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

A long shot, perhaps, but is anyone due to visit the British Library soon and who could consult an Indian Army officer's service record for me? I am just after one or two specific details. #ww1 #genealogy

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Not long back from a wonderful family break for Baby Moore's first battlefield tour! We visited Ypres, the Salient and French Flanders, where - I'm happy to report - she took to the battlefields like a duck to water. First of many visits, I hope!

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Back to the battlefields this week - a great 3 days out guiding. Brilliant weather, a great group and the joy of being in some of my favourite places on Planet Earth. A great way to get back into the swing of things!

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

To sum up my posts today in commemoration of 1st July 1916 and to truly show what those involved in the day went through, I've written up the first hand account of Private Thomas Higgins, 6th Bn North Staffs Regt. #Somme110

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Tommy at Gommecourt

A year ago, I purchased the book ‘Tommy at Gommecourt’ for my own personal interest and as part of my ongoing interest in the actions and men of the 46th (North Midland) Divisions. The …

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Battle of the Somme was accompanied by a diversionary attack near the village of Gommecourt, undertaken by 46th and 56th Divisions - if you would like to read more about this battle, please read my blog post from the perspective of 46th (North Midland) Division #Somme110

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1st July 1916: A Diversion

Today is the anniversary of the First Day of the Battle of the Somme. There are any number of stories that I could have chosen to cover to honour this day. I could have done an overall view of the …

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Today, on the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme starting, we remember those who served on this infamous battlefield - those who died, those who were wounded, those who lived to tell of the events they witnessed and those who were never found. #Somme110

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Thread: #OTD in 1917, the Battle for Messines Ridge started and Sgt Roger Hillman of 70th Field Ambulance from Blackheath, Staffordshire was killed. One of 6 children, he was a warehouseman pre-war. (1/3)

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Of course mini Moore already has a well stocked bookcase at just 6 weeks old. She may need another one already 🤣

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Even on Maternity Leave, I still have to stop and admire war memorials - with todays selection coming from a visit earlier in the week to Shrewsbury, covering the towns Boer and First World War Memorials, and the impressive county memorial too.

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Our wonderful little princess Alice, finally arrived last week. We are completely in love with her and can't wait for all the wonderful adventures we have coming our way. Thank you to everyone who has already shared their good wishes 💕

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Before I buy a book for single chapter, does anyone have access to a copy of Pat Thane's The Impact of World War I on Marriage, Divorce and Gender Relations in Britain in Brée and Hin (eds.), The Impact of World War I on Marriage, Divorce and Gender Relations in Europe (Routledge, 2020)? #ww1 #fww

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Do I know anyone heading to the National Archives before the end of the month at all? If so I have a little favour to ask pretty please.

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

So now I've officially stopped working, its time to get ready for the arrival of Baby Moore! Starting off with the wonderful Winnie the Pooh baby shower we had yesterday arranged by my mom and sisters, who did a fantastic job as always ❤️ Can't wait to meet you soon little one ❤️

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315e RI @ri315e.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

110 years ago, Émile Driant and thousands of others were killed in the opening days of Verdun. To mark the anniversary, I’ve reworked my short film on the battle, told in 5 minutes. If you cant name the 4 men pictured...then you need to watch! ▶️ Verdun 1916: 300 Days of Hell youtu.be/GoE6datjY4Q

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Verdun 1916: 300 Days of Hell (110 Years On)

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315e RI @ri315e.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Want to learn more about Verdun, here are some videos: Introduction to the battle: youtu.be/uYmsMIgV7gU?... Verdun Battlefield today: youtu.be/TGh_gEeA5lI?... A Soldiers Story of Verdun: youtu.be/GbtVcYWw1FA?... Now and Then Photos: youtu.be/ibDJSUu8fB0

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Verdun & Somme Then & Now (WW1 Locations Today)

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315e RI @ri315e.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

7:15am German bombardment begins. The Battle of Verdun starts. ~300 days of fighting. ~70% of the French Army rotated through 16,142 French soldiers lie at Douaumont 130,000 French and German in the Ossuary “One of the saddest places I know.” Richard Holmes ✍️ #Verdun110

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

My last Last Post Ceremony for a little while. An exciting few months coming my way but I shall miss Ypres ❤️

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Back to it posting after an unintended, but appreciated, period away from social media. I'm back on the battlefields for two days, before taking my Maternity Leave! A Bedford House @cwgc.bsky.social visit where the crocuses are already blooming beautifully.

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Had such a great time on Anglia Tours guide training, as always. Thank you to everyone involved: the office for organising, guides who volunteered to do stands. And a big thank you to everyone for being such great colleagues and friends! One more tour to go in 25, but now on to 2026!

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Tamara Scheer @tamarascheer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

usually posting open calls,I thought why not trying other way round I might need a writing retreat for academic year2026/27 for1 to 3months Interested to host historian of late HabsburgMonarchy's Diversity? Any suitable fellowships around that I can apply for? thanks in advance, tamara

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Right, Normandy in May with the fam. Aiming to spend at least 1 full day history dadding, maybe the whole family, maybe just me and 6yo history fan, Teddy. If one was to look to do and see as much 1944 as possible, where should one be going? (Teddy likes planes and tanks).

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Had a few days away from social media whilst I've been on holiday in Malta for my mom's 60th birthday! Still today and tomorrow to go and my 2nd visit to this island has not disapointed! Tell you what though, its weird seeing Christmas decorations go up in 20+C weather! 🤣

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

The inscription of 2nd Lt Bovey in Lijssenthoek who died of wounds received in the Bluff Sector whilst leading a patrol. 'And so make life, death and that vast for-ever one grand sweet song.' Aged 23, son of Alfred and Jennie Bovey of 165 St John's Hill, Battersea.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Italian WW1 trench near Bosco Malo (Hudi Log) on the Carso, dug in summer 1917, untouched since then (except by brush fires in 2021).

Trench dug in limestone rock, overgrown with trees

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

They shall grow not old, As we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We will remember them. Remembrance Sunday 2025

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Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

The 11am silence on Armistice Day, London, 11th November 1925.

Photo of crowded London streets, open top buses crowded with people observing silence. (Rol Photo Agency via Gallica https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53155602x)

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

#OTD in 1917, Pte Thomas Willetts of Blackheath, Staffs was killed whilst serving with 14th Bn Worcs Regt (Pioneers). A prewar labourer, his body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Tynecot Memorial. 35 year old Thomas left behind widow Emily and children Florrie, Doris and Thomas.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 05/11/2025

Zohran Mamdani in New York Catherine Connolly in Ireland Rob Jetten in the Netherlands Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly The rise of the far right is not inevitable. If we work together, we can dare to hope.

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

#OTD in 1917, Pte John Blakeway of Blackheath, Staffs was killed serving with 205 Coy Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) in positions at Fitzclarence Farm. Aged just 19, John was buried in The Huts Cemetery.

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

#OTD in 1916, Pte Wilfred Dunn of Rowley Regis was killed was serving with 2nd Bn Worcs Regt whilst involved in an attack on positions ending at BENNET Trench, between Lesboeufs and Le Transloy. A pre war coal miner, Wilfred's body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

It's almost like every warning from economic experts about Brexit was true. Imagine that. And yet, many people who voted for Brexit are now turning to Farage - the very architect of Britain's economic downfall. The absolute madness of all this.

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IdleMrB @idlemrb.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Since I like stats - more people were killed and injured in mass shootings in the US yesterday than in the UK in 2023-2025. Unless today and tomorrow are unusually quiet more people will be killed and injured in mass shootings in the US by wednesday than in the UK since 2020.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Gotta love Private Eye. Always cuts through the crap.

Minority representation on TV causes outrage

There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP
Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television.
Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg."
She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce."
"I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough.
There are too many people with angry red faces on television.”

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

#OTD in 1916, Pte John Edward Beale of Old Hill DOW received whilst serving with 14th Bn Worcs Regt. A miner prewar, he left behind widow Harriet and 2 children - Dorothy and John. John is buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt l'Abbe. His brother Harry was killed 3 months later in Iraq.

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

#OTD in 1918, Sapper Clifford Simnett of Blackheath, Staffs was killed in action near CHERENG whilst serving with 74th Div Signal Company, R.E. His original grave was located in Baisieux Churchyard but was concentrated in 1929 to Arras Road Cemetery, Roclincourt.

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Steve Smith @stevesmith1944.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

My next book comes out on the 30th November 2025 & I have updated a blog explaining the rationale behind it which you can find via the link below #WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history stevesmith1944.wordpress.com/2015/07/29/t...

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The Norfolks at Gallipoli 12th August 1915

Truth and Myth

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Delighted to announce that we're adding to the Moore clan! What's that phrase about new house, new baby?! 😊 Coming April 2026. Can't wait to meet you, little one ❤️

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Thread: Today has marked the 110th anniversary of the actions at the Hohenzollern Redoubt - a truly dark day for the men of 46th North Midland Division and their families. If you'd like to know more about that day, you can read my blog and listen to a podcast I've recorded (posted below):

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 13/10/2025

#OTD 13 October 1915. An awful day for the counties of the North Midlands as their fathers, husbands and sons met a bloody repluse in their attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, a phase of the Battle of Loos. #ww1 #genealogy

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

#OTD in 1915, four men from Blackheath/Rowley Regis/Old Hill were killed during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt and are all commemorated on the Loos Memorial. The fourth Pte Solomon Wilding was 21 yrs old and serving with 1st/5th South Staffs Regt: buff.ly/47MG1MQ

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Nigel Atter MSc PgCert BA(Hons) @nigatt59.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

A very dark day for the 46th (North Midland) Div

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

#OTD in 1915, four men from Blackheath/Rowley Regis/Old Hill were killed during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt and are all commemorated on the Loos Memorial. The third, Pte James Sidaway was 19 and serving with 1st/5th South Staffs Regt: buff.ly/47MG1MQ

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

#OTD in 1915, 4 men from Blackheath/Rowley Regis/Old Hill were killed during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt and are commemorated on the Loos Memorial. The 2nd, Pte James Townsend was 31 and serving with 1st/5th North Staffs Regt. He left behind widow Laura and children Mary, Beatrice & Annie

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

#OTD in 1915, four men from Blackheath/Rowley Regis/Old Hill were killed during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt and are all commemorated on the Loos Memorial. The first, Pte David Meakin was 17 yrs old and serving with 1st/5th South Staffs Regt: buff.ly/47MG1MQ

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