One of the beauties of this new place is that I can share things from years ago again - this is probably the most popular tweet I’ve ever sent: a lockdown project that got out of hand. It now lives at the front of my classroom, students love it!
#history #fww #ww1 #tanks #trenches #landship #mkv
#history #fww #ww1 #tanks #trenches #landship #mkv
November 17, 2024 at 7:44 PM
The International Society for First World War Studies is fully moving onto BlueSky. So if you want to stay up to date with the latest cutting edge research & news on the #FWW make sure to follow @fwwsoc.bsky.social! 🗃️
March 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The International Society for First World War Studies is fully moving onto BlueSky. So if you want to stay up to date with the latest cutting edge research & news on the #FWW make sure to follow @fwwsoc.bsky.social! 🗃️
This is a very interesting and cool thing for the #FWW folks in the audience 🗃️
September 30, 2026 at 10:30 AM
This is a very interesting and cool thing for the #FWW folks in the audience 🗃️
Georges Clemenceau born this day. Dominating presence in French politics in the late 19th and early 20th century. Initially on the sidelines criticizing the French government and war effort, after Allied disasters in 1917 France turned to him to lead.
#WW1
#FWW
#GreatWar
#France
#WW1
#FWW
#GreatWar
#France
September 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
From 'A Day in the Life of a Munitions Worker', 1917 film made at the National Shell Filling Factory Chilwell, Nottingham. A massive explosion at the factory in 1918 killed 134. #WW1 #FWW IWM Film 510 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
December 5, 2024 at 12:58 PM
From 'A Day in the Life of a Munitions Worker', 1917 film made at the National Shell Filling Factory Chilwell, Nottingham. A massive explosion at the factory in 1918 killed 134. #WW1 #FWW IWM Film 510 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Remembering those who fell during the Battle of Arras which began on April 9th, 1917. #FWWHistory #FWW #history #photography #WW1 #Arras #France
April 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Remembering those who fell during the Battle of Arras which began on April 9th, 1917. #FWWHistory #FWW #history #photography #WW1 #Arras #France
Pleased with this work. In 116 days covered by my analysis, 640 Ambulance Train loads took casualties from Third Battle of Ypres to the Base Hospitals. This equates to a total of somewhere in the region of 256000-384000 casualties. #WW1 #FWW #history #Ypres
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Ambulance Train evacuation of casualties from the Third Battle of Ypres - The Long, Long Trail
This article is a summary of the activity of the evacuation by Ambulance Train of wounded, sick and injured casualties from the Ypres sector in the period 24 July to 17 November 1917. Valuable for any...
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November 13, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Pleased with this work. In 116 days covered by my analysis, 640 Ambulance Train loads took casualties from Third Battle of Ypres to the Base Hospitals. This equates to a total of somewhere in the region of 256000-384000 casualties. #WW1 #FWW #history #Ypres
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www.longlongtrail.co.uk/evacuation-o...
Did you know that the Baron von Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of #WW1, sinking 13 ships? (Poster, 1917, artist unknown, Imperial War Museum) #TheSoundOfMusic #FWW #FWWHist
![Poster printed in brown, grey, red, and blue depicting a U-Boat captain and crew member stand in a conning tower looking to the left. An Austrian flag flies behind them. text: Zeichnet die 6. Kriegsanleihe! Centralbank der deutschen Sparkassen J . N . VERNAY . WIEN , IX [Subscribe to the Sixth War Loan! Central Bank of the German Savings Banks. J. N. Vernay. Vienna, IX.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:krmpsrjtpau5n5uxvs5mcq7k/bafkreie7j3ptxtxm3pcki5cvjw6pfqcjniwdjhbwxfujmwkbjqrd76jffu)
August 26, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Did you know that the Baron von Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of #WW1, sinking 13 ships? (Poster, 1917, artist unknown, Imperial War Museum) #TheSoundOfMusic #FWW #FWWHist
July 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The extraordinary WW1 Alpini village at Filone del Mot, on the slopes of Monte Scorluzzo. Temperatures here dropped to -30C and 10m of snow fell in the winter of 1916/17.
#FWW #GrandeGuerra
#FWW #GrandeGuerra
November 14, 2024 at 9:20 AM
The extraordinary WW1 Alpini village at Filone del Mot, on the slopes of Monte Scorluzzo. Temperatures here dropped to -30C and 10m of snow fell in the winter of 1916/17.
#FWW #GrandeGuerra
#FWW #GrandeGuerra
In the same folder as the previous photo I posted (as it was the same trip), is a very dramatic picture of Thiepval Memorial. There are over 72,000 names on the memorial, which commemorates the Missing of the Somme.
#ThePhotoHour #Photography #FWW #WWI
#ThePhotoHour #Photography #FWW #WWI
December 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM
In the same folder as the previous photo I posted (as it was the same trip), is a very dramatic picture of Thiepval Memorial. There are over 72,000 names on the memorial, which commemorates the Missing of the Somme.
#ThePhotoHour #Photography #FWW #WWI
#ThePhotoHour #Photography #FWW #WWI
I’ve driven Deborah II, the replica Deb, and I can tell you; being tank crew in the #FWW was a horrid job. Don’t get me wrong I had the best time filming the sequence - but after 3 mins the noise and smell of fumes was outrageous. Those guys really were brave.
November 20, 2024 at 6:21 PM
I’ve driven Deborah II, the replica Deb, and I can tell you; being tank crew in the #FWW was a horrid job. Don’t get me wrong I had the best time filming the sequence - but after 3 mins the noise and smell of fumes was outrageous. Those guys really were brave.
![Image description from the Australian War Memorial: "Three dried, damaged leaves decorated in ink.
The first leaf is decorated on one side with 'Dardanelles 16.10.15' [illegible picture beneath] and 'Merry Xmas. And a happy New [Year]' on the other.
The second leaf is decorated with 'Dard[anelles] 11.10.15 To Nino with love from Fred' on one side and a drawing of a soldier standing over the body of a dead soldier with the text 'Will they never come' on the other.
The third leaf is decorated with a sketch of a soldier firing from behind an [embankment] or parapet and a flower with the text 'with love from Fre[d]' and the other side has 'Dard's 11.10.15 To Jack with [lo]ve from Fred'."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k4mpldwsvd7xhugb4jus2x75/bafkreignxhjqarifks7b52ahz6nfkcbyu3os4ppz4joi3ghinvqtmcdyza)
November 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
‘The Old Blacks’ were a team of gun horses who served in the #FWW They took part in many battles including the Retreat from Mons, Second Ypres and the Somme. All survived and were specially chosen to draw the gun carriage which bore the Unknown Warrior to Westminster Abbey in 1920 #WW1 #Horsetry
November 11, 2024 at 9:24 AM
New Ypres League member Kirsten Note joins the podcast to discuss her work as a battlefield archaeologist, where she has assisted the Commonwealth Graves Commission (CWGC) in recovering the remains of fallen soldiers of the Great War.
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WW1 Battlefield Archeology & Recovering the Fallen
Podcast Episode · Battles of the First World War Podcast · September 29 · 41m
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September 30, 2026 at 5:55 AM
I've been able to hold a physical copy of my new book today.
It looks at the alleged disappearance of the 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment at Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12th August 1915.
It's on sale now & I've left a link to where you can get a copy in the comments.
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli
It looks at the alleged disappearance of the 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment at Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12th August 1915.
It's on sale now & I've left a link to where you can get a copy in the comments.
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli
December 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I've been able to hold a physical copy of my new book today.
It looks at the alleged disappearance of the 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment at Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12th August 1915.
It's on sale now & I've left a link to where you can get a copy in the comments.
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli
It looks at the alleged disappearance of the 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment at Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12th August 1915.
It's on sale now & I've left a link to where you can get a copy in the comments.
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli
Today in 1918, at 9:30 am, 2nd Lt Paterson sends this message to the company commanders of the Artist's Rifles, a British infantry battalion on the frontline. 'Hostilities will cease at 11am today. Form up and march back...at once. Do not forget to bring the cookers with you' #ArmisticeDay #WW1 #FWW
November 11, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Today in 1918, at 9:30 am, 2nd Lt Paterson sends this message to the company commanders of the Artist's Rifles, a British infantry battalion on the frontline. 'Hostilities will cease at 11am today. Form up and march back...at once. Do not forget to bring the cookers with you' #ArmisticeDay #WW1 #FWW
Pilckem Ridge 2013. A support trench was found with dozens of shelters built along it. These were mostly on the enemy side and accessible via a short trench. The layout and dimensions were almost always identical.
#FWW #Archaeology
#FWW #Archaeology
November 26, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Pilckem Ridge 2013. A support trench was found with dozens of shelters built along it. These were mostly on the enemy side and accessible via a short trench. The layout and dimensions were almost always identical.
#FWW #Archaeology
#FWW #Archaeology
Some work in this, I can tell you. I am proud to present my new addition to the Long, Long Trail. Happy Christmas, family historians and military historians! #genealogy #WW1 #milhist #FWWhist #FWW www.longlongtrail.co.uk/researching-...
Researching the men of the Royal Garrison Artillery - The Long, Long Trail
This is a new section added to The Long, Long Trail in December 2024, aimed at providing all the information you need […]
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December 8, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Some work in this, I can tell you. I am proud to present my new addition to the Long, Long Trail. Happy Christmas, family historians and military historians! #genealogy #WW1 #milhist #FWWhist #FWW www.longlongtrail.co.uk/researching-...
I was given a couple of samples from Warfulcrum of their upcoming 28mm Late WW1 Germans. 1st 3d printed figs I've painted and they came out all reet, I copied the colours off a reinactor if its wrong
#wargames #ww1 #fww #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #history #Miniatures
#wargames #ww1 #fww #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #history #Miniatures
June 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I was given a couple of samples from Warfulcrum of their upcoming 28mm Late WW1 Germans. 1st 3d printed figs I've painted and they came out all reet, I copied the colours off a reinactor if its wrong
#wargames #ww1 #fww #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #history #Miniatures
#wargames #ww1 #fww #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #history #Miniatures
When we discovered this German backpack in a 1914 trench near Wijdendrift (Langemark), we could never have imagined the extraordinary find it held. Only during cleaning in the depot did the eyes and claws of a cuddly toy come to light.
#FWW #Archaeology #History
#FWW #Archaeology #History
November 21, 2024 at 11:36 PM
When we discovered this German backpack in a 1914 trench near Wijdendrift (Langemark), we could never have imagined the extraordinary find it held. Only during cleaning in the depot did the eyes and claws of a cuddly toy come to light.
#FWW #Archaeology #History
#FWW #Archaeology #History
I was in York yesterday for a funeral. On my way back I spent a few minutes at the York Central War Memorial. These are just the names of the North Eastern Railwaymen who died in the Great War. Shattering stuff. A signal of catastrophe, of service, and profound sacrifice. #FWW #Memorials
September 23, 2026 at 7:23 AM
I was in York yesterday for a funeral. On my way back I spent a few minutes at the York Central War Memorial. These are just the names of the North Eastern Railwaymen who died in the Great War. Shattering stuff. A signal of catastrophe, of service, and profound sacrifice. #FWW #Memorials