Adie
@adie1158.bsky.social
Interested in Military History.
Worked for the IWM at Duxford & the Churchill War Rooms and for the National Army Museum.
Living with Muscular Dystrophy.
Served in the Royal Anglian Regiment.
Member of We Have Ways Podcast Independent Company (#2262)
Worked for the IWM at Duxford & the Churchill War Rooms and for the National Army Museum.
Living with Muscular Dystrophy.
Served in the Royal Anglian Regiment.
Member of We Have Ways Podcast Independent Company (#2262)
Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk.Ib Z7015 of the Shuttleworth Collection. #Shuttleworth #SeaHurricane #Hawker #OldWarden
January 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk.Ib Z7015 of the Shuttleworth Collection. #Shuttleworth #SeaHurricane #Hawker #OldWarden
January 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 R4118
In markings of 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron RAF.
Delivered to 605 Squadron on the 17th August 1940, R4118 saw action during the Battle of Britain based out of RAF Croydon. R4118 flew 49 sorties, shooting down or damaging five enemy aircraft.
#Duxford #Aircraft
In markings of 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron RAF.
Delivered to 605 Squadron on the 17th August 1940, R4118 saw action during the Battle of Britain based out of RAF Croydon. R4118 flew 49 sorties, shooting down or damaging five enemy aircraft.
#Duxford #Aircraft
January 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hawker Hurricane Mk. I ‘P3717’ (G-HITT) at Old Warden.
Markings of 253 Squadron RAF. #HawkerHurricane #Aircraft #Duxford #Hawker #Hurricane #Planes #Warbird
Markings of 253 Squadron RAF. #HawkerHurricane #Aircraft #Duxford #Hawker #Hurricane #Planes #Warbird
January 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hawker Hurricane Mk. I ‘P3717’ (G-HITT) at Old Warden.
Markings of 253 Squadron RAF. #HawkerHurricane #Aircraft #Duxford #Hawker #Hurricane #Planes #Warbird
Markings of 253 Squadron RAF. #HawkerHurricane #Aircraft #Duxford #Hawker #Hurricane #Planes #Warbird
Memorial to Lt's Melvill and Coghill killed at Battle of Isandlwana 22nd January 1879.
Lieutenants Melville and Coghill were not found until the 4th February 1879 and were buried where they died.
They were then reburied in an isolated grave on 14th April where today is marked by a memorial.
Lieutenants Melville and Coghill were not found until the 4th February 1879 and were buried where they died.
They were then reburied in an isolated grave on 14th April where today is marked by a memorial.
January 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Memorial to Lt's Melvill and Coghill killed at Battle of Isandlwana 22nd January 1879.
Lieutenants Melville and Coghill were not found until the 4th February 1879 and were buried where they died.
They were then reburied in an isolated grave on 14th April where today is marked by a memorial.
Lieutenants Melville and Coghill were not found until the 4th February 1879 and were buried where they died.
They were then reburied in an isolated grave on 14th April where today is marked by a memorial.
Lieutenant Teignmouth Melvill who was killed at the Battle of Isandlwana on the 22nd January 1879.
January 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Lieutenant Teignmouth Melvill who was killed at the Battle of Isandlwana on the 22nd January 1879.
Lieutenant Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill.
Killed at the Battle of Isandlwana on the 22nd January 1879.
Killed at the Battle of Isandlwana on the 22nd January 1879.
January 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Lieutenant Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill.
Killed at the Battle of Isandlwana on the 22nd January 1879.
Killed at the Battle of Isandlwana on the 22nd January 1879.
'Saving the Queen's Colours'
A romanticised view of Lieutenants Melvill and Coghill saving the Colour at the battle of Isandlwana.
Painting by French artist Alphonse de Neuville (1880).
A romanticised view of Lieutenants Melvill and Coghill saving the Colour at the battle of Isandlwana.
Painting by French artist Alphonse de Neuville (1880).
January 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
'Saving the Queen's Colours'
A romanticised view of Lieutenants Melvill and Coghill saving the Colour at the battle of Isandlwana.
Painting by French artist Alphonse de Neuville (1880).
A romanticised view of Lieutenants Melvill and Coghill saving the Colour at the battle of Isandlwana.
Painting by French artist Alphonse de Neuville (1880).
Battle of Isandlwana 22nd January 1879 in 2010.
January 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Battle of Isandlwana 22nd January 1879 in 2010.
Battle of Isandlwana 22nd January 1879 in 2010.
January 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Battle of Isandlwana 22nd January 1879 in 2010.
Looking up at the mountain of Isandlwana in 2010 from the area of one of the rifle companies which were deployed some 800 yards from the main camp.
January 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Looking up at the mountain of Isandlwana in 2010 from the area of one of the rifle companies which were deployed some 800 yards from the main camp.
Isandhlwana Mountain after the battle of the 22nd January 1879 looking across the Neck where the main tented area of the camp was sited.
(© National Army Museum)
(© National Army Museum)
January 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Isandhlwana Mountain after the battle of the 22nd January 1879 looking across the Neck where the main tented area of the camp was sited.
(© National Army Museum)
(© National Army Museum)
Graves at Isandlwana in 2010.
January 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Graves at Isandlwana in 2010.
146 years ago today on the 22nd January 1879 a British force camped at Isandlwana were defeated by a Zulu Army of 20,000 warriors.
The British lost 52 officers and 806 other ranks killed plus 471 Africans were killed fighting for the British.
Zulu casualties estimated at some 2,000 dead.
The British lost 52 officers and 806 other ranks killed plus 471 Africans were killed fighting for the British.
Zulu casualties estimated at some 2,000 dead.
January 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
146 years ago today on the 22nd January 1879 a British force camped at Isandlwana were defeated by a Zulu Army of 20,000 warriors.
The British lost 52 officers and 806 other ranks killed plus 471 Africans were killed fighting for the British.
Zulu casualties estimated at some 2,000 dead.
The British lost 52 officers and 806 other ranks killed plus 471 Africans were killed fighting for the British.
Zulu casualties estimated at some 2,000 dead.
War Memorial at the Parish of Eriswell (near Lakenheath)
#WarMemorial
#WarMemorial
January 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
War Memorial at the Parish of Eriswell (near Lakenheath)
#WarMemorial
#WarMemorial
Everton (Bedfordshire) War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard.
"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918"
#WarMemorial
"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918"
#WarMemorial
January 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Everton (Bedfordshire) War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard.
"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918"
#WarMemorial
"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918"
#WarMemorial
Bedfordshire Regiment Boer War Memorial at the Swan Hotel in Bedford.
Unveiled on the 2nd June 1904 the Memorial stands outside the Swan Hotel across the road from the Embankment beside the River Ouse.
Represents an infantry soldier in khaki service dress, and in heavy marching order.
#WarMemorial
Unveiled on the 2nd June 1904 the Memorial stands outside the Swan Hotel across the road from the Embankment beside the River Ouse.
Represents an infantry soldier in khaki service dress, and in heavy marching order.
#WarMemorial
January 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Bedfordshire Regiment Boer War Memorial at the Swan Hotel in Bedford.
Unveiled on the 2nd June 1904 the Memorial stands outside the Swan Hotel across the road from the Embankment beside the River Ouse.
Represents an infantry soldier in khaki service dress, and in heavy marching order.
#WarMemorial
Unveiled on the 2nd June 1904 the Memorial stands outside the Swan Hotel across the road from the Embankment beside the River Ouse.
Represents an infantry soldier in khaki service dress, and in heavy marching order.
#WarMemorial
The drift (Buffalo River) at Rorke's Drift in 2010.
It is here the british crossed into Zulu Land on the 11th January 1879.
In the film "Zulu" we first see Lieutenant Chard building a bridge at this location.
The original photograph bottom right is the same area in 1879. #Zulu #RorkesDrift
It is here the british crossed into Zulu Land on the 11th January 1879.
In the film "Zulu" we first see Lieutenant Chard building a bridge at this location.
The original photograph bottom right is the same area in 1879. #Zulu #RorkesDrift
January 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The drift (Buffalo River) at Rorke's Drift in 2010.
It is here the british crossed into Zulu Land on the 11th January 1879.
In the film "Zulu" we first see Lieutenant Chard building a bridge at this location.
The original photograph bottom right is the same area in 1879. #Zulu #RorkesDrift
It is here the british crossed into Zulu Land on the 11th January 1879.
In the film "Zulu" we first see Lieutenant Chard building a bridge at this location.
The original photograph bottom right is the same area in 1879. #Zulu #RorkesDrift
