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The other Royal Fusiliers officer approached to crew Asgard with Shephard was Robert Pipon. He turned down the venture. He turns up in Victoria Schofield's book on Archibald Wavell

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Casement originally left Germany on U-20, the sub that sank Lusitania. After mechanical problem, Casement etc swapped onto U-19, captained by Raimund Weisbach, torpedo officer on U-20 when Lusitania sunk. johnny-doyle.blogspot.com/2014/03/u-bo...

U-Boat SM U-19

The U-19 was the u-boat that took Sir Roger Casement, Robert Monteith and Daniel Bailey from Germany to Ireland in 1916. The task was ori...

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Sholto Douglas in Dublin prior to aerodrome task to visit his father who worked at National Gallery after Hugh Lane killed on the Lusitania.

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Sholto Douglas a fan of Gordon Strachey Shephard. Shephard one of the crew of the Asgard, smuggling arms and ammo for the Irish Volunteers. johnny-doyle.blogspot.com/2020/07/asga... Casement involved in creation of the Irish Volunteers and the planning/financing of the gun running operation.

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

While I have a large set of books relating to the Easter "Uprising", the following book demonstrates odd connections. Sholto Douglas selected Royal Flying Corps aerodrome sites in Ireland in 1917. Including the one now called Casement.

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dinky Corgi finds matchbox. Die cast.

Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The German tug that took the arms out to sea to transfer onto Asgard and Kelpie was called Gladiator 🙂

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

OTD 1914. Can you guess from this set of clues?

A series of images from films and TV programmes

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Next hog roast may be frog....

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Campsite porta potty is in use

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The interwoven historys of Duke of Westminster armoured cars, Hejaz cars, 3 & 5 Armoured Car Companies (later 6 RTC), 12th Lancers, 11th Hussars, LRDG, and SDF plus Lawrence, Wavell, Pratt, Pope, Bagnold....

Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

SDF armoured cars influenced by Duke of Westminsters Rolls-Royces left in Sudan following mutiny. Designed by soldier who started WW1 as RAMC private; ended WW2 as REME Brigadier www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

P47 of official UK WW2 publication The Abyssinian Campaigns showing Sudan Defence Force armoured car.

Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Enjoy the build 🙂 I have a few of the Tankette magazines too but they mainly focus on Fordson and 1920 pattern with the Army and all in black and white. There is a nice write up of another manfacturers version of the pictured car at www.britmodeller.com/forums/index...

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The Rolls-Royce on the box artwork being the RAF car pictured with Rommel. DM if you need to borrow Rolls-Royce armoured car books.

Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Good luck - your efforts will be a ruhr-ing success 🙂

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Bubbles tracks his "Michael" film investment.

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The Rolls-Royce armoured car pictured in the article would be in Shanghai the following year with added front bumper, "top hat" hatch on turret, and electric charge option on the armour for anyone too close.

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

S?oiler alert: plot revelation ahead

Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

A small thread on medical students in the 1930s on the other platform... x.com/i/status/132...

Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Yesterday's delivery - a tenuous link to the #EasterRising johnny-doyle.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-be…

A picture of book called The Concise Story of the Dover Patrol by Admiral Bacon

A picture of a naval mine field off Belgium from a book called The Concise Story of the Dover Patrol by Admiral Bacon

A picture of a page relating to a naval mine field off Belgium from a book called The Concise Story of the Dover Patrol by Admiral Bacon

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I'm Barred from eating lollipops.

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Patrick Pearse another onion fan : catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0... The #EasterRising surrender a Lowe point in his military career.

Colourised photo of Easter Rising surrender of Patrick Pearse and Elizabeth O'Farrell to General Lowe and his son John Lowe (Loder in acting circles)

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

An AI skeptic making use of Notebook LLM to "read" non searchable PDFs (179 Tunnelling Co, RE War Diary)..... to generate a list of soldiers mentioned...

Notebook LLM screenshot showing results from a query looking into 179 Tunnelling Co war diaries from First World War.

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The original log books for the Helga can be viewed at the UK National Archives at Kew.

Picture of cover of log book for HMY Helga covering period of Easter Rising. Available to view with its other log books at Kew in London.

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A good site. This item though is in need of a re-write. No incendiary ammunition in use and no chance the Helga fired on Sackville St.

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Aisle hatch Dove soap escape plan 🙂

Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The Guard The Commitments Bedknobs and Broomsticks 🙂

Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

St Patrick's Day 1916 and the crew of former Irish ferry HMS Tara are rescued by armoured cars of Duke of Westminsters squadron. Some cars and personnel later part of Lawrence of Arabia's command.

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Dye Hard : not a Christmas movie

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The English language being slaughtered too

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Johnny Doyle @johnnydoyle.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Giraffes are related to ok-a-pi

16 1918 pattern Austins served with 17th Bn on the Western Front, armed with Hotchkiss MGs. The other 24 1918 pattern Austins originally destined for the Russians were used by #DunsterForce in North Persia/Caucasus, armed with Vickers MGs.

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Tank Chats #26 Peerless Armoured Car | The Tank Museum

In 1920 the Austin armoured cars of 17th Bn were proving difficult to maintain. Peerless armoured cars were introduced as a replacement. The same twin turret body as the Austin but with a longer chassis protruding at the rear. youtu.be/Nuc4XARvw-Y?...

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YouTube video by The Tank Museum

Having taken part in TanFest 1919-1921, the Rolls-Royce Sliabh na mBan transferred from No 5 Armoured Car Co to the Irish National Army

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Pathe camerama Gordon Lewis captures the death of Sean Treacy outside Spiedels shop in Dublin. Austin armoured car in the clip. britishpathe.com/asset/48469/ Major V V Pope, 2IC No 5 Armoured Car Co involved in ambush same day in Phibsborough. Another WW2 general. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyvyan_...

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (12 February 2025): Lot 28 | Noonans Mayfair

Medals etc of Douglas Henry Pratt, Commanding Officer of No 5 Armoured Car Company during the Irish War of Independence. Later Major General and one of many involved in the mechanization of the British Army before WW2. www.noonans.co.uk/archive/past...

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