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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Mapping the old frontline. Back from Gallipoli after a fabulous week with the Gallipoli Association and it’s wonderful volunteers studying the Helles battlefield.

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Visited Stalag VII-A POW camp in Germany today. Quite a few famed Allied prisoners spent time here; John Waddy of Arnhem exploits, Ernest Hemingway’s son and Major John “Bucky” Egan of the 100th Bomb Group (of Masters of the Air fame) #POW #ww2 #mastersoftheair #Battlefield

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Off to follow in General Patton’s tank tracks from Bastogne, through Germany, Austria and the Alps 🇱🇺 🇧🇪 🇩🇪 🇦🇹

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Honoured to be elected as chairman of the GA yesterday.

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A good afternoon was spent looking at the actions of 3 Commando RM 🇬🇧 at Yellow beaches, following in the footsteps of the then T/Major Peter Young in their mission to silence Goebbels Battery, and then the Canadian 🇨🇦 landing at Puys on Blue beach. Tomorrow we will explore the #Dieppe #Normandy

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Καλησπέρα - Kalispera 🇬🇷

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Off to kidnap a General next weekend. No better way to prepare for a visit to Crete than watching the classic Ill Met by Moonlight film #SOE #WW2 🇬🇷

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

If objects could talk. A relic German helmet from the ferocious fighting in the Falaise pocket, August 1944 #Normandy #DDay

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The once illustrious Royal Navy looking in a sorry state. If every UK adult paid £10 pm that would plug the UK’s £28bn defence black hole. A tenner per month will get you more than a few tins of battleship grey paint! We need to plan to fight tomorrow’s wars, not last centuries.

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Juno Beach 🇨🇦 in Normandy. Quite a contrast to the beaches at Gallipoli

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

No better place for a beer whilst in sunny Normandy 🌞 🍻

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Wot No Rain! A good dry day spent at Bisley Camp thanks to the local WFA branch shooting some wartime classics

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I grew up watching Secret Army on TV when I was a younger lad, the inspiration for the latter ‘Allo ‘Allo! comedy series. Looking forward to reading this 600+ page book about this classic series.

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Getting my armoured car presentation ready for next Tuesday’s Kent WFA zoom talk #WW1 @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social @rollsroycecars.bsky.social

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A Suvla and North Anzac day for the Gallipoli Association’s 2026 walking Gallipoli tour @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Getting ready for my third battlefield trip this year to Gallipoli. Hopefully I can leave behind the RAB jacket 🌧️ and pack the sunglasses 😎 this time

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Proud to lay the Gallipoli Association wreath with Sergeant Ron Green BM ES at the Lone Pine commemoration event today. I also paid my respects to several fallen men including Lt-Col Richard Nelson Bendyshe, RMLI #Gallipoli #anzacday @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

With the Aussie group at Anzac yesterday, paying our respects at Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli … and got in the news!

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Gallipoli book exchanges with the one and only Haluk Oral

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Had a good week walking Gallipoli with a group following in the footsteps of the 54th East Anglian Division, in particular the Norfolk and Suffolk regiments

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Next stop Constantinople, or is that Istanbul

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Lessons from Gallipoli have been resurfacing in recent weeks. History shows us that narrow waterways cannot be captured by force alone. The Dardanelles is an example that should not be ignored otherwise the Gulf of Hormuz will be another naval graveyard #diplomacy

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

With the school group we explored the hills of northern Greece today from Roupel gorge to Lake Doiran #Salonika 🇬🇷🇲🇰 🇧🇬

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

We visited the grave of a Limerick lad, Private Patrick Joseph Downey, who was 18 when he enlisted. He survived the Gallipoli campaign to be shot at dawn in Salonika for “disobedience.” Downey had refused to put on his cap #StPatricksDay ☘️ #RIP

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Exploring the British Birdcage trenches and bunkers in Salonika today. The school group loved getting off the beaten track 🇬🇷

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Off to Greece 🇬🇷 Macedonia 🇲🇰 to visit the Balkan/WW1/WW2 battlefields

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

My kids were in for a real treat last night and surprisingly voted the film an average of 8.5 out of 10. Of course I rate it higher. Now to read ‘Fifty Men in the Valley of the Shadow’, the making of The Wild Geese

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

#OnThisDay in February 1916 the battle of Verdun began. The longest battle in modern history - Ils ne passeront pas #OTD #History #Verdun

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Some superb First World War aerial photos and trench maps. It’s like being a kid in a sweet shop 😁

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Verdun - The scene of utter devastation

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Alpine 110 would look good on the drive … and to drive!

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

A surprising sunny day in Dieppe with a group as we study the disastrous 1942 raid and why it wasn’t going to be “a piece of cake"

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

The First World War is never too far away, or that of the Crimean War. A Verdun sign in Mauritius 🇲🇺 … which is not too far away from a Balaclava

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

After 15 hrs of travel, it’s now beer o clock 🍻

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I just finished recording with @battleguide.bsky.social on the fascinating evolution of historical military maps. We talked about: "How digitizing trench maps can bring history to life and enhance our understanding of the battlefields." Thanks Dudley Giles, for a great discussion

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

A beautiful painting of Noor Inayat Khan; also known as Nora Baker or ‘Madeleine’ her SOE codename. Sent to occupied France as a wireless operator Khan was betrayed, captured, and executed at Dachau in 1944. She was posthumously awarded the George Cross for gallantry #WAAF #SOE

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

War correspondent Alan Wood: "If in years to come any man says to you 'I fought at Arnhem', take off your hat to him and buy him a drink, for this is the stuff for which England's greatness is made".

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

The hotel put on a special screening of ‘Theirs is the Glory’ for the tour group, a special way to end the second day on the Arnhem and Oosterbeek battlefields

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

First stop of the day. I do like this memorial and would love to assemble something similar in my garden. Anyone have a spare 6pdr or drop cannister? #Arnhem

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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

On my way for an Arnhem tour where we will be following in the footsteps of the KOSB’s … and a few others

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