#Arras

Paul Reed

sommecourt

#Arras104: #OTD in 1917 British & Commonwealth soldiers took part in the opening phase of the Battle of Arras. In the North, the Canadians took Vimy Ridge after five days

ceo of level of concern

angeeolras

thread of me tweeting to @joshuadun and @tylerrjoseph to add leave the city to the setlist for the mainsquare festival in arras, france every day till it happens

Lawrence

WW2Explorer

Near Arras in the latter stages of #WW1 stood the 8th Casualty Clearing Station - today stands the @CWGC Cemetery of Duisans. It contains a number of those who sadly

Mike Bechthold

mike_bechthold

“Bloody April” and the RFC...A thread!#OTD in 1917 the Battles of #Vimy and Arras began.The Battle of Arras is considered the nadir of the Royal Flying Corps’ fortunes in the

ElizabethJB

ElizabethJBond

As some of you may know, I've been writing the biography of a soldier who served in #WW1. One of the key events in his story involves the 'Battle of

Dartmoor Trust Archive

dartmoorarchive

Honouring the 1914 Generation #ArmisticeDay #WeWillRememberThem Second Lieutenant Walter Tull28 April 1888- 25 March 1918Professional Tottenham Hotspur player and one of the first black Army Officers to command

Neil York

johncopse

A misidentified grave in @CWGC Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas-de-Calais.Queens Cemetery was founded in March 1917 and following the Armistice it was chosen for the concentration of graves exhumed from battlefield

Alan Allport

Alan_Allport

OTD 80 years ago. Lord Gort, GOC of the BEF, contacts Anthony Eden at the War Office with an urgent request for instructions. Gort reports that the French 1st Army

Feargal McKay

fmk_RoI

OTD 1943: the return of the Hell of the North As every schoolboy noes, L'Auto stood up to the vile Hun during WW2 + said « Non! » when they

Alex Tijhuis

alextijhuis

#Thread As many of you know, I collect German photos from both the world wars. In that colletion, there is a small topic I tend to look out for and

Harry Sanderson

Mr_Brightshirt

The numer of soldiers killed in six different battalions during the #FirstWorldWar shows just how different a soldier's experience of war could be depending on the formation he served in.

Anna Dillon

Anna_Dillon

103 years ago today, The Battle of Vimy Ridge started (from the 9th to the 12th April 1917) which formed part of the Battle of Arras. #Arras103 Paul Nash painted

Jeremy Banning

jbanningww1

1/12 A short #Arras103 thread on one specific pair of friends in action 103 years ago today. Some of you may know this story but please do have a read

Mike Bechthold

mike_bechthold

#OTD in 1917, the Canadian Corps advanced into battle together for the first time and captured #VimyRidge. This decisive victory changed the course of the war and transformed Canada from

Leicester Tigers History

HistoryTigers

46 TIGERS46 men who appeared for @LeicesterTigers lost their lives in the two world wars. We’ll take a little time to remember them. Sgt. JOHN TWIGGTigers Career: 1913-14Appearances: 37Tries: 2Points:

John Lichfield

john_lichfield

Here is another French Covid update. There have been 6 days since my last thread. The trend remains steadily upwards in cases, deaths and net admissions to intensive care. But