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Stephen Chambers
@stevejchambers.bsky.social
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Author, Military Historian and Battlefield Guide. Studying 19th & 20th century military history - Also on Twitter, Instagram & http://redcoatandkhaki.com
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 20m
On my way for an Arnhem tour where we will be following in the footsteps of the KOSB’s … and a few others
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 3d
It was nice to stop off at the Le Touret Memorial and Cemetery where we did a Christmas Truce stand for the school battlefield tour. Amongst the graves is Bill Bannister, one who didn’t get the chance to shake hands, exchange gifts or fraternise with the enemy on that Christmas day in 1914
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 4d
Vimy Ridge - the cloaked female figure ‘Canada Bereft’ overlooking the battlefield. Her head bowed, her eyes cast down, and her chin resting in one hand, Mother Canada mourns her #WW1 dead.
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 4d
The Menin Gate memorial is in Ypres, Belgium
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 5d
German Infanterie Regiment 164 memorial at the Neuville-St. Vaast German War Cemetery #WW1
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 5d
The Menin Gate where our school group paid their respects to their #WW1 forebears
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 6d
The Western Front, 1915-2025
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 11d
Family have given permission for me to watch this movie for my birthday.
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 17d
A newly discovered dugout in the depths of Gully Ravine. There will be a future write-up on 2025’s battlefield study in the Gallipolian journal and @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social website soon. Join the Gallipoli Association now if you want to find out more.
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 19d
The Dardanelles - Goodnight, see you again soon
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 20d
Adem delivering the story of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk at his old HQ in Bigali village, Gallipoli
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 20d
Detritus of War - The shifting sands on W Beach, where the Lancashire Fusiliers gained 6 VC’s before breakfast, have revealed more wrecked lighters #WW1 #Gallipoli @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 20d
The group paid their respects today at No.2 Outpost CWGC Cemetery. A new memorial marker to a grave that contains numerous human remains that were found after the recent Anzac fire. They now rest in peace #Gallipoli
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 20d
The Helles Memorial at Gallipoli
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 21d
A great battlefield study day walking Gully Ravine #Gallipoli @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · 25d
Back to Gully Beach #Gallipoli 🇹🇷
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · Sep 6
Acquired an Ottoman buckle for the collection #WW1 #Gallipoli
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · Aug 25
Cheers from 🇭🇷
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · Aug 23
Sailed through the Dardanelles last night on the way to Istanbul.
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · Aug 9
Just finished reading ‘Behind The Wire’, the diary of Captain John Dixon, a tankie captured during the fall of France in 1940. An excellent, detailed diary, edited by Paul Johnson. I would highly recommend this book for the insiders #POW view of captivity during #WW2
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · Aug 7
When we were out last September we explored much of the burnt ground near Chunuk Bair and can concur to the bone fragments (probably both Allied and Ottoman) in that area. Good to see some of these have been recovered and buried together in peace www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
Remains of soldiers reburied in Gallipoli after ‘exceptional’ discovery
A discovery of human remains on the Gallipoli Peninsula has led to a reburial and blessing ceremony at the No 2 Outpost Cemetery in Türkiye.
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · Aug 2
True, maybe a Bren and MG42 are a better comparison
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · Aug 2
Vickers vs MG42, I know which one @vickersmg.bsky.social would choose.
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Stephen Chambers @stevejchambers.bsky.social · Aug 2
‘The Sentry’ standing proudly outside the old Norton Barracks. Represents a soldier of the Worcestershire Regiment #WW1
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Orlo Williams @orlowilliams.bsky.social · Jul 21
#OTD in 1915, I recorded in my #Gallipoli diary my private thoughts about General Ian Hamilton, and implications if the forthcoming offensive failed. Here’s a teaser. Get your own copy of the diary at littlegully.com @stevejchambers.bsky.social @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social @otdmilhistory.bsky.social
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