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/?page_id=2992","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2992\" data-postid=\"2992\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2992 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\n\t\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_0 clearfix gutter-default builder-parallax-scrolling fullheight\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\"  ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"themify_builder_sub_row\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclearfix gutter-default sub_row_0-0-1\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col4-2 first\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-2992-sub_row_0-0-1-0-0\" class=\"module module-text text-2992-sub_row_0-0-1-0-0   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;The Die Hards&#8217;<\/h2><p>The Middlesex Regiment of the British Army was formed in 1881. Thousands of brave men from the County of Middlesex, now what we know as Greater London, enlisted to the regiment. The Middlesex Regiment was respected for its rich military tradition across the country and throughout the British Empire.<\/p><p>The regiment gained their nickname the\u00a0 &#8216;Die-Hards&#8217; from the early 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century. In the Battle of Albuera Colonel Igleis of the 57th Regiment of Foot was shot down from his horse. Despite being outnumbered, Igleis urged his men onwards: \u2018Die Hard 57<sup>th<\/sup>, Die Hard\u2019 The 57th Regiment of Foot would become the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col4-2 last\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module image -->\n<div id=\"image-2992-sub_row_0-0-1-1-0\" class=\"module module-image image-2992-sub_row_0-0-1-1-0 bordered image-top  \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2000_esch_chun_p02_32-1024x656-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Soldiers from the Middlesex Regiment\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"image-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-caption\">\n\t\t\tSoldiers from the Middlesex Regiment\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- \/image-caption -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-content -->\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\n\n<!-- module image -->\n<div id=\"image-2992-sub_row_0-0-1-1-1\" class=\"module module-image image-2992-sub_row_0-0-1-1-1 bordered image-top  \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Major-Genral-AA-Rudra-sized-1024x746-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"A.A Rudra in his later life\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"image-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-caption\">\n\t\t\tA.A Rudra in his later life\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- \/image-caption -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-content -->\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-2992-0-0-2\" class=\"module module-text text-2992-0-0-2   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cNo County can claim to have done more during the years 1914-1918 than the County of Middlesex. It might be said that the County, and London, the greatest City in the World, could hardly have done otherwise.\u201d <\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8211; Middlesex Regimental History (Published after WW1)<\/strong><\/p><p>On 21 August 191 , Lieutenant Corporal Parr was killed in battle aged sixteen. He was the very first British military casualty. The Middlesex Regiment saw losses during conflict of 12,720 and receive a total of eighty-one Battle Honours and five Victoria crosses<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cThey were very proud people, I knew some of the old boys . . . they wouldn\u2019t like to be insulted in any way. They stood up for themselves . . . I suppose you could say I was proud of my regiment.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8211; Mick Tillyner, Middlesex Regiment Cadet. <\/strong><\/p><p>Disbanded in 1966, the Middlesex Regiment formed a part of the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment.<\/p><p><strong><em>Hidden Heroes: Soldiers from the Empire<\/em><\/strong> is a project from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hidden-histories.org.uk\">Eastside Community Heritage<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdx.ac.uk\">Middlesex University<\/a>. <strong><em>Hidden Heroes<\/em><\/strong> brings the untold tales of the soldiers from the empire who fought in the First World War to the surface. Students and volunteers collected stories and memories from relatives of these soldiers using oral history techniques. 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Hanan Coumal, Adrien Dupagne, Alex Man, Lauren Marie Sears, Rebecca Nghiem,\u00a0 Tran Trieu,\u00a0 Podcast Production &#8211; Alex Man, Nayomi Roshini<\/span><\/h6><p>\u00a0<\/p><h6><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Music &#8211;<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.purple-planet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.purple-planet.com &amp; <\/a><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.andrelouis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.andrelouis.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/h6><p>\u00a0<\/p><h6><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Many thanks to everyone\u00a0 who participated in the project.<\/span><\/h6><p>\u00a0<\/p><h6><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- 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