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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Acting Bombardier Frank Muir of the Royal Field Artillery is one of just five Commonwealth burials in this Somme cemetery, in the village of Martinpuich. The village was captured and recaptured several times during the Great War. 📍Martinpuich Communal Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Private Joseph Standing Buffalo, Canadian Infantry, was born in 3 June 1897 in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, son of Grand Chief Julius Standing Buffalo of the Fort Qu’Appelle Sioux Nation. He was killed in action on 29 September 1918. 📍 Bucquoy Road Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thomas Bertie Beasley, from Hinckley, Leicestershire, was killed in Belgium on this day in 1918 while serving with the Lancashire Fusiliers. 📍Hooge Crater Cemetery 🇧🇪

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Lt Thomas Moore was killed on a night-time patrol in the Hébuterne sector. It was reported that he and a lance corporal were surrounded and killed. Buried by the Germans in Puisieux Churchyard, his grave was destroyed in later battles. 📍Serre Road Cemetery No. 1 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lt Col Norman Teacher was mortally wounded during an attack near Zonnebeke. Faced with an impassable swamp, his battalion came under machine-gun fire at Hill 40 as they attempted to go around it, leaving them without the protection of the barrage. 📍Ypres Reservoir Cemetery 🇧🇪

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On 25 September 1915, the British first used chlorine gas during the Battle of Loos. Intriguingly, the remains of Corporal Moon, London Irish Rifles, and several others were found in a trench still wearing their gas masks. 📍Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Staff Serjeant Ernest Baker, Army Air Corps, was killed by a sniper while dug in outside the 1st British Airborne Division’s HQ at the Hartenstein Hotel. He was posthumously awarded the DFM for gallant and distinguished services in Normandy. 📍Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 🇳🇱

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Edward Morchonowicz served with the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade and was killed during Operation Market Garden. For 78 years, his grave was marked as that of an Unknown Polish Soldier, until research finally identified him in 2022. 📍Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 🇳🇱

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

On 22 September 1914, three Royal Navy cruisers were torpedoed and sunk by a single German submarine within 90 minutes. Of their combined complement of 2,250, more than 1,400 were lost, including Pte Albert Horton of the RMLI. 📍Noordwijk General Cemetery 🇳🇱

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Coventry airman Sergeant George Hughes was lost when his Wellington bomber failed to return from a mission to attack the Hegyeshalom marshalling yards on the night of 20th/21st September 1944. Fittingly, the aircraft’s entire crew are buried together. 📍Budapest War Cemetery 🇭🇺

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Jamaican-born Pte Herbert Morris, of the British West Indies Regiment, was executed for desertion on this day in 1917. The real tragedy is that Herbert was just 17 years old, which was too young for overseas service. 📍Poperinghe New Military Cemetery

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Flt Lt David Lord was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his supreme valour during a resupply mission supporting troops involved in Operation Market Garden. Flying at 900ft with a wing on fire, Lord refused to abandon his mission. 📍Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 🇳🇱

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

L/Cpl Ernest Hookway was shot and killed after his harness became caught in a tree as he parachuted into Arnhem during Operation Market Garden. The 23-year-old from Barnstaple, North Devon, served with the Corps of Military Police. 📍Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 🇳🇱

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Twin brothers Thomas & Claude Gronert served in North Africa and Italy before Operation Market Garden. At Arnhem, Thomas was mortally wounded. Claude ran to save him, but was also killed. The 21-year-old twins lie side by side. 📍Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 🇳🇱

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Private Daniel Barrow of the Newfoundland Regiment is buried a long way from home. Killed in action on this day in 1916, a little over a week later his mother received a very matter-of-fact telegram informing her of her son’s death. 📍Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery 🇧🇪

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ngā Tapuwae translates from Māori as “in the footsteps”. This sign overlooks the Somme battlefield and is situated near Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, where 125 New Zealanders are buried and a further 1,205 are commemorated on the Memorial to the Missing. 📍Longueval 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Raymond Lodge’s father, Sir Oliver Lodge, was a renowned physicist and pioneer of spiritualism. His spiritualist beliefs are reflected in Raymond’s epitaph… “Raymond, who has helped many know that death is not the end.”…

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Wireless Operator Air Gunner Joseph Cote of the Royal Canadian Air Force was killed when the Wellington bomber he was aboard crashed in North Devon after a wing broke off in flight. 📍Heaton Punchardon (St Augustine) Churchyard 🇬🇧

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Andrew Duncan was a member of the RNR who lost his life by drowning after the schooner Logwell was sunk in a collision at Boulogne in September 1918. The badge on his headstone is an unusual design that I’ve not seen before or since. 📍Terlincthun British Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“He died that others might live.” Very heavy words, carved into the headstone of a soldier who was only 16 years old. A simple epitaph, but an extraordinarily powerful reminder of the sacrifice made by so many young men during the First World War. 📍Peronne Road Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

For over 100 years, Lance Corporal Horace Wilfred Miller, Leicestershire Regiment, was listed among the missing on the Menin Gate. In 2022, his grave was identified and rededicated with a new headstone bearing his name…

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Trooper Arthur Ward, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, was killed in action on this day in 1916. His records indicate that he was buried in ‘No Man’s Land’, half a mile from Fricourt. 📍 Fricourt New Military Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Lieutenant Edward Harvey’s Distinguished Conduct Medal and Military Medal show that he served in the ranks before he was commissioned in July 1916. The two awards were announced in the London Gazette just nine days apart in August 1916. 📍Albert Communal Cemetery Extension 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Major Noel Money was attached to the 5th Battalion Connaught Rangers and saw action at Gallipoli. For his gallantry, he was awarded the DSO and Mentioned in Despatches. Sadly, he also received a shrapnel wound to the head which would prove fatal. 📍Pieta Military Cemetery 🇲🇹

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Seaman Amir Ali was killed off the coast of Portugal when his ship, SS Manaar, was sunk by a U-boat. The ship was one of the first sunk during WW2 and is reported as the first merchant ship to open fire at an enemy submarine. 📍Lisbon (St George) British Cemetery 🇵🇹

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The stark and unusual sight of a father and son buried side by side in a military cemetery. Tragically, Serjeant George Lee and his 19-year-old son, Corporal Frederick Lee, were killed on the same day, in the same incident, during the Battle of the Somme. 📍Dartmoor Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A husband and wife killed together when an enemy raider dropped bombs on Torquay on 4th September 1942. The couple who had only been married three months were amongst 17 people killed in what was likely a hit-and-run attack. 📍Torquay Cemetery and Extension 🇬🇧

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Lt Cosmo Duff-Gordon of the Herefordshire Regiment was killed on 3 September 1916. He was the nephew of Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, an Olympic fencer who survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. 📍Delville Wood Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Alfred Reginald Fydo had a long military career, enlisting with the Royal Marine Artillery in 1911 and serving until 1932. During WW2, he served with the Royal Marine Police. Sadly, he died of illness on this day in 1945, aged 56. 📍Portland Royal Naval Cemetery 🇬🇧

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Twenty-three-year-old Gordon Ebbage was a trooper in the Guards Armoured Division. He was killed as Allied forces liberated Albert in 1944. His grave is an example of a place where the First World War meets the Second World War. 📍Albert Communal Cemetery Extension 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Private Randle, from Nuneaton, served with the 16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, one of the Birmingham Pals battalions formed in September 1914. The battalion was made up largely of local men who volunteered together to serve their country. 📍Peronne Road Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The 1911 Census recorded Denis Linford as a wheelwright. A few years later, his skills were being put to use with the Royal Field Artillery, where he served as a Wheeler with the 38th Brigade Ammunition Column. 📍Poperinghe New Military Cemetery 🇧🇪

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

At just 16 years old, Air Mechanic 2nd Class Reginald Hobbs was one of the youngest casualties of the Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front. He died on 29 August 1916 while serving with No. 3 Squadron, which still exists today. 📍Quarry Cemetery, Montauban 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A popular claim is that Great War subalterns had a life expectancy of just six weeks. Second Lieutenant Mason managed just over nine. Arriving to serve with the 6th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, in June 1916, he was killed in August. 📍Delville Wood Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The crew of a Halifax bomber from No. 1586 (Polish Special Duties) Flight, buried side by side. Their aircraft was hit and shot down by enemy flak while on a mission from Brindisi, Italy, to supply the Polish Home Army during the Warsaw Uprising. 📍Budapest War Cemetery 🇭🇺

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Ernest Packham served with the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers). His role as a Shoeing Smith reminds us of the vital role horses played in the Great War. Originally buried within Delville Wood itself, his remains were later moved to a nearby cemetery. 📍Delville Wood Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Lance Corporal Leslie Harries, 1st/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, was killed on this day in 1918. Before enlisting in 1914, he was a draper’s assistant from Hinckley, Leicestershire. 📍Fouquieres Churchyard Extension 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Polish-born Private Szarkow served with the Middlesex Regiment and was killed in action in 1918. During the Second World War, his son Justin would serve with the Royal Welch Fusiliers and, as part of No. 9 Commando, saw action in Italy. 📍 Douchy-Les-Ayette British Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Rupert Conrick was an actor and a member of Frank Benson’s Shakespearean Company, also known as the ‘Stratford-on-Avon Players’. Fittingly, Henry V’s famous line, “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers”, became the company’s motto. 📍Douchy-Les-Ayette British Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Observer William Middleton Wallace’s B.E.2c aircraft was shot down by anti-aircraft fire near Sainghin, Lille, during a photographic reconnaissance flight. Before the war, he played rugby for Cambridge and won four caps for Scotland. 📍Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Robert Ross from Dungannon, County Tyrone, served with the North Irish Horse during the Great War. In 1918, his unit was dismounted and became a cyclist unit, serving with V Corps. He was killed on the opening day of the Second Battle of the Somme. 📍Ancre British Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Captain Archibald Swinton Hog served with the 5th Battalion, Connaught Rangers, and was wounded during the fighting at Gallipoli on 12 August 1915. He died of his wounds at sea while being evacuated to Malta. 📍Pieta Military Cemetery 🇲🇹

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

On 19 August 1918, a Handley Page aircraft took off from Castle Bromwich on a test flight. It crashed at Maxstoke, in North Warwickshire, killing all 7 men aboard. At the time, it was the deadliest accident involving the newly formed RAF. 📍Maxstoke (St Michael) Churchyard 🇬🇧

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Lt Col James Longridge CMG, 43rd Erinpura Regiment, was killed on this day in 1916. A career soldier and General Staff Officer with the 1st Division, he was observing operations he had directed when he was struck by a stray bullet. 📍Albert Communal Cemetery Extension 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Remembering a brave airman from my hometown, Nuneaton. 24-year-old Serjeant William Dyke was awarded both the DCM and DFM during the Great War. He was wounded on a flying mission in July 1918 and died in hospital on 14 August 1918. 📍Nuneaton (Attleborough) Cemetery 🇬🇧

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Major Reginald Barnett MC & Bar, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, is buried in Belgium. He is also remembered on his parents’ headstone in Rugby, Warwickshire. 📍St Mark’s Church, Bilton 🇬🇧 and Abeele Aerodrome Military Cemetery 🇧🇪

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

“Our loving son. There will always be a heartache & a silent tear. Mum and Dad.” The words chosen by the parents of Trooper Edward Jones for their son’s headstone. 📍La Delivrande War Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Hans Arenstein, who served under the name Harry Andrews, was a German Jew who escaped Nazism and fought for the Allies during WW2. He was killed on 10 August 1944, aged just 22. 📍Ranville War Cemetery 🇫🇷

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