20 Sept 1914 // Light cruiser HMS Pegasus was sunk in Zanzibar harbour by gunfire from German light cruiser Königsberg. Pegasus was having her engines repaired and was immobilised when she came under attack. 38 of her 224 crew were lost. (Imperial War Museum Q 75404) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory #WW1

#OTD in 1918, Méaulte area, France. Whippet tanks captured by the Germans and recaptured by the British. #WW1 #HISTORY

#OTD in 1918, Dundee. French Chasseurs. #WW1 #HISTORY

19 September 1918: The battle of Megiddo began. British forces attacked the right flank of the Ottoman army at Nahr el Faliq. #History #WW1

Stockport Advertiser - 22 September 1916

The sad news that Charles Goodwin had been killed in action on 30 July during the Battle of the Somme.

He left a widow and five children and before the war had worked at the Bleachworks on Demmings Road, Cheadle.

#WW1 #History

A letter to the Stockport Advertiser from a soldier at the front, explaining what life was like on the front.

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4 June 1915, The Stockport Advertiser is reporting that Harry Critchlow a marine aboard HMS Triumph, currently missing, had written to his foster-parents in Cheadle.

Harry was making requests, that he would never receive. The letter was dated 5 May, the ship went down 25 May 1915 #WW1 #History

Cheadle's ex-serviceman used to pay their respect to their friends and comrades who fell in the First World War in September. It was a service especially for their friends and dated to the unveiling of the memorial in 1921.

They also took part on the Remembrance Sunday too.
#WW1 #History

A British soldier wears a greatcoat as he stands amidst a dump of empty shell cases near Domart

📸IWM Q10943

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4. Private Walter Coward died of his wounds on 9th August 1915, and is buried in Lijssenthoek, Military Cemetery. He was aged 35. #doncasterplantworkers #KOYLI #WW1 #doncaster

3. At the outbreak of WW1 Walter volunteered and joined the 5th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at the age of 34. Rank Private. Service Number 2708. He served in Ypres, Flanders, France. #WW1 #KOYLI

2. In 1911 they were living at 38 Wellington Street, Hyde Park, Doncaster, Yorkshire. They had no children of their own. His occupation was a labourer at the Great Northern Company, Doncaster Plant. #WW1

1. Doncaster Plant Workers with Military Links:

Walter Coward was born in 1879, Doncaster, Yorkshire. He was the son of Thomas Coward and Mary Lyon.
He married Edith (Edie) Toyne in 1908 Doncaster Registry Office. #WW1

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Lovers torn apart by the Great War.
The women and children of Auschwitz
The men and women of the French resistance. 'Outstanding storyteller' #WW1 #WW2 #historicalfiction

19 September 1918 Private Arthur Clamp (G/72383) 7 Bn The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) and former @nottscounty.bsky.social player died of wounds and was buried in Nottingham Church Cemetery. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

19 September 1916 Private Joseph V Carr (S15965) 9 Bn Black Watch died and was buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery.

Joseph is also remembered on the Cheadle War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

19 September 1916 Private George Long (49068) 1 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

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

19 September 1918 Private Thomas Mannion (27618) 7 Bn South Wales Borderers died and was buried in Doiran Military Cemetery. Thomas was 20.

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