On the Somme, Oct 14, 1916. Andrew Murray Robertson, Canadian Engineers, is told the company pulls out tomorrow:
“Can’t say I’m sorry to go but I really liked the road job.”
On the Somme, Oct 14, 1916. Andrew Murray Robertson, Canadian Engineers, is told the company pulls out tomorrow:
“Can’t say I’m sorry to go but I really liked the road job.”
@barnthorn.bsky.socialWe are delighted to welcome Carolyn Graham as a new Barnthorn author.
Her forthcoming book draws on her grandfather John Wood’s diaries, aerial photographs, and rare original sound-ranging strips to tell the story of his service on the Western Front.
@jckaelin.bsky.social
@verbumlibere.bsky.socialWinston Churchill called it the "Unknown War". But was it so unknown? Continuation of the series on the First World War.
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@michellethebagot.bsky.socialAnd finally, Year 2/Semester 4 begins! I have 4(+1) articles to read for Saturday, I have my coloured pens (highlighters), I have my go-go juice (costa), food and my notepad!
In my best Joe Swanson voice, LETS DO THIS!!!!!
@debbiemccauley.bsky.socialDiscover the story of Lionel Chainey, a former Waihi Gold Mining Company worker who left New Zealand in 1915 to serve with the Otago Infantry Regiment, only to meet a tragic end at Polderhoek Château. #NZHistory #OtagoInfantryRegiment #AnzacHistory #NewZealandHistory #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #GreatWar
@debbiemccauley.bsky.socialHonouring the memory of New Zealand World War I soldier Bassell Saxe Fricker, lost in the tragic SS Marquette sinking of 1915. #NZHistory #WWI #NZMedicalCorps #FirstWorldWar #MilitaryHistory #SSMarquette #MarquetteDisaster #No1NZStationaryHospital #frickerfamily
#BassellSaxeFricker
@lokster71.bsky.socialIt goes all the way through to 1919 now I've flicked through all the volumes. #FirstWorldWar
@lokster71.bsky.socialMy friend's parents sent me nine volumes of this. These pictures are from Volume 2, which is 1915. There's so many good pictures. #FirstWorldWar #IllustratedHistory
@gekyboy.bsky.socialWalking along the trails of the First World War, I came across this beautiful roe deer. ❤️
#roedeer #wildlifephotography #mountainlife #firstworldwar #naturephotography
@barnthorn.bsky.social🎥 Catch up on our recent Zoom talk as Barnthorn author Simon Buckley discusses ‘Major Challoner, haven’t you done enough?’, the remarkable wartime story of his great uncle Bob.
@liamomaraiv.bsky.socialThink countries like #Canada give a damn about #FreeSpeech? No nation-state has a good record on it. In 1918 on #ThisDayInHistory the #IWW was outlawed in Canada. Their crime? Opposition to the #FirstWorldWar and the killing fields to which the #WorkingClass were shipped to die.
@drmichaelreeve.bsky.socialThe e-book version of my 2021 monograph on public safety and resilience in bombarded English coastal communities during the #FirstWorldWar has been reduced to a genuinely affordable price! So, treat yourself, if you’re into this sort of thing… #skystorians
@welshcountry.bsky.social
@afterburneravia.bsky.social#OnThisDay in 1913, the #Avro504 took to the skies for the first time — beginning the story of one of the most #iconic #aircraft of the #FirstWorldWar era.
This #Aviation #History #Friday, discover its remarkable story with us:
@rogerlitwiller.bsky.social#OTD 18/9/1918 #RememberRCN -During the night of 18-19 September German U-cruiser, U-155 cuts one of the underwater telegraph cables off Sable Island linking Canada with Britain. #WWI #FirstWorldWar
@whitchurchhospital.bsky.social108 yrs since Horatio Ellis Evans killed in Salonika, Greece. He was treated at Whitchurch Hospital in 1916 & awarded the Military Medal.
On recovering, re-posted overseas & killed in action on the 17th September 1918
🙏🏻 Jan
#welshmetropolitanwarhospital
#firstworldwar
#WeWillNeverForget
@rogerlitwiller.bsky.social#OTD 17/9/1918 #RememberRCN -–During the night of 17-18 September German U-cruiser, U-155 laid a series of 18 mines off Halifax, between Betty Island, Sambro Lightship and the harbour approaches. #WWI #FirstWorldWar
@barnthorn.bsky.social🎥 LIVE ZOOM TALK
Join Simon Buckley on 23 September, 7.30pm, as he discusses ‘Major Challoner, Haven’t You Done Enough?’, the wartime story of his great-uncle Major Robert ‘Bob’ Challoner. Live Q&A.
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@mabelquill.bsky.socialTanks Enter Battle for the First Time On September 15, 1916, British forces used tanks in battle for the first time during the Battle of Flers Courcelette on the Somme. #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #TankHistory #FirstWorldWar #BattleOfTheSomme #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp