#Somme

Tim Thurlow

TrenchTrotter

I was browsing the net when I came across this RPC for sale. Recognised it immediately as the German 26 Reserve Div memorial and soldiers cemetery at Miraumont on the

Patrick Howse

Baghdaddi

Short thread re Identity. This happened 20 years ago - Drumcree 2nd July 2000. You can see me in the photo - I'm watching my cameraman's step ladder being hurled

Taff

Taff_Gillingham

This wonderful account, by a former member of the Sheffield City Battalion, was written after the 40th anniversary in 1956.To me it always sums up the veterans’ view of returning

Tim Thurlow

TrenchTrotter

On this day 104 years ago the 1st Australian Division assaulted the strongly fortified village of Pozieres on the Somme. Within 24 hours they had taken the village. So began

Rabih Alameddine

rabihalameddine

Corneliu Baba - The Mad King - 1984 Adrian Ghenie, Untitled, 2019 Goya - Madness (Locura) - ca.1803 Edward Coley Burne-Jones, (1833-1898), Fat Baby at TablePen and brown ink on

1.#OTD - 29 December 1870. Continuation of the Siege of Péronne, #Somme:Attempting to conserve ammunition, the German barrage of Péronne eased in intensity & became more target specific as the

Ian Kikuchi

curatorian

Back to work (from home) @I_W_M after a long and strange period on furlough. And on 1 July, no less – a date that always makes me think of the

DOMara

croonaert

Seen Mametz, #Somme crop up on here quite a few times over the past week or so and, as it happens, I ended up obtaining an item to someone linked

DOMara

croonaert

Seeing as tomorrow will probably (rightly) be swamped with British 1st July '16 stories, I thought I'd sneak this thread in today!Another tag I obtained at the same time as

1/ #OTD - 28 Dec 1870: Siege of Péronne, #SommeFollowing failed negotiations (see linked tangent thread), despite a thick river mist partially masking their targets, the German artillery began their

1/ #OTD, 2 Jan 1871: In an attempt to relieve the siege of Péronne & secure a major #Somme crossing in order to keep a path open for a potential

Richard Murphy

RichardJMurphy

I know that I am in denial about what is going to happen over the next few weeks as the NHS is overwhelmed by Covid 19 and tens of thousands

Amgueddfa RWF Museum

RWFMuseum

#MuseumsUnlocked #healthandmedicineOn July 22, 1916, Colonel Crawshay, the commanding officer of the 2nd battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, sat down to compose a letter. It was the same note he had

Dan Hill

DanHillHistory

This is Ted. For more than 90 years he was one of the thousands of fallen of #WW1 about whom we know very little. A few years ago Ted’s nephew

Capel Lofft

CapelLofft

The case needs to be remade for full-on emotional repression. I call for a total and complete shutdown of showy, annoying, whingy displays of emotion in public until we work

Tim Thurlow

TrenchTrotter

On this day 104 years ago men from the 63rd Royal Naval Division clambered our of their trenches and attacked the German positions by the River Ancre on the Somme.

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