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Judith Jones

@jellyjudith.bsky.social
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Very amateur historian, particularly WW1. Wife, mum and community volunteer. OBS, DCA Proud member, trustee and ADC of the Great War Group. SACS 😉 I knit so I don’t kill people

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Kate Astbury @100days1815.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The police are investigating. They will have their lines of enquiry. Please share this image widely so that everyone knows what it looked like.
A photo of the stolen plaque taken at its unveiling on Friday
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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
New episode live at 7pm on October 16th, or watch on catch-up anytime. www.youtube.com/live/Ziv4Nqn...
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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
DIGITAL MEMBERSHIPS ARE FINALLY HERE! One global rate, wherever you are & there are even savings for UK based members! To join visit greatwargroup.com/signup/ *Existing members will be hearing from us in the coming days about options for conversions or sticking with your hard copy magazine...
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
He's out there and He's watching..
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Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮✌🏼🌱💚🍉🐸🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Suella De-Vil Shadowy spokesdemon for learning stuff @suellade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Nigel forgetting the riots that happened here in 2024 What did we call them again? Ah yes. The Farage Riots
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fresh from @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Annual Conference, a talk with added local interest. www.petersfieldbookshop.com/event-detail...
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Mrs Bowker's Boys: A Talk by Judith Jones | The Petersfield Bookshop
The 1/4th Hampshire Regiment in Mesopotamia during the First World War · £5
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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL! 🚨 WW1TV is returning with the Great War Group at the helm! First episode drops next week 🥳 Check out the official page at www.youtube.com/@WW1TVchannel to see upcoming episodes and subscribe!
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“I have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes back with rustling shade And apple-blossoms fill the air— I have a rendezvous with Death When Spring brings back blue days and fair…” Alan Seeger #Poetry
Poem which reads:
I Have a Rendezvous with Death
 BY ALAN SEEGER
 I have a rendezvous with Death
 At some disputed barricade,
 When Spring comes back with rustling shade
 And apple-blossoms fill the air—
 I have a rendezvous with Death
 When Spring brings back blue days and fair.
 It may be he shall take my hand
 And lead me into his dark land
 And close my eyes and quench my breath—
 It may be I shall pass him still.
 I have a rendezvous with Death
 On some scarred slope of battered hill,
 When Spring comes round again this year
 And the first meadow-flowers appear.
 God knows 'twere better to be deep
 Pillowed in silk and scented down,
 Where Love throbs out in blissful sleep,
 Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to breath,
 Where hushed awakenings are dear ...
 But I've a rendezvous with Death
 At midnight in some flaming town,
 When Spring trips north again this year,
 And I to my pledged word am true,
 I shall not fail that rendezvous.
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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The 'first' Second Battle of Ramadi was described by General Maude as "as clean and business-like a military operation as one could wish to see." Securing the Euphrates and denying supplies to the Ottoman Army, and accomplished in 24 hours.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jeez. By now even Larry the cat knows it was Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal which caused the skyrocketing number of small boat crossings in the English Channel
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Robert St John Smith @chance1234.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The 'Am I Offensive?' cartoon is almost as famous as the Wipers Times itself. It appeared in the May 1916 edition, signed by Sapper Ernest J. Couzens. Over 110 years later, my latest article finally puts a face to the name. #wiperstimes #ww1 #fww robertstjohnsmith.com/post/2026-09...
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Wipers Times Exposé - A Picture of Ernest James Couzens Emerges
A sketch of Ernest James Couzens appears.
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That brings back memories of making the labels. Putting on sticky backed plastic with air bubbles is a skill every primary school teacher quickly had to acquire. No laminators in those days!
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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 23/09/2026
Hi. We've got a children's book available in book shops (and places like Amazon). It's called The World According To Sharks. We worked really hard on it and people seem to like it.
If you've got kids or know a kid that might like it, it'd make a great Christmas present. Plus if we sell more we might actually get to make another book.
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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you look closely you can see that some of these holes have been filled in, probably doubling as a grave for the unfortunate occupant.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is why the media in this country needs regulating. I can guarantee there isn’t an iota of truth to anything that’s being said here. Their only intention is to keep this nonsense on top of the news agenda.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👇👇👇👇
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Don't know who made this. But we love you for making it ❤️
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'd tell 20 year old you that she's disappointed with the wrong person. And remind her that 20 year olds don't know as much as they think they do.
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Well we weren't coxless when we started."
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Apart from the obvious, did he really say 'every man and his woman'?
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"So tell me Mr Farage, what was it about a system favoured by money launderers that allows donations to be totally untraceable that first attracted you to crypto?"
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The Petersfield Bookshop @pfieldbookshop.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This appears to be a really scarce little HMSO booklet about naval signalling and Nelson's famous Trafalgar signal. What makes it even more fun is that is that this copy belonged to the Captain of HMS Victory in the 1980s
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Good piece Matt 👍
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@westerneuropean @westerneuropean.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Go back home - Europe without immigrants youtube.com/shorts/p5Y42...
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L’EUROPE SANS IMMIGRÉS ? À quoi ça ressemblerait?
YouTube video by Leeno Daash
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Burns.
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I was broken by the loss of several cows
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Done 😀
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you Sophia. I've noted your details for when I finally wrangle my ideas into submission. Your maps look great!
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@pfieldbookshop.bsky.social
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is so well-deserved. Huge congratulations to @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thanks for the replies. That gives me a place to start.
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Do you have any tips for finding maps for a first book on a budget? I have literally no idea except to try and draw one myself and that won't end well.
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This was my favourite, from Elizabeth Goudge's The Little White Horse.
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
💯 this 👇
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Nicola Miller @nicmiller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hey, @cam.ac.uk are you going to subject James Orr to the same scrutiny as you did Professor Jason Arday?
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The Petersfield Bookshop @pfieldbookshop.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The third edition, tenth impression, 1975, in spanking condition (yes, that is a technical term). Always nice to host Hobbits in the shop, they are very neat and never stay long.
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I love @pfieldbookshop.bsky.social Patreon parcel day. Three great choices for the #TBR pile. Historical biography, fiction, and a bit of mudlarking. What's not to like?
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It was a terrible day for the 2nd Hampshire Regiment.
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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
To learn more about Michael Tierney and the last casualties of the Great War go to www.cwgc.org/our-work/blo... (with thanks to Gareth Davies)
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Go on. You know you want to. The room is booked and waiting for the lucky winner.
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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Private William Austin of 2 KOYLI died of exhaustion at a German work camp on 17th October 1918. So near and yet so far.
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
That's a relief!
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We'd love you to join us. It's the first time the conference has been 'oop north.
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Absolutely. You have to get the pub right when there are War Bores to consider.
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
As a former Leeds lass I had a lovely time taking my colleagues there when we did our recce for the upcoming @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference. I might have bought a few items in the Yorkshire shop 😉
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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
August 22, 1914. A day that conjures up horror for the French. 27,000 French soldiers will die in less than 24 hours. It remains France’s highest ever death toll in a single day, despite being followed by four years of brutal and bloody conflict. Carnage incarnate. #WW1 #FWW #GreatWar
Color painting (or postcard) of a dead French soldiers side by side being kissed by women in white (angels?).  Behind them are wooden posts and desolation.
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The Petersfield Bookshop @pfieldbookshop.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Another scarce wee book. This time from 1914. Just as WW1 begins this is "Notes on Visual Training and Judging Distance In Relation to Musketry"
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
BBC invited Palestinian writer, researcher and analyst Muhammad Shehada on to talk about Israel’s decision to investigate the killing of Hind Rajab. Below is Muhammad’s account of what happened next. Full disclosure: I know him years and he’s a regular on the pod. So naturally I believe him 100%.
@muhammadshehad2
Disappointed the BBC cancelled my interview on
Israel's killing of Hind Rajab
2 producers eagerly reached out. They confirmed the time & one called to prepare a brief for the anchor
She asked me whether Israel's announcement is positive, I explained in detail it was a cover up.
The IDF is blaming the killing of Hind, her uncle, aunt & 4 cousins on the family itself for trying to flee by car & on the ambulance sent to rescue her for "failures in the co-ordination of the movement."
None of this is remotely true! The Red Cross immediately informed the IDF about 5-year-old Hind who was hiding in that motionless car, & they requested permission from Israel to allow an ambulance to rescue them.
After multiple long hours, Israel granted greenlight to the ambulance & provided them with a designated route on a GPS to drive on.soon as the ambulance reached Hind's car, the IDF ambushed & bombed them immediately with an American made anti-tank missile then opened fire on Hind's car. The car was hit with 355 bullets.
Israel then kept that area under lockdown for 12 days, & prevented anyone from approaching.
Hind's mom went daily to the Ahli baptist hospital hoping to find her daughter, until her lifeless body was brought in along with the charred remains of the ambulance men.
Israel then claimed after an "initial investigation" that its troops were NEVER in that area to begin with. They maintained that claim for 2 years despite ample recordings & satellite images debunking this lie.
The only reason Israel is now making this new announcement of a deeper investigation is to shield its soldiers & generals from the International Criminal Court by invoking the principle of "complementarity;" that the ICC cannot investigate a state that is already investigating itself in good faith.I told the BBC producer Israel today also quietly shut down the investigation into the triple tap killing of American, Canadian, British, Australian & Polish citizens in the WCK massacre. Israel blamed the massacre on the aid workers themselves for "deviating from the predesignated route" & for hiring an armed security guard "without informing the IDF" (both claims where debunked by WCK themselves, who had coordinates their every step with the IDF).
I told the producer the Israeli commander responsible for this massacre, Nochi Mendel, is a fanatical settler who had signed a petition calling for starving Gaza & that he was celebrated by settler leaders & supported by Israeli government leaders after what he did.
Mendel even received a box of chocolate from the settler council's leader & a letter of support for what he did.
Mendel was initially dismissed by the IDF & blamed for the massacre, but was quickly & quietly reinstated & promoted in the Defence Ministry as the head of the settlements and notionol infroctrunturo unitIt's abundantly clear Israel is NOT serious about prosecuting any of the atrocities committed in Gaza. Since the genocide began, only two soldiers were punished by the IDF; one for microwaving a living frog & another for cooking sausages in the army kitchen on Shabbat.
The producer asked me: What about the 150 cases the IDF said are pending review?
I answered: it's just a number designed to give the appearance of seriousness, but it's essentially meaningless.
If it took the IDF two whole years to admit the simplest of facts that the entire world had already known, which is that their troops were the ones who fired on Hind Rajab's car, how do you expect them to do with the remaining cases that are not as high profile?
Five minutes after the call, the producer wrote me that they decided to cancel the interview & will not even host anyone else to comment on the issue, & instead they'll play archival footage!
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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It’s not too late to win this fantastic prize. Follow the link below. It’s just £5 a ticket to win the weekend pass, hotel accommodation, and if you’re in the UK we’ll even pay for your train ticket. Someone will win this, and it could be you!
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