315e RI
@ri315e.bsky.social
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https://www.youtube.com/@Ri315e
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https://alexandrelyons.picfair.com
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@ri315e.bsky.social
· Nov 10
France Lost Generation 🥀
During 1561 days France lost
-1.39m killed
-3.59m wounded
-1.1m left disabled
-120,000 amputated or disfigured
-687 shot
"A man with no memory is a man without life, a nation without memory is a nation without a future"
-Ferdinand Foch
#greatwar
During 1561 days France lost
-1.39m killed
-3.59m wounded
-1.1m left disabled
-120,000 amputated or disfigured
-687 shot
"A man with no memory is a man without life, a nation without memory is a nation without a future"
-Ferdinand Foch
#greatwar
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Last video from a batch I made over Christmas
Life in the Trenches
See the trenches as you never seen them before, no AI just original photographs
youtu.be/z4p3BPZpUJk?...
Life in the Trenches
See the trenches as you never seen them before, no AI just original photographs
youtu.be/z4p3BPZpUJk?...
Life in the Trenches – Unseen Photographs of WWI
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Last video from a batch I made over Christmas
Life in the Trenches
See the trenches as you never seen them before, no AI just original photographs
youtu.be/z4p3BPZpUJk?...
Life in the Trenches
See the trenches as you never seen them before, no AI just original photographs
youtu.be/z4p3BPZpUJk?...
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Very well-made video and photographs that clearly illustrate many aspects of the lives of the Poilus.
For this image, training or a real assault? Do you have a caption?
For this image, training or a real assault? Do you have a caption?
February 2, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Very well-made video and photographs that clearly illustrate many aspects of the lives of the Poilus.
For this image, training or a real assault? Do you have a caption?
For this image, training or a real assault? Do you have a caption?
Merci- Real Sept 1917 - was a coup de main rather than a full offensive - 134e regiment
February 2, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Merci- Real Sept 1917 - was a coup de main rather than a full offensive - 134e regiment
Last video from a batch I made over Christmas
Life in the Trenches
See the trenches as you never seen them before, no AI just original photographs
youtu.be/z4p3BPZpUJk?...
Life in the Trenches
See the trenches as you never seen them before, no AI just original photographs
youtu.be/z4p3BPZpUJk?...
Life in the Trenches – Unseen Photographs of WWI
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Last video from a batch I made over Christmas
Life in the Trenches
See the trenches as you never seen them before, no AI just original photographs
youtu.be/z4p3BPZpUJk?...
Life in the Trenches
See the trenches as you never seen them before, no AI just original photographs
youtu.be/z4p3BPZpUJk?...
Currently YouTube is killing off all my longer videos (5mins+)… so if you can like a leave and comment on them - that will help promote the video and then it means I can make longer videos that don’t get suppressed by the algorithm
January 30, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Currently YouTube is killing off all my longer videos (5mins+)… so if you can like a leave and comment on them - that will help promote the video and then it means I can make longer videos that don’t get suppressed by the algorithm
At some stage will make a longer version which covers all five
January 30, 2026 at 8:11 AM
At some stage will make a longer version which covers all five
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A man forgotten by History.
Son visage a traversé le temps. Son histoire s’est effacée avec le temps.
His story vanished. Not anymore, find out more about him below.
Below photo you will find in @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social The Facemaker book.
Here is this mans story: youtu.be/mdT82Qtx9EY?...
Son visage a traversé le temps. Son histoire s’est effacée avec le temps.
His story vanished. Not anymore, find out more about him below.
Below photo you will find in @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social The Facemaker book.
Here is this mans story: youtu.be/mdT82Qtx9EY?...
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
A man forgotten by History.
Son visage a traversé le temps. Son histoire s’est effacée avec le temps.
His story vanished. Not anymore, find out more about him below.
Below photo you will find in @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social The Facemaker book.
Here is this mans story: youtu.be/mdT82Qtx9EY?...
Son visage a traversé le temps. Son histoire s’est effacée avec le temps.
His story vanished. Not anymore, find out more about him below.
Below photo you will find in @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social The Facemaker book.
Here is this mans story: youtu.be/mdT82Qtx9EY?...
Could have made the video 10mins long, with all his injuries and rehab, but think in 2mins people will get his story!
January 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Could have made the video 10mins long, with all his injuries and rehab, but think in 2mins people will get his story!
A man forgotten by History.
Son visage a traversé le temps. Son histoire s’est effacée avec le temps.
His story vanished. Not anymore, find out more about him below.
Below photo you will find in @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social The Facemaker book.
Here is this mans story: youtu.be/mdT82Qtx9EY?...
Son visage a traversé le temps. Son histoire s’est effacée avec le temps.
His story vanished. Not anymore, find out more about him below.
Below photo you will find in @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social The Facemaker book.
Here is this mans story: youtu.be/mdT82Qtx9EY?...
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
A man forgotten by History.
Son visage a traversé le temps. Son histoire s’est effacée avec le temps.
His story vanished. Not anymore, find out more about him below.
Below photo you will find in @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social The Facemaker book.
Here is this mans story: youtu.be/mdT82Qtx9EY?...
Son visage a traversé le temps. Son histoire s’est effacée avec le temps.
His story vanished. Not anymore, find out more about him below.
Below photo you will find in @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social The Facemaker book.
Here is this mans story: youtu.be/mdT82Qtx9EY?...
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A cemetery can hide thousands of names and stories
Here are 6 Cemeteries and 6 Soldiers stories.
From the rank and file to generals. Same war, different lives, but all the same fate.
🎥 2-minute film
youtube.com/@ri315e?si=p...
Here are 6 Cemeteries and 6 Soldiers stories.
From the rank and file to generals. Same war, different lives, but all the same fate.
🎥 2-minute film
youtube.com/@ri315e?si=p...
315e RI
I walk the western front ‘when I get the time’ taking photos & videos. Focused on the French army sectors, to keep alive the memory of the 315e RI
Pictures here: https://alexandrelyons.picfair.com/al...
youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
A cemetery can hide thousands of names and stories
Here are 6 Cemeteries and 6 Soldiers stories.
From the rank and file to generals. Same war, different lives, but all the same fate.
🎥 2-minute film
youtube.com/@ri315e?si=p...
Here are 6 Cemeteries and 6 Soldiers stories.
From the rank and file to generals. Same war, different lives, but all the same fate.
🎥 2-minute film
youtube.com/@ri315e?si=p...
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Staff work here in #Verdun (avec grignoter) in preparation for @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social’s spring getaway - there are about two seats left on the coach if anyone wants to join us for an intro to this battlefield…
January 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Staff work here in #Verdun (avec grignoter) in preparation for @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social’s spring getaway - there are about two seats left on the coach if anyone wants to join us for an intro to this battlefield…
A cemetery can hide thousands of names and stories
Here are 6 Cemeteries and 6 Soldiers stories.
From the rank and file to generals. Same war, different lives, but all the same fate.
🎥 2-minute film
youtube.com/@ri315e?si=p...
Here are 6 Cemeteries and 6 Soldiers stories.
From the rank and file to generals. Same war, different lives, but all the same fate.
🎥 2-minute film
youtube.com/@ri315e?si=p...
315e RI
I walk the western front ‘when I get the time’ taking photos & videos. Focused on the French army sectors, to keep alive the memory of the 315e RI
Pictures here: https://alexandrelyons.picfair.com/al...
youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
A cemetery can hide thousands of names and stories
Here are 6 Cemeteries and 6 Soldiers stories.
From the rank and file to generals. Same war, different lives, but all the same fate.
🎥 2-minute film
youtube.com/@ri315e?si=p...
Here are 6 Cemeteries and 6 Soldiers stories.
From the rank and file to generals. Same war, different lives, but all the same fate.
🎥 2-minute film
youtube.com/@ri315e?si=p...
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Reposted by 315e RI
The first steel helmet on the Western Front wasn’t German or British: it was French.
How the Adrian helmet saved thousands even millions of lives:
open.substack.com/pub/315eri/p...
How the Adrian helmet saved thousands even millions of lives:
open.substack.com/pub/315eri/p...
First Steel Helmet on the Western Front
Adrian Helmet
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The first steel helmet on the Western Front wasn’t German or British: it was French.
How the Adrian helmet saved thousands even millions of lives:
open.substack.com/pub/315eri/p...
How the Adrian helmet saved thousands even millions of lives:
open.substack.com/pub/315eri/p...
Reposted by 315e RI
The first steel helmet on the Western Front wasn’t German or British: it was French.
How the Adrian helmet saved thousands even millions of lives:
open.substack.com/pub/315eri/p...
How the Adrian helmet saved thousands even millions of lives:
open.substack.com/pub/315eri/p...
First Steel Helmet on the Western Front
Adrian Helmet
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The first steel helmet on the Western Front wasn’t German or British: it was French.
How the Adrian helmet saved thousands even millions of lives:
open.substack.com/pub/315eri/p...
How the Adrian helmet saved thousands even millions of lives:
open.substack.com/pub/315eri/p...
First Steel Helmet on the Western Front
Adrian Helmet
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The first steel helmet on the Western Front wasn’t German or British: it was French.
How the Adrian helmet saved thousands even millions of lives:
open.substack.com/pub/315eri/p...
How the Adrian helmet saved thousands even millions of lives:
open.substack.com/pub/315eri/p...
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This helmet belonged to my great-grandfather.
It’s a French Adrian helmet and it changed survival on the Western Front for the French other and many others that adopted it
I’m publishing my first full story tonight on Substack
substack.com/@315eri
It’s a French Adrian helmet and it changed survival on the Western Front for the French other and many others that adopted it
I’m publishing my first full story tonight on Substack
substack.com/@315eri
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This helmet belonged to my great-grandfather.
It’s a French Adrian helmet and it changed survival on the Western Front for the French other and many others that adopted it
I’m publishing my first full story tonight on Substack
substack.com/@315eri
It’s a French Adrian helmet and it changed survival on the Western Front for the French other and many others that adopted it
I’m publishing my first full story tonight on Substack
substack.com/@315eri
This helmet belonged to my great-grandfather.
It’s a French Adrian helmet and it changed survival on the Western Front for the French other and many others that adopted it
I’m publishing my first full story tonight on Substack
substack.com/@315eri
It’s a French Adrian helmet and it changed survival on the Western Front for the French other and many others that adopted it
I’m publishing my first full story tonight on Substack
substack.com/@315eri
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This helmet belonged to my great-grandfather.
It’s a French Adrian helmet and it changed survival on the Western Front for the French other and many others that adopted it
I’m publishing my first full story tonight on Substack
substack.com/@315eri
It’s a French Adrian helmet and it changed survival on the Western Front for the French other and many others that adopted it
I’m publishing my first full story tonight on Substack
substack.com/@315eri
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Release due to rendering issues
On 25 September 1915
The men of the 315e RI attacked on the far left of the Champagne offensive.
Their assault is largely absent from first world war narrative, along with the whole battle itself
This film tells their story
youtu.be/86kr0-ndwqc
On 25 September 1915
The men of the 315e RI attacked on the far left of the Champagne offensive.
Their assault is largely absent from first world war narrative, along with the whole battle itself
This film tells their story
youtu.be/86kr0-ndwqc
25th September 1915: The Deadliest Day in French Military History — A Regiment’s Story
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Release due to rendering issues
On 25 September 1915
The men of the 315e RI attacked on the far left of the Champagne offensive.
Their assault is largely absent from first world war narrative, along with the whole battle itself
This film tells their story
youtu.be/86kr0-ndwqc
On 25 September 1915
The men of the 315e RI attacked on the far left of the Champagne offensive.
Their assault is largely absent from first world war narrative, along with the whole battle itself
This film tells their story
youtu.be/86kr0-ndwqc
Reposted by 315e RI
Only a week or so left for you to send in your speaker pitches! Some excellent ones so far, people really using their imaginations with the brief! ✍️ 🤓
Time is running out! Some brilliant pitches so far. Have you got a #WW1 story to tell? Get in touch before 23rd January!
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Only a week or so left for you to send in your speaker pitches! Some excellent ones so far, people really using their imaginations with the brief! ✍️ 🤓
Indeed, please share the video around. On YouTube there are very few and the ones in the English language are terrible videos on 2nd champagne. Please view the video and like, to help YouTube push some actual researched history!
January 15, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Indeed, please share the video around. On YouTube there are very few and the ones in the English language are terrible videos on 2nd champagne. Please view the video and like, to help YouTube push some actual researched history!
Release due to rendering issues
On 25 September 1915
The men of the 315e RI attacked on the far left of the Champagne offensive.
Their assault is largely absent from first world war narrative, along with the whole battle itself
This film tells their story
youtu.be/86kr0-ndwqc
On 25 September 1915
The men of the 315e RI attacked on the far left of the Champagne offensive.
Their assault is largely absent from first world war narrative, along with the whole battle itself
This film tells their story
youtu.be/86kr0-ndwqc
25th September 1915: The Deadliest Day in French Military History — A Regiment’s Story
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Release due to rendering issues
On 25 September 1915
The men of the 315e RI attacked on the far left of the Champagne offensive.
Their assault is largely absent from first world war narrative, along with the whole battle itself
This film tells their story
youtu.be/86kr0-ndwqc
On 25 September 1915
The men of the 315e RI attacked on the far left of the Champagne offensive.
Their assault is largely absent from first world war narrative, along with the whole battle itself
This film tells their story
youtu.be/86kr0-ndwqc
25th September 1915 likely the deadliest day in French military history.
A film I made that follows one regiment: 315e RI
This is their story
youtu.be/aeqb1SOdIJ4?...
A film I made that follows one regiment: 315e RI
This is their story
youtu.be/aeqb1SOdIJ4?...
January 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM
25th September 1915 likely the deadliest day in French military history.
A film I made that follows one regiment: 315e RI
This is their story
youtu.be/aeqb1SOdIJ4?...
A film I made that follows one regiment: 315e RI
This is their story
youtu.be/aeqb1SOdIJ4?...