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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🔔The Western Front Association's PhD Grant Scheme is open for 2026 🔔 There are no limitations regarding geography or topic, if your doctoral research includes the First World War, we want to hear from you! #fwwhist Follow the link for full details. www.westernfrontassociation.com/about-the-wf...

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s that time of year, WFA branch talk invitations are beginning to come through for next 2027.

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It is that time of year again! The Western Front Association's PhD Grant Scheme is open for 2026. We want to hear from anyone studying any aspect of the Great War! #fwwhist #phdchat #ww1 #greatwar #grant

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Applications open for the WFA’s 2026 PhD Grant Scheme | The Western Front Association

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Woke up to rain this morning (an unfamiliar concept these days) so I’ve brought the kids to soft play whilst I review a book, everyone is a winner!

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A few from our flying visit to Southampton, where we walked the walls.

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Has it been 6 weeks yet? I’m exhausted!

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Not the Western Front Society @ntwf.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

NTWFS and Birmingham WFA are collaborating to provide a Not the Western Front Conference. 13th March at Royal British Legion Royal Sutton Coldfield, B75 7AL. 4 great speaker including Peter hart & Richard Van Emden with lunch for £29 (£25 if booked before 25th Dec) to Book go to

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Presented at sports history conference on Indian Army and sport as 2nd year PhD. First question was not a question, they simply said ‘That was disappointing, you did not include hockey.’ I have not really dabbled in sport history since 😂😂😂

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Excited to receive a preview of the front cover and a potential publication date of January 2027 for Allied with India. A really great looking edited collection including my own contribution covering Indian and Australian interaction and cooperation during the Great War.

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Crisp and fresh new book for review 💙

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I made an impulse purchase, didn’t cost a lot, but I wonder if anyone might know more about binoculars than me? There are no identifying marks aside from the JCR on the lid of the case.

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A fantastic day on Saturday at The WFA President’s Conference. It was a privilege to deliver my paper on the Indian Cavalry and the charge at High Wood. Three other excellent papers too. Lovely as ever to meet some new people and to catch up with some old friends too.

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It is some way off yet, but I have agreed to go into the kid's school in November and talk FWW in assembly to the whole school and run workshops with the older children. I'd be grateful if those who have experience of working with primary school children could suggest ideas or point me to resources.

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Richard V. Hirst @richardvhirst.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Politics might feel unstable at the moment, but the podium industry must be booming.

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Question time with 6 year old history fan: ‘Daddy, where did pirates poop?’

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Gosling Press @goslingpress.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Did you know that in the middle of WWI, Singapore—a peaceful British colonial hub—erupted into violence? It wasn’t a foreign invasion, but a mutiny from within. This is the story of the 1915 Singapore Mutiny. 🇸🇬📜 #SingaporeHistory #WWI #HistoryUncovered goslingpress.co.uk/store/malay-...

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Not sure I’ve ever put this on social media before but I’ve taken it down as we pack to move house. My mum commissioned a family friend and local artist to paint this for my 30th birthday. It is called ‘After the Battle’. The artist, Jackie Knott, sadly passed away last year.

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Today the family very graciously joined me on a little Normandy Campaign tour. We didn’t go wild as it’s over 30 degrees again today - too hot to be dragging the kids around in the car.

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

After 2 days in Disneyland, this morning we headed to Houlgate for the next leg of our holiday. 3 hour drive. Mrs Prime asked me to find a picnic spot en route. And boy did I deliver:

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

We’re driving to Normandy, I should have a book with me about Sword Beach or something but instead I’ve got these because I’ve got another bespoke talk to prepare… really need to start saying no!

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Submitted a chapter to the editors last night (a little late, sorry!) but of course this morning I’ve thought of 8 more things I should have included!

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Louise Provan @louiseprovan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The inaugural online talk from the Not the Western Front Society was given by Dr Adam Prime tonight. This fascinating talk was all about the little known Battle of Shaiba and the early part of the Mesopotamian campaign in WW1 @ntwf.bsky.social @primeadam.bsky.social @goslingpress.bsky.social

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

A reminder that I’ll be discussing the very interesting Battle of Shaiba tomorrow evening…

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

We spent a couple of hours this afternoon at East Midlands Aeropark. Got to see inside a Nimrod R1 which was pretty cool as well as an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy and a Vickers AC10. Then we sat and watched the planes take off from East Midlands Airport for a little while.

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Not the Western Front Society @ntwf.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

NTWFS bring you the first of our Online talks On Tesedy 5th May Dr Adam Prime presents The Battle of Shaiba, April 1915 To Book a free place go to www.trybooking.com/uk/GGNH

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

We’ve had an offer accepted on a house and as a family we are very excited! The thought moving my books though, fills me with dread!

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Out and about with the kids, and without my wife to tell me that taking the kids to a cemetery is perhaps inappropriate, we visited the Cannock Chase Military Cemeteries before the heavens opened.

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A couple of weeks ago I posted about going down a research rabbit hole with the Battle of Shaiba. Soon after when approached for a talk, I couldn’t resist… Pleased to be supporting @ntwf.bsky.social with their first online talk. Do join us on 5th May if you are free!

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

After an extended family weekend in Llandudno, braving Storm Dave, the sun came out and the wind dropped as we packed up. So being in North Wales, we did the only logical thing and visited one of Edward I’s castles!

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Not the Western Front Society @ntwf.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

NTWFS presents an Online talk On Tue 5th May byDr Adam Prime.Two weeks prior to the landings at Gallipol, a British Empire force repulsed an Ottoman assault just outside Basra. To book go to www.trybooking.com/uk/GGNH

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I am delighted to be speaking at The WFA Somme 110 Conference on 4 July at the Army & Navy Club! I'll be talking about the Indian cavalry alongside @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social Linda Parker, & Stephen Badsey. Plus our president Spencer Jones will be chairing a panel discussion. Booking is now open!

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President’s Conference: SOMME 110 | The Western Front Association

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

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President’s Conference: SOMME 110 | The Western Front Association

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Optimistically backed the Vale to beat Sunderland on Sunday in the FA Cup, bought this with my profit!

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I am firmly down a research rabbit hole with the Battle of Shaiba, April 1915. A battle I’ve never given much thought to until researching Australian officers of the Indian Army and found a Major who died there.

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

In an old WFA YouTube video John Bourne says that FWW commanders picked a staff similar to how a football manager might pick a support team after they are appointed. Can anyone point me in the direction of any written material which discusses how a commander put their staff together? #fwwhist

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I think I asked this before but over on the 'old place', has anyone got recommendations for works on the following: Australian military culture? Overarching Australian military history? Australia and the Great War?

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

An Australian officer of the Indian Army referring to his first few months in India as ‘bonza’ might be my favourite archival find ever!

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Unfortunately, I never had the pleasure of meeting Gordon Corrigan but his work led the way for many of us who followed. Sepoys in the Trenches is a book I have read time and again and which I frequently consult. My thoughts are with his family at this sad time.

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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 26/02/2026

Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:

Cover of book with text in yellow reading: The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, overlaid on an image of an angel in seventeenth-century dress with wings and a long gun.

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The Librarian at work was having a clear out… I rescued these poor defenceless books…

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

For the first time since October, my writing is flowing and I’m getting bits written that I’ve owed people for months!

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I’ll be joining the Wiltshire Branch of The WFA on Sunday 1st March to talk about the Indian Army, the manpower issues it faced during the First World War and how these problems were overcome. Do come along if you are in the area! #fwwhist #ww1 #greatwar

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The Indian Army, the Great War, and the Question of Manpower | The Western Front Association

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Me and the kids checked out Staffordshire History Centre this morning.

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

For half-term, next Tuesday I’m doing a fun kids’ event at @southbankcentre.bsky.social in London — I’ll be doing a funny talk on the history of Roman Britain, and my ace illustrator @rikinparekh.bsky.social will do a live draw-along tutorial Tix cheap! www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/tot...

Totally Chaotic History: Roman
Britain Gets Rowdy
Tue 17 Feb 2026, 3pm

Be astounded by unbelievable and hilarious facts as bestselling author Greg Jenner takes us on a riotously fun journey through Roman Britain

Www.southbankcentre.co.uk

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Gosling Press @goslingpress.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Not the Western Front Conference 2026 Following last years great conference will take place on Saturday 31st October in Wakefield West Yorkshire just of the M1. Tickets cost £29 including lunch.with 4 great speakers. www.trybooking.com/uk/FPHV

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