Steve Marsdin
@stevemarsdin.bsky.social
I’m interested in WW1, particularly the Battle of the Frontiers (22/08/1914) and am a member of the Great War Group and Western Front Association. Outside of military history I like cycling and rugby
#otd 1914 HMS Bulwark exploded at her moorings on the River Medway killing most of her crew.
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The loss of Bulwark
On the 26th November 1914 a Midshipman on HMS Agamemnon, stationed in the Medway estuary, recorded in his diary:
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November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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This week’s podcast is out!
The story of one Polish destroyer’s defence of the Isle of Wight against a brutal low level Luftwaffe strike during #ww2
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The story of one Polish destroyer’s defence of the Isle of Wight against a brutal low level Luftwaffe strike during #ww2
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Defending Cowes
Podcast Episode · Maritime History with Chris Sams (live and unplugged) · 26/11/2025 · 15m
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November 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
This week’s podcast is out!
The story of one Polish destroyer’s defence of the Isle of Wight against a brutal low level Luftwaffe strike during #ww2
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
The story of one Polish destroyer’s defence of the Isle of Wight against a brutal low level Luftwaffe strike during #ww2
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Alex Decoteau was the first Indigenous police officer in Canadian history.
But he did much more than that.
He was an Olympian and gave his life for his country during the First World War.
This is his story.
🧵 1/8
But he did much more than that.
He was an Olympian and gave his life for his country during the First World War.
This is his story.
🧵 1/8
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Private Reginald Tite, Royal Sussex Regiment, was executed by firing squad for cowardice on this day in 1916. Ninety years later he was one of 306 soldiers who were granted a posthumous pardon.
📍Poperinghe New Military Cemetery 🇧🇪
📍Poperinghe New Military Cemetery 🇧🇪
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Free access to British Newspaper Archive
BTW some of you may know this but others won't. If you're in a place that's free WiFi is _TheCloud then it will give you unlimited credits to the BNA.
Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Free access to British Newspaper Archive
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We’re very excited about this! And lots of great content currently being recorded. Everyone seems to be having fun so far!
Tomorrow is the big day!
If you fancy getting your episodes early, with Extra Time and the chance to ask some questions, join us on Patreon.
It is fun. Promise.
If you fancy getting your episodes early, with Extra Time and the chance to ask some questions, join us on Patreon.
It is fun. Promise.
Our new podcast launches on Wednesday! You’ve heard the pilot, now our patreon subscribers can listen to episode 1 early! In the meantime, give us a follow. Everything from the Holocaust to fake 80s rock bands coming up! @boneyabroad.com @15minutebook.club www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteB...
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We’re very excited about this! And lots of great content currently being recorded. Everyone seems to be having fun so far!
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48-year-old widower Louis Nicolay and his 13-year-old son Michel lived in Trois-Ponts and were both murdered by the SS in the afternoon of the 19th of December 1944.
#battleofthebulge #historybook #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #ardennes
#battleofthebulge #historybook #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #ardennes
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
48-year-old widower Louis Nicolay and his 13-year-old son Michel lived in Trois-Ponts and were both murdered by the SS in the afternoon of the 19th of December 1944.
#battleofthebulge #historybook #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #ardennes
#battleofthebulge #historybook #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #ardennes
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SS PK-Berichter (propaganda company reporter) Max Büschel photographed a weary-looking SS-Obersturmführer Goltz at the Kaiserbaracke crossroads on the 18th of December 1944. In 1948, Heinz Goltz was tried and sentenced for his role in the murders in and around Stavelot
#battleofthebulge
#battleofthebulge
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
SS PK-Berichter (propaganda company reporter) Max Büschel photographed a weary-looking SS-Obersturmführer Goltz at the Kaiserbaracke crossroads on the 18th of December 1944. In 1948, Heinz Goltz was tried and sentenced for his role in the murders in and around Stavelot
#battleofthebulge
#battleofthebulge
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"A Tommy wearing rain cape and carrying picket posts," 1917 by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1918 © National Army Museum.
I love the atmospherics in this sketch. It hearkens to the labour that was a never-ending part of the soldier’s life in the #GreatWar. #LabourCorps #fwwhist #ww1 #WesternFront
I love the atmospherics in this sketch. It hearkens to the labour that was a never-ending part of the soldier’s life in the #GreatWar. #LabourCorps #fwwhist #ww1 #WesternFront
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"A Tommy wearing rain cape and carrying picket posts," 1917 by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1918 © National Army Museum.
I love the atmospherics in this sketch. It hearkens to the labour that was a never-ending part of the soldier’s life in the #GreatWar. #LabourCorps #fwwhist #ww1 #WesternFront
I love the atmospherics in this sketch. It hearkens to the labour that was a never-ending part of the soldier’s life in the #GreatWar. #LabourCorps #fwwhist #ww1 #WesternFront
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1945. Japan is going to lose the Philippines. But whilst the fighting goes on, amidst rumours of massacres, the fate of thousands of POWs hangs in the balance… achurchill.substack.com/p/the-los-ba...
The Los Baños Raid, 1945
This one came up in passing as I was getting ready for WHWFest this year, and I have had a note to come back to it for Substack for a while.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
1945. Japan is going to lose the Philippines. But whilst the fighting goes on, amidst rumours of massacres, the fate of thousands of POWs hangs in the balance… achurchill.substack.com/p/the-los-ba...
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Idea for Rachel Reeves: an updated Windows Tax on everyone who uses Microsoft’s operating system.
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Idea for Rachel Reeves: an updated Windows Tax on everyone who uses Microsoft’s operating system.
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Visited Tate Britain on Sunday to see the excellent Lee Miller exhibition and spotted some First World War paintings in another gallery by official war artists.
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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We are visiting the 1916 Somme battlefields from 5-8 June 2026 and telling the stories of the men involved in that tragedy. And who better to do experience it with than Peter Hart, Richard van Emden and Alex Churchill.
Mark in your diary and book today: www.istoriatravel.org
Mark in your diary and book today: www.istoriatravel.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
We are visiting the 1916 Somme battlefields from 5-8 June 2026 and telling the stories of the men involved in that tragedy. And who better to do experience it with than Peter Hart, Richard van Emden and Alex Churchill.
Mark in your diary and book today: www.istoriatravel.org
Mark in your diary and book today: www.istoriatravel.org
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What Is The Role Of An HGV Tanker Driver?
Steve is a tanker driver for Rix and here is is explaining what his job entails and why he loves it.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yf3pbuhe
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
Steve is a tanker driver for Rix and here is is explaining what his job entails and why he loves it.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yf3pbuhe
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
What Is The Role Of An HGV Tanker Driver?
Steve is a tanker driver for Rix and here is is explaining what his job entails and why he loves it.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yf3pbuhe
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
Steve is a tanker driver for Rix and here is is explaining what his job entails and why he loves it.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yf3pbuhe
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
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I’ve written a special post (free) for a friend on her birthday about the story of a ship with the same name.
The museum ship HMS Caroline, the past surviving vessel that saw action at Jutland and a training school through much of the 20th Century
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-caroline
#history
The museum ship HMS Caroline, the past surviving vessel that saw action at Jutland and a training school through much of the 20th Century
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-caroline
#history
The Caroline
So I found an old notebook the other day when looking for some research notes for an upcoming article and found at the front a list of “Things to do by 2025”.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I’ve written a special post (free) for a friend on her birthday about the story of a ship with the same name.
The museum ship HMS Caroline, the past surviving vessel that saw action at Jutland and a training school through much of the 20th Century
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-caroline
#history
The museum ship HMS Caroline, the past surviving vessel that saw action at Jutland and a training school through much of the 20th Century
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-caroline
#history
Hey Folks,
New episode is live!
“Bicycling My Grandfather’s WW1 Journey” - A Discussion with Brett Hawkes
Cape Ann, MA resident Brett Hawkes comes on the podcast to discuss his long bicycle trips through France, where he followed in his Doughboy grandfather’s WW1 footsteps.
New episode is live!
“Bicycling My Grandfather’s WW1 Journey” - A Discussion with Brett Hawkes
Cape Ann, MA resident Brett Hawkes comes on the podcast to discuss his long bicycle trips through France, where he followed in his Doughboy grandfather’s WW1 footsteps.
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Able Seaman Henry Cullimore, of Cromhall, Gloucestershire, drowned in Budapest while serving on H.M. Motor Launch 434. He is one of only four Great War servicemen buried in Hungary. His remains were moved to their current location in 1958.
📍Budapest War Cemetery 🇭🇺
📍Budapest War Cemetery 🇭🇺
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Join us on this one off trip and you get both myself and @peterhart.bsky.social as guides, as well as the mighty Richard Van Emden on his first ever tour! This is one campaign through the eyes of the individuals on the ground who fought it. @istoriatravel.bsky.social www.istoriatravel.org/somme
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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He likely killed 2 others in 1941. In the 42 spree he also failed to kill two others:
Catherine Mulcahy, 25 who managed to fight him off
Margaret Heywood, Cummins was disturbed by a delivery boy mid attack.
Lots sensationalised stuff online but this is a good wee vid youtu.be/meRXHC5Ww0U?...
Catherine Mulcahy, 25 who managed to fight him off
Margaret Heywood, Cummins was disturbed by a delivery boy mid attack.
Lots sensationalised stuff online but this is a good wee vid youtu.be/meRXHC5Ww0U?...
The Blackout Ripper | World War True
YouTube video by History Play
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November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
He likely killed 2 others in 1941. In the 42 spree he also failed to kill two others:
Catherine Mulcahy, 25 who managed to fight him off
Margaret Heywood, Cummins was disturbed by a delivery boy mid attack.
Lots sensationalised stuff online but this is a good wee vid youtu.be/meRXHC5Ww0U?...
Catherine Mulcahy, 25 who managed to fight him off
Margaret Heywood, Cummins was disturbed by a delivery boy mid attack.
Lots sensationalised stuff online but this is a good wee vid youtu.be/meRXHC5Ww0U?...
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It's not going away
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It's not going away
On this day in 1918 William Hinnells was buried at Salthouse church; thousands of miles from his daughter who he'd only known for a few weeks before he left to go to war
A Soldiers Heart: The tale of William Hinnells
A battle of a different kind
farmboysandpioneers.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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The now Grade II listed headstone of railway fireman Edward Booth is a reminder of the tragic Ulleskelf accident which occurred OTD 24 November in 1906 when in fog, the train on which he was working missed a red signal and crashed into a coal train killing himself and the driver.
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The now Grade II listed headstone of railway fireman Edward Booth is a reminder of the tragic Ulleskelf accident which occurred OTD 24 November in 1906 when in fog, the train on which he was working missed a red signal and crashed into a coal train killing himself and the driver.
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The nights have drawn in and our virtual pub opens its doors again this week! Members are invited to join us for convivial #WW1 chat and inevitable chuckles from 8pm on Friday 28th November (UK time) Appropriate link will be emailed to all members 24 hours before 🎉 🥂
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The nights have drawn in and our virtual pub opens its doors again this week! Members are invited to join us for convivial #WW1 chat and inevitable chuckles from 8pm on Friday 28th November (UK time) Appropriate link will be emailed to all members 24 hours before 🎉 🥂