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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 01/10/2026

One for Blackadder fans. From the war diary of the 12th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment (National Archives WO95/2012). Wibble. #ww1 #geneaology

Battalion orders included information that artillery will fire on a position codenamed Wibble

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 20/08/2026

They most certainly are. Paying a company that is currently in court.

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 20/08/2026

Is CWGC paying YouTube to insert a link? Not convinced this is how they should be spending money.

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 12/08/2026

A bit of stylistic remodelling of the Long, Long Trail at the moment. Reader, do not panic, for the structure will be unchanged. Pic for those of you old enough to remember:

The brilliant 1970s soul group the Stylistics, in snazzy light green suits

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 12/08/2026

I have a week's respite holiday in mid-September. Odds-on that it will rain in torrents all week.

Gene Kelly has promised to lend me his umbrella from "Singin' in the Rain"

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 06/08/2026

Bailleul, Nord, France. Burial place of my wife's great uncle James McSloy. I always find this to be a more sobering cemetery than most. Perhaps it is a visual thing to do with the layout. #ww1 #genealogy

Bailleul in Nord, France. British WW1 cemetery. Long rows of graves of men who (mainly) died at Casualty Clearing Stations.

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 04/08/2026

Jenkins, our lovely fox terrier, would have been 16 today.

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 28/07/2026

Next numbered man. 3008. Gives an idea of enlistment date. This chap was from Rocester (where the JCB factory is now, in Staffs).

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 27/07/2026

And this week's list of rogues trying to break into the Long, Long Trail are ...

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 24/07/2026

This was sent home in 1945 by my wife's auntie Doris, then serving in the ATS as a signaller at HQ in Italy. Anyone know anywhere it might be played/recorded? #ww2 #recording #genealogy #Italy

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 14/07/2026

War memorial, Clifton Campville, Staffordshire. I've traced one branch of my family back to this village in 1600s-1700s. 4 names on memorial. One (Mousley) highly likely to be a very distant relative. #ww1 #genealogy

War memorial at Clifton Campville has just four names

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 11/07/2026

Just came across this. Recall a day in August 2014 that in my mind was as hot as it is now.

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 18/06/2026

The unusual and quite striking war memorial at Naseby in Northamptonshire. The village is, of course, better known for the great Parliamentary victory in the Civil War on England. #ww1 #genealogy

Naseby memorial, with sandstone lion on top

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 14/06/2026

As the advert used to say at the Villa: Ansell's Bittermen. You can't beat 'em.

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 10/06/2026

This AI garbage is going to confuse many people. Just look at this rubbish. #ww1 #genealogy

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 06/06/2026

She played a big part in me developing an interest in the Great War. #ww1 #genealogy BBC photo.

Actress Cheryl Cambell as Vera Brittain in 1979 TV adaptation of "Testment of Youth".

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 09/04/2026

I was given this, along with various bits including a copy of the same unit's journal "Linseed Lance", some years ago. Just about to photograph it all for the Long, Long Trail. #ww1

Front cover of "50 years after: 2/2nd South Midland Field Ambulance Old Boys Association" booklet

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 07/04/2026

Same source but 29 Jan 1919. Reported back in England. Now to see if I can find a list containing these men as they are likely to have travelled together.

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 07/04/2026

@homesickpenguin.bsky.social One more piece. War Office daily list 14 Sept 1918. Reported as POW. Now on to see if can find repatriation.

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 28/03/2026

@neheritagelib.bsky.social thought you might like to see this. It's a Blyth Co-Operative Society picnic. Do not know date. From family album. #genealogy #blyth #Northumberland

Large group of people, dressed in their finery for Blyth Co-Op Society picnic. Black and white photo, undated.

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 23/03/2026

Woohoo! The Long, Long Trail website is celebrating 30 years of existence! #ww1 #genealogy

Text: the Long, Long Trail website is celebrating 30 years of existence

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 20/03/2026

Scene of a perfectly executed trench raid carried out by 1st South Staffords on 15 October 1916. On the River Douve south of Messines in West Flanders. Raid took place on right hand side of the road as shown on these maps and Google view. My yellow highlight shows raid area. #ww1 #genealogy

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 16/03/2026

Post-WW1 battlefield clearance burials can be most puzzling at times. Why were these men, found literally a few feet from Delville Wood British Cemetery in 1924, taken all the way for burial at Tincourt?

Commonwealth War Graves Commission exhumation/reburial report dated 1924

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 19/02/2026

Not sure that ad is going to do much for your brand.

Ad for no-doubt expensive shirt branded Eton, placsd between news articles on arrest of member of Royal damily

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 15/02/2026

Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.

Album cover Ian Dury and the Blockheads New boots and panties

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 25/01/2026

I still think this was the best take on Trump getting back to power.

Cartoon. Afro-American women surveying mayhem in USA, saying "You are on your own. We tried to help."

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 29/12/2025

At long last! Great piece of work. Very pleased to have been asked to contribute a chapter. Well done, all. #ww1 #genealogy #London #londonpride

Cover of new book "London Pride", about the London Regiment 1908-1921

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 20/12/2025

The number 1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. Looks like it is going to be fun....

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 18/12/2025

Received a mis-addressed card today. Googled to see if I could find right person and address. Overell Grove is my street and it's in Leamington Spa. There is no other. Looks like Google's AI has been on the cooking sherry. Have you ever read such rubbish?

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 14/12/2025

Surely one of THE greatest entries in a document attached to a war diary (11th (Northern) Dvision's ADMS, September 1918) #ww1 #genealogy

Typed text "Exciting experiences: Nothing of importance to report".

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 03/12/2025

I must be losing the plot here. Why would I pay £92 for a hardback version of something offered as a free PDF? £30 maybe, but £92? #ww1 #genealogy

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 03/12/2025

To see a review. Not the book itself. Just a review. You know what you can do with that. #ww1 #genealogy

Text and link for obtaining a PDF copy of a book review pruced at £41

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 26/11/2025

Good to see that the DVLA is now outsourcing its processes to a garden centre.

Screenshot from a junk email phishing for personal information. Purporting to be from the DVLA and using a garden centre's email address.

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