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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🧵One hundred and ten years ago today Private Ernest Taylor (1896 - 1916), from Horbury and of the York and Lancaster Regiment died in the Battle of the Somme He was one of those whose stories I included in the book Silent Witnesses. I included two letters which tell of the horror of war. On his

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COPP Survey @coppsurvey.uk · 01/10/2026

🗓️ #OTD in 1942 – Party Koodoo (a pre-COPP unit assembled at short notice by eventual COPP founder Nigel Willmott) starts carrying out beach reconnaissance near Algiers and Oran ahead of Operation Torch, next month's landings in Vichy French-held north Africa (🗺️ from London Gazette). #NavalHistory 🧵

Sketch map of the Operation Torch landings at Algiers, reproduced from Admiral Andrew Cunningham’s post-operation report which was published in the London Gazette.

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Irlams o' th' Height had a female Station Master and a fully female compliment of staff. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway hired many women during the war. They took on roles such as Station Master, porters, locomotive and carriage cleaners, and ticket collectors. #ww1 #WomensHistory #Railway

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GD's Tales @tanktales.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On 1st October 1918 the Egyptian Expeditionary Force captured Damascus. The 10th Australian Light Horse were the first unit to enter the city.

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T. Vallé @thibval.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#1GM #genealogie Nouvelle biographie croisée de Marguerite et Suzanne, infirmières à Mâcon durant la Première Guerre grâce à @b1geamain.bsky.social 2 parcours singuliers tombés dans l'oubli, liés par un lien particulier à découvrir angesblancs1418.e-monsite.com/blog/marguer...

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Marguerite et Suzanne RIVIERE, mère et fille, ou presque

Il y a des recherches qui paraissent impossibles. Des parcours perdus dans les méandres des décennies écoulées. Mais, avec la numérisation de plus en plus de sources, et la chance qui va avec, il est ...

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Chris Sams @jerijerod14.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I forgot to say - this week’s podcast is available where ever you get them or here… open.spotify.com/episode/3PuK... It follows the sinking of HMS Hawke in October 1914.

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“The control of the sea in this area of the North Sea had passed to the submarine”

Maritime History with Chris Sams (live and unplugged) · Episode

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Admiral Reinhard Scheer born this day. Admiral of the Imperial German Navy and later Chief of Naval Staff. He led the German Navy at the Battle of Jutland. After the war accepted an invitation from Jellicoe to meet and discuss Jutland. He died before the trip. #WW1 #FWW #GreatWar #Germany #Jutland

Black and white photo of Admiral Scheer in his uniform. Turned slightly to his right. Chest filled with decorations. Dark uniform with stark white collar. Closely cropped mustache.

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COPP Survey @coppsurvey.uk · 30/09/2026

🗓️ #OTD in 1944 – COPP 2's Richard Fyson and Clifford Irvine start a recce operation at Sarandë in Albania. North of the town, Commandos and Partisans have been carrying out Operation Mercerised (📸 IWM NA 18949), attempting to cut off German forces withdrawing from nearby Corfu. 1/2

A patrol heading out into the mountains during Operation Mercerised.

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

LAST CHANCE! 🚨 Sign up for online or in person to hear me talk about Winston Churchill in some pretty special surroundings this Friday evening! www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/eve...

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Churchill’s Great War

Listen to this lively discussion about the historical importance of Churchill's experiences during the Great War.

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Private Joseph Standing Buffalo, Canadian Infantry, was born in 3 June 1897 in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, son of Grand Chief Julius Standing Buffalo of the Fort Qu’Appelle Sioux Nation. He was killed in action on 29 September 1918. 📍 Bucquoy Road Cemetery 🇫🇷

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨🚨IT’S OFFICIAL! 🚨🚨 WW1TV is returning with GWG at the helm. First episode drops next week, with self and Henry Spilberg but you can visit the link below to see what’s scheduled/subscribe! www.youtube.com/@WW1TVchannel Thank you @ww2tv.bsky.social!

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL! 🚨 WW1TV is returning with the Great War Group at the helm! First episode drops next week 🥳 Check out the official page at www.youtube.com/@WW1TVchannel to see upcoming episodes and subscribe!

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midshipnews.org @midshipnews.org · 29/09/2026

Ne pas oublier : Mediapart a fait tomber un certain Nicolas. Leur blindage est en Adamantium, pas en Kevlar… La presse indépendante, c’est important.

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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

‘We want you to give us $1 trn to make something that could kill us all’ is one of the silliest pitches ever. Best case: frame it as ‘someone is going to make this stuff and you want it to be us not the other guys’. Then it goes from investment pitch to blackmail. Either way: shut them down

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just a month before the final advance and capture of Baghdad, officers take some time for a game of rugby. It was a good way to ease the tension and stay physically fit. #ww1 #rugby #WarHistory

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Advice, please! My new book is a battalion history. The history itself, by the time I have added maps and index, is ~400 pages. Part 2 consists of biographies of every officer and will be ~200 pages. So ... produce as one heavy volume or two smaller, easier to handle volumes? Thoughts? #ww1 #book

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Flare fire at night, on the Western Front, in WW1 (1917). 📷 Unknown

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think this one needs to be free… The stats and facts behind sexual violence impacting the Italian population in 1944 #WW2 achurchill.substack.com/p/free-full-...

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FREE FULL FEATURE: Allied Shame in Italy, 1944

Last week I led an in depth tour centered the four battles around Monte Cassino.

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thomas Bertie Beasley, from Hinckley, Leicestershire, was killed in Belgium on this day in 1918 while serving with the Lancashire Fusiliers. 📍Hooge Crater Cemetery 🇧🇪

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Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum @royalhampsmuseum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Into the archive... Thrice decorated, wounded and promoted from the ranks, Captain Joseph Milne was one of the only men of the 2nd Battalion to serve from their first day of action at Gallipoli on the 25th April 1915, through to the end of the war on the 11th of November 1918.

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The 'first' Second Battle of Ramadi was described by General Maude as "as clean and business-like a military operation as one could wish to see." Securing the Euphrates and denying supplies to the Ottoman Army, and accomplished in 24 hours.

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Georges Clemenceau born this day. Dominating presence in French politics in the late 19th and early 20th century. Initially on the sidelines criticizing the French government and war effort, after Allied disasters in 1917 France turned to him to lead. #WW1 #FWW #GreatWar #France

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 27/09/2026

That's...not how acknowledgements work. 🤦‍♂️

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Andrew Thornton @andrewthornto20.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well it looks like I can’t escape the FWW even on holiday. Nice little perambulation down Val Gardena involved a disused railway. Turns out it was built in just 5 months by 8000 Russian POW in 1916. Lots of fascinating photos and info boards along the route

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Parcours 14-18 @parcours14-18.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#1GM Un trésor d'archive particulier puisqu'il repose sur une recherche qui ne donne pas de résultat et une archive qui n'est donc pas trouvée... Qui était "Ciel", le premier amour d'Arletty, mort au combat en août 1914 ? ⤵️ parcours-combattant14-18.fr/tresor-darch...

... ainsi qu'une évocation dans un téléfilm récent.

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lt Col Norman Teacher was mortally wounded during an attack near Zonnebeke. Faced with an impassable swamp, his battalion came under machine-gun fire at Hill 40 as they attempted to go around it, leaving them without the protection of the barrage. 📍Ypres Reservoir Cemetery 🇧🇪

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On 25 September 1915, the British first used chlorine gas during the Battle of Loos. Intriguingly, the remains of Corporal Moon, London Irish Rifles, and several others were found in a trench still wearing their gas masks. 📍Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery 🇫🇷

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GD's Tales @tanktales.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Some 17,000 vehicles pass this memorial every day but very very few stop to read what it says. It's on the A36 at Woolverton (between Bath and Warminster). It commemorates Sgt Ken Holland RAF who was 20 yrs when he was shot down and killed on 25th Sep 1940 while attacking an HE111.

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

At a loose end this evening? Join me at Outline Publishing’s latest launch - you can pay on the door and I’ll also be waffling about Africa on the outbreak of the war…

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This morning, take a wander up to the ruins of montecassino in the aftermath of battle with a local Italian boy… achurchill.substack.com/p/article-af...

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First World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We are now recruiting two Book Review Editors! Together they will oversee the publication of circa 90 reviews each year, covering multiple languages, to ensure that First World War Studies keeps its readers up to date on all the important international scholarship

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

will say it again: the most effective way to curb far right agitators like Lowe, "Tommo" et. al. would be to stop their ability to earn money for it from social media or live streaming. So much of it is grifting for revenue, not attention.

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The subsea cables that were cut by CS (Cable Ship) Alert forced Germany to use radio transmissions which were easier to intercept. Couple this with the attacks on German Wireless Towers globally and their ability to communicate was severely hampered. #WW1 #WarHistory #Communications

Map of Europe showing cable routes under the sea / channel.

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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

25 September 1915 The Second Battle of Champagne begins. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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D. Delavois @d-del.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#1GM Du 30 mai au 4 juin 1915 - progression sur n4 et relèves du 149ᵉ R.I. amphitrite33.canalblog.com/2026/09/du-3... Une période marquée par les contre‑attaques allemandes, l’avancée par sape sur n4 et la rotation des unités.

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Staff Serjeant Ernest Baker, Army Air Corps, was killed by a sniper while dug in outside the 1st British Airborne Division’s HQ at the Hartenstein Hotel. He was posthumously awarded the DFM for gallant and distinguished services in Normandy. 📍Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 🇳🇱

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Edward Morchonowicz served with the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade and was killed during Operation Market Garden. For 78 years, his grave was marked as that of an Unknown Polish Soldier, until research finally identified him in 2022. 📍Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 🇳🇱

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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Every minute spent arguing about where exactly the boundaries of concepts like Britishness and Englishness is time not spent defending the principle that everyone should feel free to define their own identity as they choose - no-one else - and so doing the haters’ work for them

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Michel Goya @goyamichel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pour le caporal-chef Maxime Blasco michelgoya.substack.com/p/pour-le-ca...

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Pour le caporal-chef Maxime Blasco

Mort pour la France le 24 septembre 2021

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Josef Jan Nickowski 1918-1944. Hideously burned on his way into battle when his Sherman hit mines. It’s now a memorial. He survived seven, agonising days, finally succumbing on the day that his countrymen entered the ruins of the abbey at Montecassino #Poland 🇵🇱 (marked by a cross in the group photo)

Image: http://eugeniuszpietrusiewicz.blogspot.ca/

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Chris Sams @jerijerod14.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This week’s free to read article follows the career of the Polish destroyer Burza during #ww2 jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-lost-m... #history #navalhistory

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The lost Museum ship

The life and death of ORP Burza

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Letters from France to the UK took around two days, but between four to eight weeks to Australia. Mail went via the censors, over to UK, sorted, then loaded onto ships. Ships full of mail could be sunk, or otherwise lost, meaning agonising waits for loved ones at home #WW1 #WarHistory #ANZAC

An Australian soldier writing a letter home from his billet on the Somme front, 1916

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

L/Cpl Ernest Hookway was shot and killed after his harness became caught in a tree as he parachuted into Arnhem during Operation Market Garden. The 23-year-old from Barnstaple, North Devon, served with the Corps of Military Police. 📍Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 🇳🇱

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COPP Survey @coppsurvey.uk · 17/09/2026

🗓️ #OTD in 1945 – Archie Hart (third right, 📸 via 'A History of Third Lanark AC' Facebook group), an ex-COPP man who was taken POW during beach recce of Sicily in early 1943, gives evidence in London during the court martial of British fascist Theodore Schürch. #NavalHistory 🧵

Four Third Lanark footballers standing in a line face the camera. They're in front of a football-ground stand that’s full of supporters. Archie Hart is second from the right, arms folded, with his shirt's collar up. Three of the men, including Hart, are wearing outfield kit; the fourth, wearing a jumper, was presumably the goalkeeper.

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Private Daniel Barrow of the Newfoundland Regiment is buried a long way from home. Killed in action on this day in 1916, a little over a week later his mother received a very matter-of-fact telegram informing her of her son’s death. 📍Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery 🇧🇪

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