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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 10h

Do you have any more
Photos of Polygon Wood Genevra, please? Cheers N

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Genevra Charsley, Flanders Battlefield Tour @flandersbtour.bsky.social · 11h

Restoration work being carried out on the Buttes in Polygon Wood therefore is currently off limits to the public walking up there. The cemetery is still accessible to the public.

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 10h

Such iconic images. Battle of Loos 1915. “If any question why we died,
Tell them, because our fathers lied.”

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 1d

As my very good friend says, “I have been that guy. Life can sometimes be strangely normal amongst the madness!”

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 1d

I was reading (Official History) about the German assault of 21 March 1918 particularly in relation to 59th (2nd North Midland) Division… rather surprisingly one battalion was playing football whilst only a short distance away others were fighting for their lives…

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 1d

#OnThisDay, 10 Oct 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst and others form the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in Manchester, UK. Eventually known as the suffragettes, they fought for women to have the vote.

[photo c 1906]

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #BritishHistory 🗃️

staged photo of the WSPU holding a meeting at a dining table. They are all white women.

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Rob Dale @robdale.bsky.social · 1d

World Mental Health Day - As Jerry Springer used to say "Take care of yourself, and each other."

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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 1d

Because every day is a mental health day…

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 2d

What makes a compelling historical argument? We’re asking as Great Debate heats begin – share your view.
#HistoricalAssociation #RayburnTours #TheGreatDebate

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Yücel Yanıkdağ @yanikdag.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote what became the first chapter of this great volume. It comes out in November.

Dr Aimée Fox @draefox.bsky.social · 4d

We are thrilled with the collection & are incredibly grateful to our contributors for their fantastic chapters, including @sdanisimova.bsky.social @vandawilcox.bsky.social @lmhalewood.bsky.social @yanikdag.bsky.social & more!

Check out the contents & praise 👇
kansaspress.ku.edu/978070064056....

Framing the First World War

This innovative approach to the history of World War I looks at ways in which military actors saw and perceived war, and how that exerted a significant influ...

kansaspress.ku.edu

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 6d

FOXTON (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD, Leicestershire.
This double headstone commemorates a father and his son, who are buried together. Lucy Brown wife and mother must have been heartbroken.

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 6d

Inside the church at Neuve Chapelle, check it out when you’re there. Couple of small CWGC cemeteries close by too.

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 7d

That must have been some moment Clare.

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 9d

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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 9d

Dream PhD opportunity! We are recruiting another doctoral researcher in our @erc.europa.eu synergy project BLOCKADE - this one is on interwar blockades and sanctions. 4 years, fully funded at @uvahumanities.bsky.social and supervised by the amazing and super kind @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social

Samuël Kruizinga @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social · 9d

See the full vacancy text here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — PhD position - Benign Blockades? Blockades and sanctions, 1919-1939

The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies (ASH) invites applications for a fully funded PhD position (4 years, 1.0ft). This position is part of the ERC Synergy-funded research programme BLOCKADE, wh...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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First World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 10d

📢 🧵 This year the International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social is hosting a conference in the University of Macedonia! If you can't attend in person, you can still take a look at the work that has been published in First World War Studies by some of this week's speakers.

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 10d

St Patrick’s cemetery CWGC: French, German and British side by side. Now at eternal rest, RIP

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 10d

Loos before and during the Battle of Loos, including some German photos

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 11d

… Pte. Brown had his arm shattered, but continued on through an intense barrage until he arrived at the close support lines and found an officer.
He was so spent that he fell down the dugout steps, but retained consciousness long enough to hand over his message…. He was 19 yrs old!

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 11d

“…he carried on a tremendous fight with the advancing enemy. Although under intense barrage fire and mortally wounded, he stood on the parapet of the trench, bombed the enemy continuously and directed the defence in such a manner as to infuse a spirit of utmost resistance into his men…”

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 11d

Major-General Wing Commander of 12th Division. One of four Division Commanders killed during the Battle of Loos 1915. A shell exploded, killing him and his aide-de-camp, Lieutenant C. C. Tower. Wing was 54 and is buried at Noeux-les-Mines Communal

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 11d

My recent podcast on the Battle of Loos.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

The 8th Lincolns at the Battle of Loos, with Nigel Atter

Podcast Episode · Tales from the Battlefields · 26/09/2025 · 1h 3m

podcasts.apple.com

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 11d

Remembering those who fell at the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Loos. London Irish Rifles Association playing.

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 11d

Iconic views from the viewing tower at Dud Corner. Two VCs buried here, with a number of other VCs remembered on the walls. Beautiful piping by the London Irish Rifles Association whilst there.

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