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Mark Flowers • British-American • Former treadhead • History nerd, esp. the WW1 BEF • No coffee too strong • Death before dismount • Yes Marmite, but Vegemite works too • Always use the schwa. www.facebook.com/Fixbayonets1985

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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I recently picked up a copy of “Over the Top” by Arthur Lambert. The author served with the HAC on the Western Front. My copy originally belonged to Horace G. Sennitt, who was in the same unit. He carefully made notations on the margins throughout the book. #WW1 #FWW #WesternFront #BritishArmy
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This was the view through my windscreen driving west at sunset. Just a beatiful evening! #Oregon #PNW #sunset
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Indian Expeditionary Force A were absolute heroes in 1914. Their performance on the Western Front was first-rate.
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Robert St John Smith over at the Wipers Times Exposé has written a story about one of the Great War's famous cartoons, "Am I as Offensive as I Might Be?" Concise yet detailed, it's a brilliant piece about the illustrator, Ernest James Couzens RE. #WW1 #FWW #History @chance1234.bsky.social
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Robert St John Smith (@chance1234.bsky.social)
PhD Candidate @University of Exeter researching the image of Tommy Atkins 1896-1926, MA in Britain and the First World War, University of Wolverhampton. https://robertstjohnsmith.com/ Leeds, UK
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"At Rest" by Matt Gauldie, 2006, NZ National Army Museum. This striking yet somber piece shows a modern soldier with child at the National War Memorial (NewZealand) in #Wellington, #NZ. The simple and austere composition speaks to how we remember the fallen. #WW1 #GreatWar #combatart #kiwi #war
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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
22 September 1918 Wilfred Owen writes to Siegfried Sassoon ‘You said it would be a good thing for my poetry if I went back. That is my consolation for feeling a fool. This is what the shells scream at me every time: Haven’t you got the wits to keep out of this? #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Mud Road to Passchendaele" by D.W. Culham, 1917, #CanadianWarMuseum collection. This magnificent piece depicts the 3rd Canadian Division Ammunition Column moving towards the front at night. #WW1 #FWWHist #History #Canadians #CEF #arty #artillery #ammunition
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Don't they just….. #BookSky
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SempaiScuba @sempaiscuba.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
21 September 1914: The poem, "For the Fallen", by Robert Laurence Binyon, was published in The Times newspaper. #History #Poetry #WW1 "For the Fallen", by Robert Laurence Binyon: www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/lauren...
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For the Fallen Poem by Laurence Binyon
For the Fallen poem including the famous verse beginning They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.
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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Hell of Ieper in 1917, with the worst wet weather in 70 years. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Here is an outstanding essay that a soldier wrote to "The Nation." It was published in the 21/10/1916 issue on pp. 104-106. This was a frank and realistic oped from the trenches to the living rooms of British homes. #WW1 #FWW #WesternFront #BritishArmy #Tommy #History
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Tank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tanks went into battle for the first time #OTD in 1916 at at Flers-Courcelette during the Battle of the Somme. Many broke down or were disabled by German artillery, but they still had enough of an impact to change war forever. #tanks #history #WWI #WW1
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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#OTD in 1917 NURSES 👇🧵 ‘The Angel’ #Illustration by Franz (Frank) Xavier Leyendecker (1877-1924) ‘The Red Cross Nurse by Arthur Hunt Chute [1890-1929]’ *Leslie’s*, Sept. 16, 1917 #illustrationart #illustrationartists #FrankXLeyendecker #nursing #RedCross #WW1 #ArthurHuntChute
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Great War Huts @greatwarhuts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
On Day 6 of our #HeritageOpenDays exhibition: #BeyondTheUniform Ten Lives in Ten Days, we tell the story of Piper Daniel Laidlaw, VC. He led the hesitant men of 7/KOSB into action by playing their Regimental March. We are displaying the Bible he was carrying on that day.
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is a fantastic article about just one of the countless heroes of 9/11.
hks.harvard.edu
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the first battalion chief to send firefighters into the Twin Towers tells his story
The tragedy of 9/11 led Joseph Pfeifer HKSEE 2006, MC/MPA 2008 to learn and teach crisis leadership.
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Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
108 years ago today on 15 September 1916, British tanks first saw action. The innovative design, with caterpillar tracks completely encircling a rhomboid hull, enabled them to cross trenches that would defeat more modern tanks. (Imperial War Museum www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...) #WW1 #FWW
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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
15 September 1916 Private John Gill (48663) Royal Army Medical Corps was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. John is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
13 September 1918 Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line. A soldier of the 6th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment), and a German signboard Kronprinzenstr. Inchy. 📸 IWM Q 7065 #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Mark M. Turner @markturner25.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sharing more of my research titled "WWII U.S. Military Suicide." This slide is part of the much larger overall project. You can watch the entire presentation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gy_.... Please contact 988 or 911 in the U.S. for help. International: blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotl....
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This Day In WWI @thisdayinwwi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This clip, IWM 501-10, shows Harry J. Adams, First sergeant, Company K, 353rd Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, of Rochester, NY. On Sep 12 1918 he emptied his revolver into a house. Then with an empty gun he took the 375 German who came out of the house as POWs www.usar.army.mil/WWI/ImageGal...
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I belong to the Freedom From Religion Foundation. #FFRF has a great monthly newspaper and they publish the crankmail in every issue. Here are a couple of gems from the 9/26 issue that I couldn’t resist sharing. #freethought
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here's an Autochrome of me last weekend out in my trench section behind my house. I built this section with about 500 sand bags and it's for a video project I'm working on.
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This Day In WWI @thisdayinwwi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sep 11 1916 Official war photographer Ernest Brooks takes this photo, IWM Q 1163, of the road to Guillemont, France viewed from Waterlot Farm. It was "straight, desolate, and swept by fire." 11 September 1916-09-11 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/... bsky.app/profile/this...
IWM Q 1163 - "The road to Guillemont viewed from Waterlot Farm. In the words of the official history it was 'straight, desolate, and swept by fire.'
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The road to Guillemont viewed from Waterlot Farm during the Battle of the Somme, 11 September 1916. 
Creator: Ernest Brooks (Lieutenant) (Photographer)
Production date: 1916-09-11
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205193928
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Moral of this story: Never get in an AR 670-1 pissing contest with a dude who has a loaded gun. Yikes... #milsky
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‘Playful banter’ over Army grooming rules ends with Guardsman drawing loaded pistol
A Georgia National Guardsman serving in Washington, D.C., was arrested after allegedly pointing a loaded service pistol at a fellow soldier.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Absolutely…. #BookSky
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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
6 September 1915 The first tank prototype, developed by William Foster & Co. for the British army, is completed and given its first test drive. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
6 September 1917 A Labour Battalion returning in the evening after the day s work consolidating newly won ground, near Ypres. 📸 IWM Q 2992. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
But do you have one of these in your back yard? #sandbags #trench
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World War I As It Happened (1914) @warhappened.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sir John French is brought to tears by Joffre's speech, but his (ironically) terrible French prevents him from giving a direct response. He tells his aide: "Damn it, I can’t explain. Tell him that all that men can do, our fellows will do."
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This Day In WWI @thisdayinwwi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Left: duotone photo in IWM collection Top Right: Sep 5 1917 #OTD Ernest Brooks photo it is based on, IWM Q 3014, of men of East Yorkshire Regiment crossing shell-torn ground Bottom right is Oct 5 1917 photo, IWM Q 2978, also of East Yorkshire Regiment bsky.app/profile/this...
IWM also has a duotone image of this photo, IWM Q 3014A https://iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205381542Oct 5 1917 #OTD During the Battle of Passchendaele, war photographer #ErnestBrooks takes this iconic photo, IWM Q 2978, of the 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment going up to the line near Frezenberg. https://iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205194704Sep 5 1917 #OTD At Frezenburg, Belgium during the Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Passchendaele) war photographer Ernest Brooks takes this silhouette photo, IWM Q 3014, of the East Yorkshire Regiment. https://iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205193431
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm about 300 pp. through "Vain Glory," a brilliant anthology of #GreatWar literature published in 1937. The editor included excepts from both sides, and the balance of air, land, and sea is well done and balanced. It's a great book and extremely readable. #booksky #History #WW1 #FWW
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Not much room in this order for uncertainty...
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Subject Matter Expert 18th Battalion CEF, I hope! @phugoid.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#WW1 #Spokane #veteran The truth behind war stories... 18thbattalioncef.blog/2026/09/03/t...
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Debout les Morts ! @vingtfrong.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is the “Verdun tree” in Saint Albans, Hertfordshire. This tree has grown from a conker which it’s said came from one of the last trees left standing after the 1916 Battle of #Verdun. It was planted in 1976 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the battle. #1GM #FWWHist #WW1
A horse chestnut tree in full leaf stands in a city centre garden behind a very low wall or raised bed and an interpretation board.
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World War I As It Happened (1914) @warhappened.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A cavalry officer notes: "For myself, it was a great thrill to lead a cavalry charge, even if the enemy surrendered, shouting ‘Kamerad, Kamerad!’ My troop sergeant, Sergeant Hailey, stuck one who was too slow in putting up his hands."
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World War I As It Happened (1914) @warhappened.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The remaining men of L Battery desperately fight on with their one gun, taking losses as they do: "By this time our little camp was an utter wreck. There were horses and men lying everywhere, [...] Nearly all the officers and men were either dead or wounded."
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Highlanders Resting at the Front" by John Singer Sargent, 1918, Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge. Here is another of J. S. Sargent beautifully expressive paintings of British soldiers on the #WesternFront. #History #combatart #WW1 #GreatWar #Jocks #Tommy #highlanders #kilt
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Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Lovely article about female artists of #WW1 who served with the Red Cross #WomensHistory www.redcross.org.uk/stories/our-...
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is an absolutely stellar photo and it tells such an important story on those dark days in August 1914.
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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
27 August 1918 Royal Engineers remaking the road from Albert to Arras at Albert. IWMQ80083 Royal Engineers reconstructing the railway line from Albert to Arras. Photograph taken near Albert. IWM78697 #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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SempaiScuba @sempaiscuba.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
29 August 1918: The New Zealand Division captured Bapaume as part of "the Hundred Days Offensive". #History #WW1
Photograph of soldiers from the New Zealand Division posing by a damaged building following the capture of Bapaume.
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Poperinge: Two soldiers" by John Singer Sargent, 1918, Museum of Art in Boston. The artist ranked amongst the most noted portraitists of his era. In 1918 he toured the #WesternFront and created a group of beautifully composed pieces for Britain's Ministry of Information. #BEF #Tommy #WW1 #History
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just a simple snapshot of my meadow this morning. The big deal is that it’s raining here where I live in Oregon. This is the first rain we’ve had in months. The wave of petrichor through my open windows is marvellous! #PNW
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Autochrome Lumiere process gave photos such as rich and warm colour spectrum. It’s a pleasure to share this Autochrome images.
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is a powerful story about a #Canadian soldier who was finally granted the honour he so richly deserved. My mate was part of the funeral and was happy to share these photos from Sentaro Omoto's funeral a few days ago. @avidgenie.bsky.social #WW1 #FWW #History @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If you see this post your getaway vehicle. (Mine would be the tank…)
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is such a powerful and evocative photo. It reminds me why we must never forget the sacrifices made for us in the Great War. #WW1 #FWW #milhistory #History
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Paul Reed at the Old Front Line does fantastic work. He's just released a new video of 30 #Passchendaele images from the #IWM collection. It's a fascinating look at these iconic photos with fresh commentary. @oldfrontline.bsky.social #WW1 #BEF #Flanders #WesternFront #History #milsky
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Passchendaele in 30 Wartime Photos
YouTube video by Old Front Line
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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Saving the Guns at Le Cateau." Under Captain Douglas Reynolds, VC, gunners of the 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery rescue a howitzer under heavy German fire at Le Cateau, France on 26 August 1914. Never forget, Mark Note: see alt text for more information #WW1 #LeCateau #VC #History #FWWHist
"Saving the Guns at Le Cateau" by Bryan de Grineau, ca. 1916, Alamy Image Library.

In this dramatic illustration, gunners of the 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery rescue a QF 4.5-inch howitzer under heavy German fire at the Battle of Le Cateau, France on 26 August 1914. Captain Douglas Reynolds and a team of volunteers valiantly retrieved one of their artillery pieces, resulting in the award of three Victoria Crosses. 

Captain Reynolds VC was later promoted to major, and died in February 1916 from wounds received in a gas shell explosion. He is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery at Etaples, France. This portrait of Captain Reynolds VC is part of the National Army Museum collection.
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Keith Bonfield MstJ RN @bonfieldkeith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It was #OTD 1914 the 2nd Bn Suffolk Regt 🏅 fought in the Battle of Le Cateau losing over 700 men 🪖 As part of Smith-Dorriens' II Corp their sacrifice helped to check the German advance The Suffolk Regiment #Museum is open Wed - Fri 0930-1530 🏛 #WW1 #France #LestWeForget #Suffolk
Suffolk & Cambridgeshire Regiment Museum 🏅
The Keep, Gibraltar Barracks
Out Risbygate
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk IP33 3RN
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