Always hard-hitting and humbling to see such a young age carved in stone.
📍Essex Farm Cemetery 🇧🇪
📍Essex Farm Cemetery 🇧🇪
January 14, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Six weeks, six entralling lectures that cover the political , military, naval and cultural impact of a doomed campaign. To book your spot visit: greatwargroup.com/product/gall...
January 14, 2026 at 6:21 AM
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 10:30 PM
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#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1 Stained glass window and RoH in the rebuilt church of Rembercourt (after the devastation of September 1914)
#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1 Stained glass window and RoH in the rebuilt church of Rembercourt (after the devastation of September 1914)
January 13, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1 Stained glass window and RoH in the rebuilt church of Rembercourt (after the devastation of September 1914)
#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1 Stained glass window and RoH in the rebuilt church of Rembercourt (after the devastation of September 1914)
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#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1 NN de Troyon: contains the bodies of several who fell in the heroic defence of the Fort (and Verdun) in 1914
#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1 NN de Troyon: contains the bodies of several who fell in the heroic defence of the Fort (and Verdun) in 1914
January 13, 2026 at 4:56 PM
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1 NN de Troyon: contains the bodies of several who fell in the heroic defence of the Fort (and Verdun) in 1914
#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1 NN de Troyon: contains the bodies of several who fell in the heroic defence of the Fort (and Verdun) in 1914
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#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1 From an early Belgian WW1 history, published in, I think, weekly parts. Belgian workers making propellors
#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1 From an early Belgian WW1 history, published in, I think, weekly parts. Belgian workers making propellors
January 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1 From an early Belgian WW1 history, published in, I think, weekly parts. Belgian workers making propellors
#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1 From an early Belgian WW1 history, published in, I think, weekly parts. Belgian workers making propellors
After 8 years the work is done. A complete roll of honour of the 11,000 men of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers who died during or as a result of the Great War. 27 volumes in total. All available on Amazon.
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The Yorkshire Evening Post, 12 August 1916.
January 13, 2026 at 12:06 PM
D Block was a military psychiatric hospital located behind high walls at the rear of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM
New episode is out on Patreon, Folks!
Independent historian Alfons Philippi of Germany joins the podcast to discuss his German-language book on the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Die Vergessenne Schlacht (The Forgotten Battle), also the impact of 20th century history on his family and its history.
Independent historian Alfons Philippi of Germany joins the podcast to discuss his German-language book on the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Die Vergessenne Schlacht (The Forgotten Battle), also the impact of 20th century history on his family and its history.
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
#1GM #WW1 #Indre1418 L'hiver 1914-1915 est rude du côté de Poperinghe. Ceux du Service de Santé du 9e Corps sont bien équipés.
January 13, 2026 at 11:52 AM
On 12 August 1915 Flight Commander Charles Edmonds was the first person in history to launch a torpedo from an aircraft, a Short Type 184 operating from HMS Ben-my-Chree
January 12, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Five women ambulance drivers of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry at Calais, January 1917. Photograph by John Warwick Brooke. Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
January 11, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Private Thomas Howlett, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, died of wounds at Manchester’s Victoria Red Cross Hospital. In addition to loved ones, his funeral was attended by many Belgians, likely refugees then living in the town.
📍 Ilfracombe (Holy Trinity) Churchyard 🇬🇧
📍 Ilfracombe (Holy Trinity) Churchyard 🇬🇧
January 11, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Everybody loves a bargain, don’t they. Grab yours now, by pre-ordering my new book with a massive discount 👊
January 11, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Battle Guide has just dropped an analysis of a single grid square on the #Somme. The focus of the story is how many bodies were recovered there by graves registration teams after the Great War. To me, this is a must-watch story for those interested in the #FirstWorldWar.
#fww #WesternFront #fwwhist
#fww #WesternFront #fwwhist
Four Years of War In One Field - WW1 Documentary
YouTube video by Battle Guide
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Battle Guide has just dropped an analysis of a single grid square on the #Somme. The focus of the story is how many bodies were recovered there by graves registration teams after the Great War. To me, this is a must-watch story for those interested in the #FirstWorldWar.
#fww #WesternFront #fwwhist
#fww #WesternFront #fwwhist
Official War Photographer Thomas Aitken’s visit to trenches held by the 12th East Yorkshire Regiment, Roclincourt, north of Arras, France #OTD 9 January 1918, in 5 images: 1. A sentry in Brandy Trench. Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
January 9, 2026 at 10:12 AM
#1GM Henri Jules Grenier (1893-1918)
Grièvement blessé le 9 mai 1915 et rendu aveugle, il meurt quelques jours avant la signature de l’armistice.
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Grièvement blessé le 9 mai 1915 et rendu aveugle, il meurt quelques jours avant la signature de l’armistice.
amphitrite33.canalblog.com/2025/12/henr...
January 9, 2026 at 10:09 AM
#OTD Horse-drawn transport column passing the ruined medieval Cloth Hall in the snow-covered square of Ypres, 8 January 1918. Photograph by David McLellan. Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
January 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
“Jutland Hero’s Death” was the headline used to report the death of Stoker 1st Class Alfred Ethelbert Tucker, a veteran of the Battle of Jutland who served aboard the dreadnought battleship HMS Agincourt.
📍 Winchester (West Hill) Old Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍 Winchester (West Hill) Old Cemetery 🇬🇧
January 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM
This is a haunting and beautiful tune called “Battle of the Somme” was written in 1916 by Pipe Major William Lawrie of the 8th Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Here it’s performed by Pipe Major Bill Hepburn.
#fww #fwwhist #highlander #bagspipes #piper
#fww #fwwhist #highlander #bagspipes #piper
The Battle of The Somme played by Pipe Major Bill Hepburn
YouTube video by GIBSON 'GIBBY' ROSS
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January 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
This is a haunting and beautiful tune called “Battle of the Somme” was written in 1916 by Pipe Major William Lawrie of the 8th Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Here it’s performed by Pipe Major Bill Hepburn.
#fww #fwwhist #highlander #bagspipes #piper
#fww #fwwhist #highlander #bagspipes #piper
Hey Folks,
On Saturday, JAN 24th, 2026 at 1400 US EST please join us for the 2nd presentation in the collaborative series on the Arras-Cambrai Road during the Great War.
In this session historian Michel Gravel will be talking about an American in the Canadian Forces, William Metcalf VC MM.
On Saturday, JAN 24th, 2026 at 1400 US EST please join us for the 2nd presentation in the collaborative series on the Arras-Cambrai Road during the Great War.
In this session historian Michel Gravel will be talking about an American in the Canadian Forces, William Metcalf VC MM.
January 7, 2026 at 8:14 AM
There are 379 casualties buried in this Staffordshire cemetery, including 79 New Zealanders. Among them is Pte George Slade, NZ Medical Corps, who died of cardiac failure under anaesthetic and is buried a long way from home.
📍Cannock Chase War Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Cannock Chase War Cemetery 🇬🇧
January 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
#1GM Le parcours proposé n'est pas juste celui d'André Plas, mais celle de toute une escouade de la classe 1914 du dépôt du 63e RI. A l'aide de documents d'un superbe fonds des AD de la Réunion.
⤵️ Découvrir leurs parcours ⤵️
parcours-combattant14-18.fr/andre-plas-a...
⤵️ Découvrir leurs parcours ⤵️
parcours-combattant14-18.fr/andre-plas-a...
January 6, 2026 at 10:58 PM