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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson

@lmbd1418.bsky.social

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Military & Animal Historian🗡️ 🇲🇲🐴 🐎 Author Burma Star Memorial Fund Scholar PhD candidate KCL Works with old ✈️ Freaking out in a Moonage Daydream…

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 11h

Complete guess - 1?

Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 11h

His career could be 1000 years long and it still wouldn’t make sense to me.

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 12h

It’s depressed me to learn that Robbie Williams - a man whose confidence to talent ratio is painfully misaligned - is tied with the Beatles at 15 number one albums. I worry about the British public sometimes, I really do. #IfAnyonePlaysAngelsAtMyFuneralIWillComeBackAndHauntThem

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 13h

I’ve imagined it and I would just think ‘she looks amazing’ if I saw it 💅

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wgahnagl (Jeromy) @wgahnagl.bsky.social · 3d

Trying to start Jungle Commandos by @lmbd1418.bsky.social but my cat is fuzzy and purring and making it very, very hard to get anywhere fast. It’s fantastic so far though.

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 14h

‘There is no such thing as over dressed or over educated.’
Get that coat off and slay.

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 14h

Fabulous - who is in the photo behind? 👀

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BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 1d

Just received my copy of 'Jungle Commandos' by Lucy Betteridge-Dyson - looking forward to digging into this long-needed account of the hellish Battle of Arakan and getting some sense of what those there endured. @lmbd1418.bsky.social

Copy of 'Jungle Commandos' by Lucy Betteridge-Dyson plus framed photo of veterans at the Commando Memorial in Lochaber

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 15h

It’s funny because, I do not feel successful - appearances can be deceptive, I think. I wanted to do PhD because I needed something to do next after finishing my book and it’s an area I really want to research. My decision was made easier because I got a grant, too.

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 16h

My book being published has been great, getting my PhD place at KCL - also fab - being awarded a scholarship by Burma Star Memorial Fund, amazing - but this wee lad is the best thing I’ve done this year by a country mile. 🩷

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 16h

Ok this gives me some hope. I’ve just submitted my claim with all my evidence and they’ve sent an emergency team out to repair the road, such is the severity of the defect, which I hope will go in my favour.

Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 22h

Was great to be back on @ww2tv.bsky.social last night for a wee chat with Woody about Jungle Commandos. If you missed it, you can catch up here:

Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945

YouTube video by WW2TV

www.youtube.com

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The Forgotten War Pod: Burma Campaign WW2 @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to friend of the show @lmbd1418.bsky.social on the release of her book Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan Burma 1945. As Rob says: ‘a brilliant debut’
Catch Lucy guest hosting FWP with @historybowsh.bsky.social at IWM Podcast Live on Sat 1 Nov 🔗👇
www.iwm.org.uk/events/podca...

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks guys 🩷🩷🩷

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 1d

8 inches deep, I mean, basically a crater.

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Alan Owlport 🦉 🎃 @alanallport.bsky.social · 1d

“Drawing on unpublished first-hand accounts, this is a gripping history of the experiences of the Commandos and their unsung allies in one of the bloodiest battles of the Burma Campaign.”

bookshop.org/p/books/jung...

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 1d

That’s right, not ‘forgotten’ but ‘unsung’ 😬🤪

Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Publication day to me! 🥳
Jungle Commandos is out now! @ospreypublishing.bsky.social

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 1d

Has anyone made a successful pothole claim against highways/council? I need all the tips I can get!

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 2d

Oooh I’ll follow this thread for your thoughts though I’ve now forgotten my own thoughts about it. I think I only got to episode 2 :/

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Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow at 7pm BST Lucy Betteridge-Dyson will be appearing on WW2TV to talk about her new book Jungle Commandos.

You'll be able to watch the livestream here: https://bit.ly/4pU1uvT

#Historysky #Booksky

Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945

Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945With Lucy Betteridge-DysonPart of our Burma (Myanmar) in WWII serieshttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG...

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Carla-Jean Stokes @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social · 2d

I love reviewing Canadian official First World War photographs in real time. Fall is an especially great season for this.

👇Here's why.

Canadians looking at German trench mortar ammunition, William Rider-Rider, October 1918, Library and Archives Canada MIKAN 3397962.

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks James. So glad you enjoyed it!

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow at 19:00BST I’ll be on @ww2tv.bsky.social having a chat with Woody about Jungle Commandos and answering your questions! So if there’s something you want to know about the Third Arakan and/or the book, now is your chance to ask! ☺️

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks dude 🐱