Lesley
@4jonboy.bsky.social
Hello, I'm a Yorkshire lass. I'm the daughter of a 56 Recce who served in WW2.
Retired/Married. Interested in all things WW2, especially the Italian Campaign.
Enjoy walking, reading and making cross stitch samplers
Retired/Married. Interested in all things WW2, especially the Italian Campaign.
Enjoy walking, reading and making cross stitch samplers
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Lesley
@4jonboy.bsky.social
· Jul 13
In WW2 my father was in Italy with the British 78th Division, and in July 1944 his unit was sent to Quassasin camp near Ismalia for some rest and recuperation. They had fought in North Africa, Sicily and Italy since November 1942.
Always remember, never forget.
Always remember, never forget.
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Just had a spine-tingling experience today. After a month of searching I managed to track down the family of a young lieutenant who died in Arras in May 1940. Long shot but they came back within a few hours of my email and now have permission to use photos in my book and lots of additional info.
a close up of a man 's face with the words crazy but nice below him
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words crazy but nice below him
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December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Just had a spine-tingling experience today. After a month of searching I managed to track down the family of a young lieutenant who died in Arras in May 1940. Long shot but they came back within a few hours of my email and now have permission to use photos in my book and lots of additional info.
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Good morning welcome to Tippetty tap tap Thursday
People can look perfectly fine on the outside
But once you talk to them, you realise they’re carrying stories, struggles & emotions you never noticed
That’s why kindness is important
It costs nothing, yet it can mean so much
People can look perfectly fine on the outside
But once you talk to them, you realise they’re carrying stories, struggles & emotions you never noticed
That’s why kindness is important
It costs nothing, yet it can mean so much
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Good morning welcome to Tippetty tap tap Thursday
People can look perfectly fine on the outside
But once you talk to them, you realise they’re carrying stories, struggles & emotions you never noticed
That’s why kindness is important
It costs nothing, yet it can mean so much
People can look perfectly fine on the outside
But once you talk to them, you realise they’re carrying stories, struggles & emotions you never noticed
That’s why kindness is important
It costs nothing, yet it can mean so much
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🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
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Started the first quarter of this Hungarian square pastels kit. It may take some time 😉.
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Started the first quarter of this Hungarian square pastels kit. It may take some time 😉.
Remembering my dad's birthday, born on this day 24th November 1922. He was a WW2 Veteran who served in 56th Reconnaissance Regiment, part of the 78th Infantry Division, also known as the Battleaxe Division.
Always in my thoughts❤️
Always in my thoughts❤️
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Remembering my dad's birthday, born on this day 24th November 1922. He was a WW2 Veteran who served in 56th Reconnaissance Regiment, part of the 78th Infantry Division, also known as the Battleaxe Division.
Always in my thoughts❤️
Always in my thoughts❤️
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Lots of snow today in North Yorkshire and very cold, 4 degrees ❄️🥶
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Lots of snow today in North Yorkshire and very cold, 4 degrees ❄️🥶
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If you need a laugh today
😂🤣😂🤣😂
😂🤣😂🤣😂
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If you need a laugh today
😂🤣😂🤣😂
😂🤣😂🤣😂
Brrrr we're definitely in for a cold 🥶 snap this week.
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Brrrr we're definitely in for a cold 🥶 snap this week.
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Bit of good news...
Rail worker who saved passengers from stabbings leaves hospital
Samir Zitouni's family say they are
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Bit of good news...
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The Yorkshire Dales National Park was established on this day 1954 and extended 2016. Most is in North Yorkshire, with a sizeable area in Cumbria and a small part in Lancashire (photo Ribblehead Viaduct).
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The Yorkshire Dales National Park was established on this day 1954 and extended 2016. Most is in North Yorkshire, with a sizeable area in Cumbria and a small part in Lancashire (photo Ribblehead Viaduct).
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Dig uncovers secrets of first public railway, the Stockton and Darlington. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'New features' of Stockton and Darlington Railway uncovered
A team of archaeologists say they have made
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Dig uncovers secrets of first public railway, the Stockton and Darlington. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This week in 1941, 12th Field Company #RoyalEngineers lost Corporal Sidney Nichols during the Siege of Tobruk.
Accidentally killed by a BP AP mine on Nov 8 and buried at Tobruk cemetery on Nov 9.
Letter of sympathy from Brigadier Cox commanding 23 Infantry Brigade.
#LestWeForget
#PlymouthSon
Accidentally killed by a BP AP mine on Nov 8 and buried at Tobruk cemetery on Nov 9.
Letter of sympathy from Brigadier Cox commanding 23 Infantry Brigade.
#LestWeForget
#PlymouthSon
November 10, 2023 at 9:48 AM
This week in 1941, 12th Field Company #RoyalEngineers lost Corporal Sidney Nichols during the Siege of Tobruk.
Accidentally killed by a BP AP mine on Nov 8 and buried at Tobruk cemetery on Nov 9.
Letter of sympathy from Brigadier Cox commanding 23 Infantry Brigade.
#LestWeForget
#PlymouthSon
Accidentally killed by a BP AP mine on Nov 8 and buried at Tobruk cemetery on Nov 9.
Letter of sympathy from Brigadier Cox commanding 23 Infantry Brigade.
#LestWeForget
#PlymouthSon
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Night night sweet dreamies
Some days bring unexpected disappointments, but they also remind us how resilient we are & can clear space for better things.
Tonight I’m focusing on the positives, the kindness shown, and the possibilities ahead.
Some days bring unexpected disappointments, but they also remind us how resilient we are & can clear space for better things.
Tonight I’m focusing on the positives, the kindness shown, and the possibilities ahead.
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
Some days bring unexpected disappointments, but they also remind us how resilient we are & can clear space for better things.
Tonight I’m focusing on the positives, the kindness shown, and the possibilities ahead.
Some days bring unexpected disappointments, but they also remind us how resilient we are & can clear space for better things.
Tonight I’m focusing on the positives, the kindness shown, and the possibilities ahead.
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✨One to lift the spirits - the magnificent nave at Wells Cathedral taken with my tilt-shift lens 📸. Hard to believe that the 'owl like' scissor arches at the end were built in the mid C14th.
September 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
✨One to lift the spirits - the magnificent nave at Wells Cathedral taken with my tilt-shift lens 📸. Hard to believe that the 'owl like' scissor arches at the end were built in the mid C14th.
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Forgotten Battlefield returns tonight at 19.30 on BBC4 looking at the groundbreaking work of The Diggers to recover the archaeology and the dead of Ypres. Made in 2001, it was the first BBC film I worked on.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Two - Meet the Ancestors, Series 5, The Forgotten Battlefield
Life on the World War I front line near Ypres is pieced together by archaeologists.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Forcing everyone to wear a poppy sort of sounds a bit like the folks those guys we're commemorating died trying to stop. . .
Wearing a poppy is meaningful because it is voluntary. There are many different & shifting views in Ireland about whether and how to engage with commemorations of the world wars, which include many Irish servicemen, given our complex history. We should respect people's choices, not try to impose
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Forcing everyone to wear a poppy sort of sounds a bit like the folks those guys we're commemorating died trying to stop. . .
About time too.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Oldest victim of Post Office scandal, 92, receives final payout
"I can settle up my affairs. I can turn the heating up full blast, and that will be wonderful," 92-year-old Betty Brown told the BBC.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
About time too.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Heartfelt thoughts tonight for everyone affected by the awful incident on board the LNER service near Huntingdon.
Thank you to the first responders and railway colleagues who showed such courage and care.
Holding all those involved in our hearts
Thank you to the first responders and railway colleagues who showed such courage and care.
Holding all those involved in our hearts
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Heartfelt thoughts tonight for everyone affected by the awful incident on board the LNER service near Huntingdon.
Thank you to the first responders and railway colleagues who showed such courage and care.
Holding all those involved in our hearts
Thank you to the first responders and railway colleagues who showed such courage and care.
Holding all those involved in our hearts
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Waiting for a train. There's an announcement abt the Poppy Appeal. It ends w/'wear your poppy to show the armed forces community you care'.
I don't wear a poppy to do that, I wear one in remembrance of the war service of my gt gfather, gfather, and 2 friends blown up (one killed) in Afghanistan.
I don't wear a poppy to do that, I wear one in remembrance of the war service of my gt gfather, gfather, and 2 friends blown up (one killed) in Afghanistan.
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Waiting for a train. There's an announcement abt the Poppy Appeal. It ends w/'wear your poppy to show the armed forces community you care'.
I don't wear a poppy to do that, I wear one in remembrance of the war service of my gt gfather, gfather, and 2 friends blown up (one killed) in Afghanistan.
I don't wear a poppy to do that, I wear one in remembrance of the war service of my gt gfather, gfather, and 2 friends blown up (one killed) in Afghanistan.
This is an amazing story I've just read today. Please read this article about Don Blakeslee, an American fighter pilot in WW2; he was a very brave man.
www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/pers...
www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/pers...
October 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is an amazing story I've just read today. Please read this article about Don Blakeslee, an American fighter pilot in WW2; he was a very brave man.
www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/pers...
www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/pers...
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🎶 I'll send an SOS to the world...🎶
What an incredible find. Messages in a bottle from WWI soldiers found on Australian coast
#WW1
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#WW1
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Messages in a bottle from WWI soldiers found on Australian coast
The notes were thrown overboard just a few days into a voyage to join the battlefields of France more than a century ago.
www.bbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🎶 I'll send an SOS to the world...🎶
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Sheffield sculpture honours fallen soldiers of WW1. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sheffield sculpture honours fallen soldiers of WWI
Sam Sherborne's artwork depicts 270 Sheffield soldiers killed in the Battle of the Somme.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Sheffield sculpture honours fallen soldiers of WW1. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...