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@stevemarsdin.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 12:24 PM

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@stevemarsdin.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 4:23 PM

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@stevemarsdin.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 10:45 PM

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@fixbayonets.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 8:42 PM

I'm almost finished with the brilliant memoir "Over the Top" by Arthur Lambert. This is an amusing vignette he relates about a prisoner in the Italian campaign that occurred in the autumn of 1918. It speaks for itself. Enjoy!

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@stevemarsdin.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 1:52 PM

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@brynleyh.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 1:24 PM

I’ve not previously seen this at #Edinburgh Waverley station. How current was the term ‘The Jellicoe Express’ during the First World War? I hadn’t encountered it before.
#FWW #WW1 #FWWHist

A plaque on a wall at Edinburgh Waverley station commemorating ’The Jellicoe Express’ - a rail service that from 1917 ran daily between London and Thurso during both world wars and which stopped at Edinburgh. It was named after the First World War British Admiral Sir John Jellicoe and carried service personnel to and from Naval bases around the country, including Scapa Flow.

@brynleyh.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:15 PM

A visit (with Associate Grandson #2) to Edinburgh’s National Portrait Gallery and a brief encounter with familiar faces. #FWW #WW1 #FWWHist #Art

Woman in uniform with black beret.
The uniform appears to be grey, the beret black. The woman has blonde hair, wears lipstick and medal ribbons.

Dr Isabel Emslie, Lady Hutton
(1887-1960)
by Henry Charles Bevan Petman
1894-1980)
Pastel on paper, 1946
During the First World War, Dr Isabel Emslie worked for the Scottish Women's Hospitals (SWH) in France, Macedonia, Greece and Serbia. After graduating in medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 1910, she practised at hospitals in Stirling and Edinburgh before joining the SWH in 1915. Along with the other women medical volunteers, she performed all types of activity including: surgery, carpentry, sanitation and scavenging. This portrait shows Dr Emslie in the uniform of the Indian Red Cross - she was Director of the organisation's Welfare Service 1938-46
Bequeathed by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Jacomb Hutton 1981
(PG 2478).

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
(1861-1928)
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, painted between 1919 and 1922.

PG 1010. Purchased in 1925.

The information and interpretation panel for this portrait spells Haig’s rank incorrectly and refers to World War One (a term not known to Haig and his contemporaries). It makes an attempt to explain the controversies around the military conduct of the First World War, but ultimately fails to get to the heart of the issues of scale, new technology and Britain’s utterly exceptional role in the conduct of the Allied war effort.

Haig appears as if in his prime. John Singer Sargent, the foremost portraitist of the time, has chosen to emphasise his ‘best’ ‘Victorian’ qualities presenting a ‘beau sabreur’.

A soldier in tartan trews and black uniform jacket with a pace stick in one hand and his side cap in the other. He has medal ribbons and sits on an upright chair.

Charles Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff (1889-1930)
by Edward Mercer
oil on canvas, painted between 1914 and 1918
Distinguished scholar and linguist, Scott-Moncrieff is best known for his translation of Marcel Proust's À la Recherche du Temps Perdu.
Here he wears the uniform of the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He served on the Western Front from 1914 to 1917 and was wounded when leading his men in an attack at the Battle of Arras. He was permanently lamed as a result. Wounded and suffering from shell-shock, he was withdrawn from active service and awarded the Military Cross. In 1918, he took up a position in the War Office at Whitehall.

PG 2199.
Purchased in 1972

@vingtfrong.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 3:01 PM

A very evocative description of the place - #Verdun - and this phase of the First World War (early March 1915).
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@vingtfrong.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 1:02 PM

Arrivée des membres du gouvernement, Bordeaux
2 septembre 1914

Arrival of members of the French government at Bordeaux, 2 September 1914

La Mémoire de Bordeaux Métropole, collection Bertreau

On display at Musée d’Aquitaine. #FWWHist #1GM #WW1

Members of the French government (all men) stand talking in groups after their arrival in #Bordeaux on 2 September 1914.

@primeadam.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 1:45 PM

🔔The Western Front Association's PhD Grant Scheme is open for 2026 🔔

There are no limitations regarding geography or topic, if your doctoral research includes the First World War, we want to hear from you! #fwwhist
Follow the link for full details.

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@stevemarsdin.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 8:53 AM

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@stevemarsdin.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 5:55 AM

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@vingtfrong.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 4:19 AM

This is the ancienne gare d'Orléans at #Bordeaux. Also known as la gare de La Bastide.
On the evening of 5 August 1914, amidst scenes of general enthusiasm, and escorted by a large crowd, 144e Régiment d’infanterie embarked from here in three echelons for the war. #1GM #FWWHist #WW1

A stone building with two low square towers three storeys high separated by a long low section with arches and near to the steep sided bank of the River Garonne. It would have been a terminus type station.

@fixbayonets.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 9:30 PM

"Mud Road to Passchendaele" by D.W. Culham, 1917, #CanadianWarMuseum collection.

This magnificent piece depicts the 3rd Canadian Division Ammunition Column moving towards the front at night.

#WW1 #FWWHist #History #Canadians #CEF #arty #artillery #ammunition

@stevemarsdin.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 12:06 PM

Franco-Belges 22/8/14 commemorations at Rossignol & Neufchateau are always held later in mid-September to allow the troupes de marine to remember 1/9/1870 at nearby Bazeilles one one “neutral” weekend. N’oublions pas @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
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@vingtfrong.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 8:55 AM

3/ The same image exists as a « stéréoscopique » in the archives of ecpad. Here the reference is SPA 149 R 5092.
The ‘R’ is because Edmond Famechon was « Opérateur R » of the section photographique de l’armée. #FWWHist #1GM #WW1

@primeadam.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 8:45 AM

It is that time of year again!
The Western Front Association's PhD Grant Scheme is open for 2026. We want to hear from anyone studying any aspect of the Great War!
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