During #WW1 you find distractions wherever and whenever you can. #rugby #WarHistory

29 September 1918: The German Hindenburg Line was broken by Allied forces at the Battle of St. Quentin Canal. #History #WW1

29 September 1918

Battle of Ypres.

Men of the 29th Division and shell carrying mules going forward along the remains of the Menin Road at Gheluvelt.

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29 September 1918 Sergeant Frank Dunn (41534) 1 Bn The King's (Liverpool Regiment) was killed in action and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial

Frank is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

29 September 1917 Private Humphrey Swindells (88036) Machine Gun Corps was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

Humphrey is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

29 September 1918 Private James Eyres (48055) 1 Bn South Wales Borderers died of wounds and was buried in Brie British Cemetery.

James is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

29 September 1918 Private Henry S Parker (88463) 1/7 Bn The King's (Liverpool Regiment) was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.

Henry is remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

29 September 1918 Private Isaac Faulkner (202203) 2 Bn Cheshire Regiment died of malaria and was buried in Sarigol Military Cemetery

Isaac is remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

29 September 1918 Private Henry Bailey (316264) 1 Bn Monmouthshire Regiment died and was buried in Vadencourt British Cemetery.

Henry is also remembered on the Hazel Grove War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

29 September 1917 Private Thomas Alfred Hughston (70250) 15 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers was killed in action and was buried in Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard. Thomas was 17.

Thomas is remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

29 September 1918 Driver John Ridgway (745040) Royal Field Artillery was killed in action and was buried in Menin Road South Military Cemetery.

John is also remembered on the Hazel Grove War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

29 September 1918 Lance Sergeant William Leo Burton (PLY256(s)) Drake Battalion, Royal Navy was killed in action and buried in Anneux British Cemetery.

William is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

29 September 1918 Private Clifford Harding (2488) Machine Gun Corps died of wounds (gas) and was buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery.

Clifford is also remembered on the Gatley War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

(September 1917.) A worker lying inside the barrel of a naval gun cleaning the rifling at the Ordnance Works Coventry. #WW1 #HISTORY

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.

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Of the major #SilentFilm comedians of the era (Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Harry Langdon) only Buster Keaton served in the military during WW1. Chaplin would go on to actively contribute to war bond drives
#SilentFlickerSunday #ShoulderArms #SilentFilm #WW1

29 September 1918

Germany's Supreme Army Command tells Kaiser Wilhelm II and Imperial Chancellor Georg Michaelis to open negotiations for an armistice to end the war.

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Look to the sky!

Leviathans: The Great War is here!

Get started into this game of aerial ship battles with the #Leviathans: The Great War: Starter Box. The Great War's only just begun!

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