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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Oh yes. I wrote a book (not published) about my paternal GF. Went overseas in Spring 1915 as a Bombardier and finished the war as a Major, MC and Bar. Paternal GF Got a blighty in 1915 from a rifle grenade and was unable to return

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Trying to find out what my grandfathers did in the FWW! That was in January 2009.........

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

@sommephantom.bsky.social This is all I know about My GF in terms of his promotion and the 1916 "gap".

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Ah, just seen what you mean! Nothing about 1916 by any chance???

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Was a Bombardier in TF with II West Riding Brigade RFA before outbreak of war and was commissioned whilst with them when in the Ypres sector. Arthur Franklin Hollingworth - often misspelt HollingSworth. What artillery papers are you referring to?

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I lose track of him after he was promoted in the field to 2nd Lt in late 1915. I guess officer training. Spent a lot of time around Arras

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Very little in Officers file (including wrong paperwork) but a service record on Ancestry! I have written up his war service, but I lose trace of him in 1916 up to November 1916 which is really frustrating. Interestingly he signed off the 311th bde RFA war diary in Nov 18.

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Not sure what he will bring to the team

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My GF (Major Arthur Hollingworth MC and Bar; RFA) called one of his dogs "Foch" according to my late mum. He must have been a fan! He also named his house in Leeds "Gavrelle"

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

You could put forward this argument for every constituency election

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Bound to....But a very deserved rest either way

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

@stevemarsdin.bsky.social Just read your Salient Points article on the Trappist Abbeys. Gives a new insight for when I next crack open a bottle! Excellent piece of work.

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

HS2 has just been a bloody disaster

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Unfortunately still there then by the looks of it. Blot on the landscape..

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I have had a reply. Problem with the search function which they are working on. No time given for a fix

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

What's the latest on the "Animal Memorial" .......

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Just finished reading Bruce Hubbard's article in Salient Points "The ship that hunted itself". It really put a smile on my face. Wonderful. Chapeau Bruce!

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I think there are far more things in life to worry about and I'm serious..

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Roger Hildreth @rogerhildreth.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Mewslade Bay just around Worms Head is worth a visit

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