My great-grandfather served with the Canadian Engineers as a lieutenant on the Western Front from 1915 to 1918. I've put his diary, letters, medals and photos online so his story can be read and explored.
robertsondiary.com
#WWI #FirstWorldWar #CanadianHistory #Historysky #History

This one's a bit of a stretch for day 10, missing, but all those people who died far from home, and their bodies never sent home in #WWI, well, I think it will do. #StainedGlass by Margaret Rope, Shrewsbury RC Cathedral, #Shropshire, for #31DaysOfGraves

Found this while pondering if you could refuse the order o participate in a firing squad.

Alan Ernest Bray - served with 1st Bn Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regt), 7th Bde, 3rd Div on Western Front, 1915. Refusal to take part in firing squad at Dickebusche, Belgium, 5/1915.
#TheGreatWar #WWI

“Frankly, I had enjoyed the war”. A page turner of a read, de Wiart lost an eye & a hand, & was wounded multiple times in #WWI. There’s lots of mentions of 🇦🇺 in both wars so useful reference. Oddly though no mention of his wife & kids or his VC.

Holiday read no. 1🏝️ 🍻 📕

Now in Paperback: "The Kaiser's U-Boat Assault on America" examines how German U-boat warfare influenced America's entry into WWI.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/2kav8bnx

#TheGreatWar #WWI #militaryhistory

As the 20th anniversary of key GWOT milestones approaches, I believe comparative historical frameworks bridging asymmetric conflict trauma can offer insights for both military historians and health researchers.
#milsky #GWOT #WWI #CPTSD #PTSD #milhistory

Posting a link below to a comparative paper I wrote last semester on ResearchGate examining sleep disorders, PTSD, and moral injury between WWI combatants and GWOT US veterans (2005–2010 surge era). #WarStudies #MilHist #GWOT #WWI #VeteranStudies
www.researchgate.net/profile/Nata...

In 1917, the U.S. Navy built a battleship in the middle of Manhattan. It had guns, sailors, searchlights, and camouflage. It also had one problem: absolutely no way to float. Meet the USS Recruit. #WWI #History

This monument was erected by Ella's husband, and features a verse from the Tennyson poem Break, Break, Break.

#glasgow #wwi #memorial #sslusitania

She had travelled to the USA on the SS Cameronia in March 1915 and was due to return on the same ship on the 1st of May. At the last miniute she was transferred to the SS Lusitania.

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#glasgow #wwi #memorial #sslusitania

Every now and then, I come across a reminder of the ordinary people who get caught up in historic events. This is a monument to Ella Osbourne in the city's Craigton Cemetery.

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#glasgow #wwi #memorial #sslusitania

He was killed in action on 11 Sep 1916 aged just 17. A short, tragic life remembered on Stockport War Memorial and at St Joseph's RC Church where his family worshipped. #Stockport #WWI #BritishHomeChildren www.heatonsww1.com

Florence's sister, Dr Edith Stoney 1st woman #MedicalPhysicist, lectured in physics. 1902 sisters set up x-ray service in electrical department @ Royal Free Hospital after Florence became medical electrician. #WWI both worked in medical & X-Ray services on front line en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_A...

Unusually for such memorials, it doesn't just list the dead, but everyone who served. This means you can calculate the proportion of all who went who died, and it's 20%.

#glasgow #warmemorial #wwi #pollokhouse

Easily overlooked, this is a memorial for the people from the Pollok House Estate in Glasgow who left to fight in the First World War.

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#glasgow #warmemorial #wwi #pollokhouse

Dr Florence Stoney 1st woman UK #radiologist. 1898 qualif'd as Dr @ London School of Medicine for Women. Estab'ed X-ray dept @ Elizabeth Garret Anderson hospital. #WWI head of surgical & X-ray @ front line hospitals in France, dev't bone expertise. d. #OTD 7 Oct 1932 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florenc...

Beatrix de Rijk early Dutch Indonesia aviator. Loved speed on #horses #cars #hotairballoons & #aeroplanes. Got French Pilot Licence No. 652 #OTD 6 Oct 1911 1st Dutch woman pilot & 6th in 🌍 #WWI offered to fly for French & Dutch governments but turned down en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix...

"On social occasions the formality of strictly military occasions should be relaxed, and a spirit of friendliness and goodwill should prevail." - John A. Lejeune

#USMarine #USArmyGeneral #WWI #Veteran #WordsOfVeterans

#OTD 6/10/1914 #RememberRCN -HMCS NIOBE departs on first operational cruise of #WWI. Joining the RN's 4th Cruiser Squadron on contraband patrol off New York City. The RCN Cruiser stops and boards several suspicious vessels.