Complete Clue List
Across
1. The oceans
7. 'Free Alongside Ship' - that is, free to the purchaser prior to being boarded.
9. Was Daniel Maclise's painting, 'The Death of Nelson' seen as one of these?
10. This person can save many lives by getting information to his army in time
12. The question on the well-known poster showing a soldier being shot
14. Hitler had these built in Germany in the 1930s
17. Frankie Goes to Hollywood song: 'When Two __s Go To War'
18. One of these could cause serious damage to a WWI trench, and thousands were used in that war
19. Goods transported by ship
21. This biblical man was involved in fights with his brother even in the womb!
22. One step while marching
23. These men travelled to the Near East in the Middle Ages to fight the Infidel
24. This preservative was often used as part of a soldier's pay
25. US entertainer who was well known for entertaining American troops overseas
26. Conspicuous success
27. Much of this is spilled in every war and comes in groups such as O, A and B
29. More than one of a certain type of long, narrow fencing sword
30. The land between backshore and offshore
33. To put something to a purpose
35. Cleopatra's deadly snake!
37. Where provisions would be kept in backup for the fighting force and even the indigenous population
38. Along with a bolt, this is essential to the construction of many a military vehicle
39. Any sailor worth his rum ration, or soldier worth his bully beef could do this using a housewife
Down
1. Elite British fighting force (initials)
2. First name of the famous British pilot, Miss Johnson
3. Reason for conflict - a matter of concern
4. A Roman leader who saw himself as a musician and actor
5. Ancient Hebrew dry measure, about one bushel
6. Along with bully beef, this was a major ingredient in WWI mess tins!
7. 'Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so - '
8. 'Reach for the - ' - Sir Douglas Bader's biography by Paul Brickhill
11. This type of foodstuff would not be suitable for feeding to the men in the field
13. These mechanical devices were shown transporting wounded in the programme 'M*A*S*H'
14. Act of stealing someone from their rightful place
15. These stick to the bottom of a ship
16. When something, especially onboard, is in perfect order
19. Shortened form of that which is used by paras to make jumps from aeroplanes safer
20. Open and observable, an action taken with full knowledge of the enemy
28. At the close of WWII men and women waited eagerly for this (abbreviation used at the time)
29. The Nazis wanted to do this to Jews and Gypsies
31. US WWI war correspondent who reported from Petrograd during the October Revolution in 1917
32. Leader of the pirates in Never Never Land
33. Large metal water heater as used to provide hot drinks for many men
34. Estimate - abbreviation
35. Beast of burden
36. Prisoner of War (abbreviation)