#CWGC

Allan Douglas

OldBill504

A short thread illustrating how you can gain an insight into the bigger picture with just a little internet browsing.My curiosity was started with these images of an original grave

Andrew Fetherston

andyfev

No. 395 #CWGCAtoZ Alloa (Greenside) Cemetery, Scotland https://bit.ly/3myDYU7 contains 2 #FWW @CWGC graves, including that of Private William Dawson. William, an engineer by trade, was born in Alloa, but the

Jonathan

3468marsh

A thread on Lance Corporal Eric Harden VC. The only RAMC recipient of the Victoria Cross in the Second World War. He was killed in action on this day in

Dudley Giles

battleguide

Thread: “I'm so sorry to trouble you, as I know you must have a tremendous amount of work to do, but I should be grateful if you could let me

The Vicar of Disbrey

dizzernp

#OTD 18th January 1943 the last five survivors of the disastrously failed Operation Freshman glider-borne sabotage attempt on the Rjuken heavy water plant in #Norway were murdered by their German

Lizzie Porterلِيزي بورتر

lcmporter

#GraveyardsofIraq The Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery contains 4,487 identified casualties from the First and Second World Wars, according to @CWGC. Begun in April 1917, the deceased here are British,

James Thorne

thornefamily18

@GreatWarGroup @CWGC @HelenR864 #WW1 105 years ago #OnThisDay 28 November 191519503 Private Charles Edward Whitehorn (2 Bn, The Wiltshire Regiment) killed in action, aged 20Charlie is buried in Guards Cemetery,

Dudley Giles

battleguide

Thread: “And this is our Fate: When the Gods are kind/Our existence shall simply cease/A sniper's bullet - a trench that's mined/God-speed, and quick release!” These lines are taken from

Matt Bone

BoneyAbroad

So thanks to the font of all knowledge, my Mom, and the wonderful family history a distant cousin Heather Hallet compiled, Children of the Rivers, I can correct the below

Stephen Fisher

SeaSpitfires

Something that's been nagging at my brain recently is the codename Juno, used for the Canadian sector on D-Day. Are the stories behind its origins actually true? But more especially,

Stephen Fisher

SeaSpitfires

This popped up on farcebook this morning. No provenance, no explanation as to how it comes from MTB 25 (which is incorrectly recorded as a Vosper in the description) and

Bryan McClure

brymcclure

@HarjitSajjan @L_MacAulay This petition, and this issue is one that not only effects UK war graves, but Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Indian, and other Commonwealth nations soldiers buried in Europe.

Andy Murray

Muzza9254

@RE_Hist_Society An Ebay find.....what appears to be a silver dipped 14-15 Star to 112880 Spr SE Hart RE.... I will do a bit of a thread in a mo, but

James Daly

dalyhistory

#Portsmouth #Blitz80 on my doorstep... in this road there's a gap in the late victorian terraced houses. When you look at the Portsmouth bomb map, a HE bomb landed there.

Brit & Co'wealth Forces 🇬🇧 🇲🇾 🇳🇿🇨🇦🇦🇺

BritComMil

Singapore With only a week to go until #VJDay75, a wreath was laid at #CWGC’s Kranji Memorial in Singapore. It commemorates the 24,300 British and Commonwealth personnel who fell in

Dr Philip W Blood🇪🇺

BloodPhilip

Operation Veritable - Battle of the Reichswald - Feb/March 1945. Some scenes from the fighting: Xantan: the II Fallschirmkorps, commanded by Eugen Meindl, made a stand. There was bitter fighting

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