Steve Smith
@stevesmith1944.bsky.social
Accredited battlefield guide, trainer & published author, works for Sophie's Great War Tours & Adaptable Travel co-owner of http://www.battlefieldguidetraining.com
Exciting news today. You can pre-order my book online via Amazon & I've provided a link below if you you'd like to do that.
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The Norfolks at Gallipoli 12 August 1915: Truth and Myth
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#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history #books #WeWillRememberThem
The Norfolks at Gallipoli 12 August 1915: Truth and Myth
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November 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Exciting news today. You can pre-order my book online via Amazon & I've provided a link below if you you'd like to do that.
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history #books #WeWillRememberThem
The Norfolks at Gallipoli 12 August 1915: Truth and Myth
amzn.eu/d/73TuaJR
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history #books #WeWillRememberThem
The Norfolks at Gallipoli 12 August 1915: Truth and Myth
amzn.eu/d/73TuaJR
Lance Corporal 1585 Frank Norman Fox, 5th Norfolks, who took part in the failed advance on Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12 August 1915.
He features heavily in the allegations made that the men who disappeared were allegedly '....lost to sight or sound.'
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
He features heavily in the allegations made that the men who disappeared were allegedly '....lost to sight or sound.'
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
October 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Lance Corporal 1585 Frank Norman Fox, 5th Norfolks, who took part in the failed advance on Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12 August 1915.
He features heavily in the allegations made that the men who disappeared were allegedly '....lost to sight or sound.'
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
He features heavily in the allegations made that the men who disappeared were allegedly '....lost to sight or sound.'
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
Most of the officers of the 5th Norfolks, alleged to have been,
'...lost to sight or sound. Not one of them ever came back.'
This alleged disappearance will be tackled in my next book which is out on 30 November 2025
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
'...lost to sight or sound. Not one of them ever came back.'
This alleged disappearance will be tackled in my next book which is out on 30 November 2025
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Most of the officers of the 5th Norfolks, alleged to have been,
'...lost to sight or sound. Not one of them ever came back.'
This alleged disappearance will be tackled in my next book which is out on 30 November 2025
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
'...lost to sight or sound. Not one of them ever came back.'
This alleged disappearance will be tackled in my next book which is out on 30 November 2025
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
I have a Facebook page dedicated to a number of things, including posts on subjects that relate to my next book. This is my most recent post, it also provides a link to my blog on why I wrote the book
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
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October 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I have a Facebook page dedicated to a number of things, including posts on subjects that relate to my next book. This is my most recent post, it also provides a link to my blog on why I wrote the book
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
www.facebook.com/share/p/1GQ5...
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
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I have a Facebook page dedicated to a number of things, including posts on subjects that relate to my next book. This is my most recent post, it also provides a link to my blog on why I wrote the book
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
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October 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I have a Facebook page dedicated to a number of things, including posts on subjects that relate to my next book. This is my most recent post, it also provides a link to my blog on why I wrote the book
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
www.facebook.com/share/p/1GQ5...
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
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Sergeant 2179 John Lee Goulder, aged 32. He features heavily in my next book when I look at a particular myth that's been going around since the time of the Gallipoli Campaign.
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #wewillrememberthem
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #wewillrememberthem
October 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Sergeant 2179 John Lee Goulder, aged 32. He features heavily in my next book when I look at a particular myth that's been going around since the time of the Gallipoli Campaign.
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #wewillrememberthem
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #wewillrememberthem
2nd Lt Marcus Oliphant who was KIA in the advance on Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12 August 15 serving with the 5th Norfolks. He will feature in my next book & more info on that can be found via the link
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
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October 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
2nd Lt Marcus Oliphant who was KIA in the advance on Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12 August 15 serving with the 5th Norfolks. He will feature in my next book & more info on that can be found via the link
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
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My next book comes out on the 30th November 2025 & I have updated a blog explaining the rationale behind it which you can find via the link below
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
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#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
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The Norfolks at Gallipoli 12th August 1915
Truth and Myth
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October 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
My next book comes out on the 30th November 2025 & I have updated a blog explaining the rationale behind it which you can find via the link below
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
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#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
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All being well, my next book comes out on 30 Nov 25. It looks at the alleged disappearance of the 5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment & looks at all the duff history that surrounds the story of their advance on Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12 Aug 15 during the Gallipoli Campaign #WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli
October 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
All being well, my next book comes out on 30 Nov 25. It looks at the alleged disappearance of the 5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment & looks at all the duff history that surrounds the story of their advance on Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12 Aug 15 during the Gallipoli Campaign #WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli
Our final visit to pay our respects was for one of my guests whose wife had a relative buried in Cabaret Rouge Cemetery near Souchez. Ernest died in an action at Vimy Ridge on 30 May 16. He had only been in France for a few months @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social #WW1 #FWW #wewillrememberthem #history
October 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Our final visit to pay our respects was for one of my guests whose wife had a relative buried in Cabaret Rouge Cemetery near Souchez. Ernest died in an action at Vimy Ridge on 30 May 16. He had only been in France for a few months @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social #WW1 #FWW #wewillrememberthem #history
I'm now home after getting back from my battlefield tour for @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social & yesterday my guests got to see the French cemetery at Notre Dame de Lorette as well as the memorial to all nations that fell in the Nord & Pas de Calais regions in the Great War #WW1 #FWW #history
October 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I'm now home after getting back from my battlefield tour for @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social & yesterday my guests got to see the French cemetery at Notre Dame de Lorette as well as the memorial to all nations that fell in the Nord & Pas de Calais regions in the Great War #WW1 #FWW #history
Guiding for @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social allows me to take our guests to places where their ancestors served. John & Henry Laffoley died served with the 8th Battalion Devonshire Regiment & are commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial on the Somme #WW1 #FWW #Somme #history
October 6, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Guiding for @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social allows me to take our guests to places where their ancestors served. John & Henry Laffoley died served with the 8th Battalion Devonshire Regiment & are commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial on the Somme #WW1 #FWW #Somme #history
Yesterday's highlights on battlefield tour arranged by @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social the day started at the Sunken Lane & the Hawthorn Mine #WW1 #FWW #Somme #history
October 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Yesterday's highlights on battlefield tour arranged by @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social the day started at the Sunken Lane & the Hawthorn Mine #WW1 #FWW #Somme #history
This afternoon it blew a hooley in the Ypres Salient but it didn't dampen our spirits as we looked at a number of sites around the Ypres Salient on a tour arranged by @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social first stops were Hill 60 & the Caterpillar Mine #WW1 #FWW #Ypres #Wipers #history
October 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Today & tomorrow will see me indexing my next book which looks at the alleged disappearance of the 5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment at Gallipoli on 12th August 1915. It will be out in November this year #WW1 #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history #books
September 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Today & tomorrow will see me indexing my next book which looks at the alleged disappearance of the 5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment at Gallipoli on 12th August 1915. It will be out in November this year #WW1 #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history #books
The lovely war memorial in the grounds of St Olaf's church, known as the smallest church in England, at Seascale in the Lake District.
It remembers the twenty men of the Fell & Rock Climbing Club who died in the Great War.
#WW1 #FWW #warmemorial #history
It remembers the twenty men of the Fell & Rock Climbing Club who died in the Great War.
#WW1 #FWW #warmemorial #history
September 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The lovely war memorial in the grounds of St Olaf's church, known as the smallest church in England, at Seascale in the Lake District.
It remembers the twenty men of the Fell & Rock Climbing Club who died in the Great War.
#WW1 #FWW #warmemorial #history
It remembers the twenty men of the Fell & Rock Climbing Club who died in the Great War.
#WW1 #FWW #warmemorial #history
Today will see me finish the editing of the formatted proof of my next book & the Sandringham War Memorial has a major part to play in it relating to the alleged disappearance of the 5th Norfolks at Gallipoli on 12 August 1915, the book is out in November
#WW1 #Norfolk #history
#WW1 #Norfolk #history
September 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
My next book tackles the truth & myth of the alleged disappearance of the 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment during the advance on Kuckuk Anafarta Ova on 12th August 1915 during the Gallipoli Campaign.
The book will be published in November.
#WW1 #Norfolk #FWW #Gallipoli #history
The book will be published in November.
#WW1 #Norfolk #FWW #Gallipoli #history
August 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
My next book tackles the truth & myth of the alleged disappearance of the 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment during the advance on Kuckuk Anafarta Ova on 12th August 1915 during the Gallipoli Campaign.
The book will be published in November.
#WW1 #Norfolk #FWW #Gallipoli #history
The book will be published in November.
#WW1 #Norfolk #FWW #Gallipoli #history
Today marks the 110th Anniversary of the 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment going into action at Kuchuk Anafarta Ova & it's the subject of my next book which is out in November #WW1 #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
August 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Today marks the 110th Anniversary of the 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment going into action at Kuchuk Anafarta Ova & it's the subject of my next book which is out in November #WW1 #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
Remembering Sidney 'Basher' Bates who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross on this day 8th August 1944 serving with the 1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment in Normandy, his citation is in the link #WW2 #Norfolk #history #normandy
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August 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Remembering Sidney 'Basher' Bates who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross on this day 8th August 1944 serving with the 1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment in Normandy, his citation is in the link #WW2 #Norfolk #history #normandy
www.forcesnews.com/d-day/sidney...
www.forcesnews.com/d-day/sidney...
I'm now back from a personal pilgrimage arranged by @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social where I took a guest to see where his grandfather served with 256 Bde RFA in 1918 at the Battle of Tardenois. This is the Bde lines for 20 July 18 #WW1 #FWW #history
July 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I'm now back from a personal pilgrimage arranged by @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social where I took a guest to see where his grandfather served with 256 Bde RFA in 1918 at the Battle of Tardenois. This is the Bde lines for 20 July 18 #WW1 #FWW #history