Away from the Western Front
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AFTWF originally an HLF project, now completed; continuing to commemorate & raise awareness of FWW campaigns outside Europe & tell the stories of those who served in them; posts by @edmondslyn.bsky.social
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#OTD in 1916, the British celebrated Kossovo Day, during which everyone conveniently forgot about the 1915 Allied abandonment of the Serbs, and all the disparaging remarks about Serb fighting ability, and instead celebrated our plucky little ally in the Balkans.
June 28, 2026 at 10:50 AM
#OTD in 1916, the British celebrated Kossovo Day, during which everyone conveniently forgot about the 1915 Allied abandonment of the Serbs, and all the disparaging remarks about Serb fighting ability, and instead celebrated our plucky little ally in the Balkans.
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As ever, remembering those from all nations who served in the #Gallipoli Campaign, especially my grandfather, a 1st Bn #RoyalDublinFusilier who landed on V beach this day in 1915, survived the whole campaign, the #Somme & the North Russian Front
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One of 79 ‘Blue Caps’ - Away from the Western Front
< Soldiers’ Stories One of 79 ‘Blue Caps’: the story of Sergeant Benjamin Hurt The Royal Dublin Fusiliers (RDF)…
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April 25, 2026 at 8:37 AM
As ever, remembering those from all nations who served in the #Gallipoli Campaign, especially my grandfather, a 1st Bn #RoyalDublinFusilier who landed on V beach this day in 1915, survived the whole campaign, the #Somme & the North Russian Front
Details: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...
Details: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...
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Happy Mesopotamia Day!
April 13, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Happy Mesopotamia Day!
From our archive on #WorldPoetryDay “Gather up the fumes of frankincense”: submitted to us by @wherrypilgrim.bsky.social about poetic remembrances of the First World War in #Mesopotamia
#poetry #WW1 #warpoets
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#poetry #WW1 #warpoets
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War Poets - Away from the Western Front
< Topics War poets The vivid experience of fighting in the First World War led many men and women…
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March 21, 2026 at 5:32 PM
From our archive on #WorldPoetryDay “Gather up the fumes of frankincense”: submitted to us by @wherrypilgrim.bsky.social about poetic remembrances of the First World War in #Mesopotamia
#poetry #WW1 #warpoets
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#poetry #WW1 #warpoets
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War memorial tablet. St. Michael’s Church, Lower Dowdeswell, Gloucestershire. Commemorating Richard Hugh Coxwell Rogers of the Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry Hussars. KIA at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, on 21st August 1915. First World War. #LestWeForget
March 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
These hospitals btw were founded from Edinburgh. The UK military wanted nothing to do with them. The French funded the 1st. 2 women key to the setting up: Dr Elsie Inglis & Dr Louisa Garrett Anderson were both dogged about making their contribution. They saved 1000s of lives. /5
February 23, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Glaswegian Surgeon, Katherine MacPhail not only ran hospitals in Serbia during WWI but stayed on to found the country's first children's hospital in 1921. And with Katherine I'm going to stop cos this was off the top of my head but /10
February 21, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Glaswegian Surgeon, Katherine MacPhail not only ran hospitals in Serbia during WWI but stayed on to found the country's first children's hospital in 1921. And with Katherine I'm going to stop cos this was off the top of my head but /10
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Another Uni of Glasgow alumni, Irishwoman, Dr Anne McIlroy always wore a thistle badge on her cap and ran hospitals in Troyes, Salonika and Servia. She was awarded the Croix de Guerre. In 1921 she became the Uk's first woman professor of medicine. I mean - What. A. Quine. /7
February 21, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Another Uni of Glasgow alumni, Irishwoman, Dr Anne McIlroy always wore a thistle badge on her cap and ran hospitals in Troyes, Salonika and Servia. She was awarded the Croix de Guerre. In 1921 she became the Uk's first woman professor of medicine. I mean - What. A. Quine. /7
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Glasgow graduate, surgeon Honoria Keer, was a Dr with the Scottish Women's Hospitals. She received the French Croix de Guerre & the Serbian order of St Saba - serving on both fronts. Sheroquine. I've never found a picture of her - in that sense she is MIA in our history. /4
February 21, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Glasgow graduate, surgeon Honoria Keer, was a Dr with the Scottish Women's Hospitals. She received the French Croix de Guerre & the Serbian order of St Saba - serving on both fronts. Sheroquine. I've never found a picture of her - in that sense she is MIA in our history. /4
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From Arran, Mary Lee Milne was head cook at the Scottish Women's Hospitals and worked closely with Dr Elsie Inglis, who was key to setting them up. Milne received a medal in 1916 cos she had been under fire. She later said 'I cannot bear to think of the things I saw.' /2
February 21, 2026 at 9:24 AM
From Arran, Mary Lee Milne was head cook at the Scottish Women's Hospitals and worked closely with Dr Elsie Inglis, who was key to setting them up. Milne received a medal in 1916 cos she had been under fire. She later said 'I cannot bear to think of the things I saw.' /2
February 7, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Another gem for you all from the GWH Collection:
This is the scrapbook of Captain Kyrle Ffrench, Special Reserve, attached to the South Wales Borderers.
Kyrle kept all sorts of paperwork and ephemera including press cuttings, postcards, pages from army notebooks…
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This is the scrapbook of Captain Kyrle Ffrench, Special Reserve, attached to the South Wales Borderers.
Kyrle kept all sorts of paperwork and ephemera including press cuttings, postcards, pages from army notebooks…
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February 2, 2026 at 4:36 PM
22 January 1916 2nd Lt Harold Frederick Dawn of he Indian Army Reserve Officers attached to the 6th Jat Light Infantry. He was killed in action and is remembered on the Basra War Memorial. Harold was 23.
Harold is also on the University of Manchester's War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Harold is also on the University of Manchester's War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
January 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM
#EastAfricanCampaign #FWW For more information on #WW1 in East Africa:
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January 22, 2026 at 4:56 PM
#EastAfricanCampaign #FWW For more information on #WW1 in East Africa:
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19 January 1916 2nd Lt The Hon George Joachim Goschen died of wounds and was buried in the Amara War Cemetery.
His family memorialised George at St Augustine of Canterbury Church, Flimwell. He is also remembered at Christ Church, Oxford #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
His family memorialised George at St Augustine of Canterbury Church, Flimwell. He is also remembered at Christ Church, Oxford #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
January 19, 2026 at 5:15 PM
16 January 1917 Captain John Tasker Kewley of 6 Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment died from the effects of wounds and was buried in Amara War Cemetery.
John is remembered on a plaque at the Wesley Memorial Church & Brasenose College, Oxford #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
John is remembered on a plaque at the Wesley Memorial Church & Brasenose College, Oxford #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
January 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
14 January 1918 Rev Harvey Staunton of the Army Chaplains Department and former @trentbridge.co.uk cricketer died from pneumonia in Baghdad, where he was buried.
There is a memorial to Harvey in St Mary's Church Staunton In the Vale Newark And Sherwood and @selwyn1882.bsky.social
#WW1 #History
There is a memorial to Harvey in St Mary's Church Staunton In the Vale Newark And Sherwood and @selwyn1882.bsky.social
#WW1 #History
January 14, 2026 at 10:29 AM
14 January 1917 Captain James Wilfrid Haynes Park of 22nd Sam Browne's Cavalry (Frontier Force) was killed in action and buried in Amara War Cemetery.
James is also remembered at @kebleoxford.bsky.social
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
James is also remembered at @kebleoxford.bsky.social
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
January 14, 2026 at 10:28 AM
On 12 January 1919 Sapper George Frederick #Bagnall from Devon, a father of 6 children died in Egypt, where he is buried in Kantara War Cemetery
You can read his story here: tinyurl.com/y9jcceu4
#RoyalEngineers #Egypt #WW1 #FWW
You can read his story here: tinyurl.com/y9jcceu4
#RoyalEngineers #Egypt #WW1 #FWW
January 12, 2026 at 9:38 AM
On 12 January 1919 Sapper George Frederick #Bagnall from Devon, a father of 6 children died in Egypt, where he is buried in Kantara War Cemetery
You can read his story here: tinyurl.com/y9jcceu4
#RoyalEngineers #Egypt #WW1 #FWW
You can read his story here: tinyurl.com/y9jcceu4
#RoyalEngineers #Egypt #WW1 #FWW
11 January 1917 Lt Noel Holme Wiggin of the Royal Field Artillery died from the effects of wounds and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.
Noel is also remembered on the Shepton Mallet War Memorial and at his old college @caiuscollege.bsky.social
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Noel is also remembered on the Shepton Mallet War Memorial and at his old college @caiuscollege.bsky.social
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
January 11, 2026 at 6:23 PM
10 January 1917 Lt Frederick James Willson of Indian Army Reserve of Officers died of wounds and was buried in the Amara War Cemetery.
Fred is remembered on the St John’s Church Roll of Honour, Ballinasloe, Ireland & Emmanuel College Cambridge #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Fred is remembered on the St John’s Church Roll of Honour, Ballinasloe, Ireland & Emmanuel College Cambridge #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
January 10, 2026 at 6:28 PM
10 January 1917 Captain Arthur Brooks Close-Brooks MC of 3 Bn Manchester Regiment died of wounds sustained in the attack near the Shatt-el-Hai Canal. He was buried in Amara War Cemetery.
Arthur is also remembered on the Knutsford War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Arthur is also remembered on the Knutsford War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
January 10, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Mettle and Steel: the AANS in Salonika salonikacampaignsociety.org.uk/2026/01/09/m...
#AustralianArmyNursingService #Salonika #WW1 #FWW
#AustralianArmyNursingService #Salonika #WW1 #FWW
Mettle and Steel: the AANS in Salonika
Searching for information recently about nursing in Salonika, I stumbled across Mettle and Steel: the AANS in Salonika. It’s an account of the punishing nature of Australian military nursing in Sal…
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January 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Mettle and Steel: the AANS in Salonika salonikacampaignsociety.org.uk/2026/01/09/m...
#AustralianArmyNursingService #Salonika #WW1 #FWW
#AustralianArmyNursingService #Salonika #WW1 #FWW
6 January 1917 2nd Lt William Joseph Cornwall Laurie of the 124th Duchess of Connaught’s Own Baluchistan Infantry was killed in action in Mesopotamia. He is buried in the Amara War Cemetery.
William is also remembered at his old college Christ Church, Oxford #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
William is also remembered at his old college Christ Church, Oxford #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
January 7, 2026 at 5:07 PM
7 January 1916 2nd Lt Mark Moyle Brodies of 10 Bn Seaforth Highlanders was killed in action and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial. He is also on the family memorial at Hendon Cemetery, London.
Mark is remembered at his old college Queens College, Cambridge #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Mark is remembered at his old college Queens College, Cambridge #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
January 7, 2026 at 5:05 PM