#Passchendaele

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William Rider-Rider wrote*, "Passchendaele was a treacherous place for a cameraman--or anyone else, for that matter." How treacherous, you ask? Check out some photographs *He later claimed that this

Dartmoor Trust Archive

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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

Yesterday marked 103 years since Augustus Lauterbach, age 20, took part in the first day of the Third Battle of Ypres. Today he is remembered on the Menin Gate. He

1. I've been moved to write a short thread on British casualties during the Second Battle of Ypres #WW1 #Ypres 2. I’ve been doing some work on 2nd Buffs during

🇦🇺 Peter Wallace

On ANZAC Day 100 years ago, my grandfather, Private Laban Ernest William Wallace (Crab), was in France fighting the Germans on the western front. He enlisted in the New England

The photograph is of a team of stretcher-bearers struggling through deep mud to carry a wounded man to safety near Boesinghe, on the 1st of August 1917, in the Battle

I write this pretty much every year, to explain why I won't wear a red poppy. Nothing at all to do with hating Britain or not supporting veterans, or being

Fred Talbot was a regular soldier. He joined the Army in 1900 aged 16 and served with the KDG in South Africa, the Mtd Police in Egypt, and then with

In honour of June being #IndigenousHistoryMonth in Canada, this space will highlight Indigenous Canadian veterans. I'll add to it throughout the month. Today was Onondaga long distance runner Tom Longboat's

I have just seen @1917 with some of my #WWI students at @BCHistoryDept. A few disorganized thoughts on the film to follow. In general I thought it was very well

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

Steve Hunnisett

Greetings virtual Blitz walkers, wherever you are. Something of a mixed day with the weather in London but we're gathered outside Sloane Square Underground Station to begin our exploration of

The Empire scrapbook

As monuments are being torn down i am going to create one. The work started last week when i re-homed a tatty old rescue sword. All week i have been