@rnshiplosses.bsky.social5 Oct 1914 // Two trawlers in naval service as minesweepers disappeared with all hands while sweeping together in the southern North Sea: HMT Princess Beatrice (10 men lost) and HMT Drumoak (11 men lost). Explosions were heard, but no trace of the two could be found. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social5 October 1916 Private Charles Adamson (28035) 2 Bn South Lancashire Regiment died of wounds and was buried in St. Sever Cemetery.
Charles is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social5 October 1916 Private Harold Bracegirdle (35600) 10 Bn Cheshire Regiment died from wounds and was buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
Harold is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social5 October 1918 2nd Lt Edward Ponting 21 Bn Manchester Regiment died and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Edward is also remembered on the Romiley War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@simonjones.bsky.socialThe same day, Frank Hurley recorded his impressions in his diary: ‘Our fellows are superb. Round Zonnebeke, the battlefield is now a succession of miniature ponds – pit-falls for the unwary, as they are as treacherous as quicksands.’ #OTD 5 October 1917. #WW1 Source: nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2231...
@sempaiscuba.bsky.social5 October 1918: French flying ace Roland Georges Garros was shot down and killed the day before his 30th birthday. #History #WW1 #France
The French Open #tennis championship is named after #RolandGarros
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social5 October 1914
An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire for the first time
@ww1rollofhonour.bsky.socialLarkin, R — Information about R Larkin, Bombardier in the Royal Field Artillery during WW1... https://www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk/index.php/2015/12/larkin-r/ #history #eastsussex #ww1
@shaunlewis1805.bsky.social#OTD in 1914 #londontransport buses arrived at Antwerp to help with its defence in #WW1. For more details and the involvement of the #RoyalMarines and #RoyalNavy read my blog. #mustread www.shaunlewis-theauthor.com/post/what-we...
@theworldatwar.bsky.socialAllied troops advance on Bapaume, France,1917 with tanks,field guns&mortars. Some of the soldiers rest beside the road near a rough wooden cross topped with an Australian or New Zealand service hat #ww1 #worldwar1 #ww1history #history #1900s #bapaume #france #allies #tank
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@jimleeke.bsky.socialThe ups and downs of this fabled franchise! They won 100 games and the World Series in 1917. Dropped to sixth place in 1918. Threw the 1919 World Series in the Black Sox scandal. Learn more in my book about the Chicago White Sox during #ww1, from @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social.
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@debsadelight.bsky.social#stainedglasssunday
Memorial window to the White family including Basil who died in #WW1 #LestWeForget
Also has a representation of the church in stained glass
Bellingham
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialOctober 1914
2nd Battalion, Scots Guards testing a hastily dug trench at Ghent.
© IWM Q 57173
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social4 October 1917 Private Thomas Bailey (266681) 9 Bn Cheshire Regiment died from wounds and was buried in Étaples Military Cemetery
Thomas is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social4 October 1917 Private James Rome Farmer (TF/242325) 1 Bn West Kent Regiment died and was buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery.
James is remembered on the Bredbury & Romiley War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
