British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 17hSoldiers of the 8th (Service) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), part of 9th (Scottish) Division, resting by the roadside near Contalmaison Wood during the Battle of Le Transloy (1-18 October 1916). 031 3
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 17/10/2026A Royal Navy Merlin Mk2 helicopter has successfully airlifted 18 historic cast-iron cannons ashore from the tidal island of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall.militaryjournal.co.ukRoyal Navy Merlin airlifts 18th-century cannons from St Michael's MountA Royal Navy Merlin Mk2 helicopter has successfully airlifted 18 historic cast-iron cannons ashore from the tidal island of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. 010 1
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 16/10/2026The Royal Air Force has completed Exercise AGILE OWL, a week-long training event designed to test the service's ability to maintain combat air operations from dispersed locations during periods of heavy disruption.militaryjournal.co.ukRoyal Air Force completes dispersal exercise AGILE OWL - British Military JournalThe Royal Air Force has completed Exercise AGILE OWL, a week-long training event designed to test the service's ability to maintain combat air operations from 010 1
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 16/10/202616 October 1939: Ju 88 bombers of Kampfgeschwader 30 conducted the first bombing raid on Britain, targeting Royal Navy warships in the Firth of Forth. The raid was intercepted by No. 602 and No. 603 Squadrons, resulting in the first German aircraft being shot down in the air war over Britain. 041 4
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 15/10/202615 October 1855: Prior to the naval bombardment of the Russian fort of Kinburn on the Dnieper estuary, 5,000 British and 3,500 French troops were landed on Kinburn Spit to seal off the fort and prevent any Russian reinforcement. 📸 National Maritime Museum 001 1
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 15/10/202614 October 1853: At the request of the Ottomans, the British and French fleets left Besika Bay and transited the Dardanelles as the Ottoman army prepared to engage Russian forces occupying Wallachia. Meanwhile, the Austrian mobilisation against Russian troops in the Principalities continued. 011 1
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 13/10/2026"A 25-pdr field gun ready to fire from a rather perilous position alongside the pumps at a petrol station, during exercises in Kent, 13 October 1941." 📸 James Arthur Tanner / IWM (H 14685) 131 3
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 12/10/20262nd Battalion, Scots Guards on the march to Tielt after leaving Ghent on 12 October 1914. The 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, which was part of the British 7th Division, had landed at Zeebrugge on 7 October and was initially tasked with the defence of Antwerp. 📸 IWM (Q 57177) 042 4
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 12/10/2026Royal Navy destroyer HMS KEPPEL (D84) on her arrival back at Greenock on 12 October 1943 following the vessel's ramming and sinking of the surfaced German submarine U-229 south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland on 22 September. 📸 Lt S J Beadell / IWM (A 19691) 053 5
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 12/10/202612 October 1854: British commander Lord Raglan issued instructions for the army to prepare for a winter campaign in the Crimea and ordered fuel to be stockpiled at Scutari. The French commander Canrobert issued similar instructions. The grand raid to seize Sevastopol would last longer than expected. 001 1
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 11/10/2026HMS SCYLLA's mascot watching over proceedings during a visit by Winston Churchill to the Home Fleet base at Scapa Flow on 11 October 1942. 📸 Photo by Lt. C. H. Parnall 010 1
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 11/10/2026Soldiers from The Royal Dragoon Guards secure the riverbank to prepare the other half of the patrol to safely cross during Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2026 in Brecon Beacons, Wales. 📸 CPL PAUL SQUIRES / UK MOD © Crown copyright 2026 030 3
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 11/10/202613/18th Royal Hussars during an exercise near Vimy, on 11 October 1939. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, the regiment was transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps and fought as a reconnaissance unit in the Battle of France in 1940, before being evacuated at Dunkirk. 📸 IWM (O 117) 021 2
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 10/10/2026A jeep and Sherman tanks of HQ 2nd Armoured Brigade on 10 October 1942. "The white line on the tank was being used as a guideline by the Camouflage Unit, who were called away before completing the painting of the Brigade's tanks." 📸 Lt. Derrick Knight / IWM (E 17898 083 8
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 09/10/20269 October 1855: Royal Navy ships Vesuvius, Curlew, Recruit, Weser, and Ardent began cruising in the Sea of Azov. The squadron, commanded by Captain Sherard Osborne, would destroy a large number of Russian supplies heading for the Crimea from the Don basin at Mariupol, Azov, Glofira, and Gheisk. 011 1
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026British Troops moving towards the front in Albion lorries near Joncourt on 9 October 1918, during the Battle of St. Quentin Canal, which was part of the Hundred Days Offensive. 📸 Lt. David McLellan / IWM (Q 9530) 061 6
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 08/10/2026A Royal Air Force C-130 arriving at Kuwait International Airport in October 1994, bringing equipment for British troops stationed in various parts of Kuwait during Operation VIGILANT WARRIOR (8 Oct - 15 Dec 1994), a response to Saddam Hussein's advancement of two divisions toward the Kuwaiti border. 010 1
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 07/10/20267 October 1855: British and French warships set sail from Kameisch Bay in the Crimea bound for a rendezvous off Odessa before sailing to their objective of Kinburn Fort, which guarded the Bug and Dnieper rivers and the access to the Russian shipyards at Nikolaev. 011 1
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 06/10/2026Officers of the right half, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, aboard the troopship SS Lake Michigan on 6 October 1914. The officer looking towards the camera is Captain the Hon. D.A. Kinnaird, who was killed on 24 October 1914. 📸 Sergeant Christopher Pilkington / IWM (Q 57127) 031 3
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 05/10/20264-5 October 1853: Backed by British and French fleets in the Dardanelles, the Ottoman Empire declared war on Russia and moved against Russian troops after issuing an ultimatum to St. Petersburg to remove its armies from Wallachia and Moldavia. It began what became known as the Crimean War. 001 1
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 05/10/2026Private Evie Breakwell from 22 Multi Role Medical Regiment (MMR) swims across the cold waters of the River Towy during the river crossing scenario on Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2026 in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. 📸 CPL PAUL SQUIRES / UK MOD © Crown copyright 2026 050 5
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 04/10/2026Churchill tanks of A and B Squadrons, 43rd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, 33rd Brigade, during manoeuvres in October 1942. 📸 IWM (TR 213) 031 3
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 01/10/20261 October 1854: To assist in the siege of Sevastopol, the Royal Navy began landing the Naval Brigade and 50 naval guns at Balaklava. Made up of Royal Marines and sailors from the fleet, the brigade was commanded by Captain Stephen Lushington of HMS Albion. 014 4
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 29/09/2026A British Mark IV tank captured and used by the Germans before being recaptured by the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) during the Battle of St. Quentin Canal on 29 September 1918. 📸 Lt David McLellan / IWM (Q 9744) 061 6
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 29/09/202629 September 1854: The Royal Navy began landing the Royal Marine Brigade at Balaklava to defend the port. 1,216 Royal Marines, under Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Hurdle, were landed over three days and incorporated into the army. 002 2
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 28/09/202628 September 1854: The Allies established camp on the plateau before Sevastopol while the heavy siege guns continued to be landed. A local Tatar reported a large Russian army was present in the interior of the Crimea. French engineers cut off the water supply to Sevastopol. 📸 Roger Fenton, 1855 001 1
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 26/09/2026U-class destroyer HMS URCHIN (R99) photographed off Greenock on 26 September 1943, just after its commissioning. 📸 Lt S J Beadell / IWM (A 19464) 011 1
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 26/09/202626 September 1854: The Allied army crossed the Tractir Bridge over the Chernaya River to the east of Sevastopol. British forces moved to occupy the small port of Balaklava as their supply base, while the French secured the more spacious port of Kamiesch as their base. 021 2
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 24/09/202624 September 1854: The Allied army marched from the Katcha River to the Belbek River where they encamped. A Russian supply convoy was captured by British light cavalry and the Allied warships took ranging shots against the forts of Sevastopol. 001 1
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 23/09/202623 September 1854: The Allies moved out from their camps at the Alma and continued on towards Sevastopol, halting at the Katcha River. On the same day, the Russians continued to scuttle ships of their Black Sea Fleet to block the entrance to Sevastopol harbour. 021 2
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 23/09/2026A British captain points his Enfield No. 2 revolver from 1st Airborne Division's headquarters in the Hartenstein hotel at Oosterbeek on 23 September 1944, during Operation MARKET GARDEN. 📸 IWM (BU 1116) 011 1
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 21/09/202621 September 1854: Following the Russian army's defeat at the Battle of the Alma the previous day, the Russian Black Sea Fleet began scuttling their warships to block the entrance to Sevastopol harbour before the Allies closed in on the city. 001 1
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 20/09/2026On the heights above the River Bulganak on 19 September 1854, the first military engagement of the Crimean campaign (1854-1856) took place when the advance guard of the allied army clashed with Russian forces that had been sent to observe and harass the allied advance toward Sevastopol.militaryhistory.org.ukFirst blood in the Crimea: Cavalry engagement at the BulganakOn the heights above the River Bulganak on 19 September 1854, the first military engagement of the Crimean campaign (1854-1856) took place when the advance guard of the allied army clashed with Russia... 021 2
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 15/09/2026British Mark I tanks fuelling up prior to the Battle of Flers–Courcelette on 15 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. This would be the first time tanks would go into combat. They were operated by the Heavy Branch of the Machine Gun Corps. 📸 © IWM Q 5576 021 2
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 14/09/202614 September 1854: The Allied expeditionary force of 30,000 French, 26,000 British, and 5,000 Ottoman troops began landing unopposed in the Crimea at Kalamita Bay, 25 miles north of the city and naval base of Sevastopol, the objective of the Allied forces. 012 2
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 13/09/2026Soldiers of the 107th Infantry Regiment, American 27th Division, following behind tanks near Beauquesnes on 13 September 1918. 📸 IWM (Q 57694) 010 1
Reposted by British Military JournalNeil Ritchie @neilritchie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026On 13 September 1653, a Cromwellian flotilla anchored off Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, was ravaged by a storm, which sank three warships, including the Swan. The ships were supporting Colonel Ralph Cobbett's expedition to subdue Clan Maclean during the Earl of Glencairn's Royalist uprising. 063 6
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 09/09/2026James Robertson's photo of the dry docks at Sevastopol before their destruction by British and French engineers over the winter of 1855-56. After an 11-month siege, the Russians evacuated Sevastopol on 9 September 1855, allowing the Allied army to take control of the city and Black Sea Fleet base. 012 2
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 01/09/2026French troops approach Belgian soldiers to seek internment in the aftermath of the Battle of Sedan (1-2 September 1870). Belgium mobilised 60,000 men to keep watch on its borders during the Franco-Prussian War. There was fear that France or Prussia might use Belgian territory to outflank each other. 020 2
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 01/09/2026Polish destroyer Błyskawica or Grom sailing under the Forth Railway Bridge on 1 September 1939, following the evacuation to Britain of the three destroyers of the Polish Navy, the Burza, Błyskawica, and Grom, to prevent their capture or destruction by the Germans. 111 1
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 01/09/2026Soldiers of the German 76th Infantry Regiment moving towards the burning village of Lichnowy in Pomerania on 1 September 1939. 📸 IWM (MH 18224) 001 1
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 01/09/2026German soldiers breaking the border barrier in the Polish town of Sopot (Zoppot) on the morning of 1 September 1939. 001 1
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 25/08/20261st Jerusalem Company of the Palestine Volunteer Force during training on 25 August 1941. The Palestine Volunteer Force was formed in August 1940 with the object of assisting the Regular Forces and comprised British, Arab and Jewish volunteers. 📸 IWM (K 1242) 110 1
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 22/08/2026A patrol of the 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) talking to locals near Mons to obtain information about the location of German forces on 21 August 1914. The British were informed that a considerable German force was about 10 miles to the northeast of Mons. 032 3
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 22/08/2026The 9th Lancers arriving at Mons early on 21 August 1914. Patrols of the 9th Lancers and 4th Dragoon Guards sighted German patrols in the vicinity of the Nimy and Obourg bridges on the outskirts of Mons; however, contact was not established. 021 2
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 22/08/2026Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders and 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, at Mons on 22 August 1914. Both battalions were part of the 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps, of the British Expeditionary Force. 📸 IWM (Q 83058) 052 5
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 22/08/2026Belgian civilians helping soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, fortify a house at Jemappes outside Mons on 22 August 1914. The battalion was part of 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps. 📸 IWM (Q 85212) 032 3
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 17/08/2026US Navy Blimp moored at her mast at Pisa airfield in August 1945. The US Navy's Blimp Mine-Spotting Detachment supported the Royal Navy's 12th Minesweeping Flotilla, which was involved in clearing the sea lanes of enemy mines using surrendered enemy naval charts. 📸 IWM (A 30189) 020 2
British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 17/08/2026Indian riflemen guard an oil refinery belonging to the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company on Abadan Island in the River Shatt-el-Arab in August 1941, during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran (Operation COUNTENANCE). 📸 John Keating / IWM (E 5329) 012 2
