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Peter Doyle

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Military Historian (and geologist) Trench warfare, terrain and material culture FRHistS

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Paul Reed @sommecourt.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks to all who joined us for a @oldfrontline.bsky.social Podcast Supporters evening where @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social joined us for an excellent talk about the Battle of Loos in 1915 - with the 110th Anniversary tomorrow, very apt!

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · 26d

Finally, a French 75

Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Sep 2

Absolutely!

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Sep 2

Trying to work out what is going on in the world can be a challenge

Mannequin of Worcester soldier in Gallipoli, 1915, peering through a trench periscope. On display until recently at the Soldiers of Worcester exhibition - now closed.

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Sep 2

Technology is often a mystery. So it is, so it has always been

Mannequin of a mounted First World War Worcester Yeoman looking at his compass for inspiration, on display in the Soldiers of Worcester exhibition until its recent closure

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Sep 2

I know how he feels

Mannequin of a National Service period soldier in the Soldiers of Worcester exhibition, which closed on 31 August and will open in a new form at The Commandery in the city some time in the future

Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 26

E-mail sent!

Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 26

Not sure I can!

Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hi Darren, I’d love to carry a piece about your exhibition in Geology Today. Up for it?

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 26

Wow!

Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 26

Perhaps - interesting idea

Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 26

Possibly, but it’s also a medium that has great depth in terms of texture and tone. Maybe also brass was in short supply, as most post-WW2 souvenirs are made of this shiny metal

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 26

Cast-iron Ypres. This incredible dish, no doubt made for the inter-war tourist market, is a cut-above the norm. Made of cast-iron, it has a dark presence that mirrors the destruction of the city, prior to its rebirth.

Cast iron dish depicting the ruined city of Ypres - specifically the remains of the Cloth Hall

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 23

Lovely to be ‘leading the charge’ at the National WW1 Museum symposium in October www.theworldwar.org/symposia

Symposia

The National WWI Museum and Memorial's annual symposiums bring together the leading historians on the World War I era. Recommended for all who have a general or professional interest in the periods pr...

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 22

I’ll never forget my first trip to this incredible place of legend

Colditz castle at night, taken on my very first digital camera, a Kodak easyshare in the early 2000s. I’ll never forget that trip

Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 20

Spot on, Paul!

Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 20

Great to see my 2012 book reissued in paperback - as with all the books in this series, it’s an introductory guide. Pleased that readers found it of value

Cover of my book on Loos, showing a soldier in a PH helmet

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Jun 5

Great cover!

Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Jun 5

I certainly did that day, and for everyday since!

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · Jun 5

German #WW1 Fokker D.VII fighter planes from Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 73. #HISTORY

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Jun 4

It was also a dangerous one, as I had to escape the advancing tide. I never forgot that lesson!

Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · Jun 4

Snake stone. How wonderful is this? Nature, eh

Ammonite, Dactylioceras tenuicostatum from Whitby. Collected by me as a young teenager

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · Jun 4

Check out the call for papers for this exciting conference in beautiful Boulogne-sur-Mer in March next year on 'Women in War in France, Britain and Ireland'. It should be a fascinating event. femmescombattantes.univ-littoral.fr/en/call-for-...

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · May 28

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