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Bryn Hammond
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FRHistS. Historian of the First World War, WW1, ‘the Great War’. Principal Curator with principles at l'ancien asile. Maps landed in my lap. Evertonian. Cricket lover. Father…more when I think of it.
All views here are mine, but I’m prepared to share them.
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So, when you say ‘forgotten’ … well, I mean, it’s not really, is it?
Don’t they call no balls in Australia? #Ashes #Cricket
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Well, the bowlers have turned up !
#Ashes #cricket
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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how much does one have to hate this breathtaking, marvel-filled, glorious, beautiful earth we are undeservedly blessed to live on to think this?
If there’s no shale gas then there’s no shale gas, but I still think environmentalism is basically bad and politicians should focus more on material prosperity.
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Dick Advocaat is the head coach of the Curaçao football team, who will be the first ever alcoholic drink managed by an alcoholic drink to play at a World Cup finals.
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“Soldier slang. Now historic”. #FWW
Toilet flush napoo.
Luckily, na’ poo.
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Toilet flush napoo.
Luckily, na’ poo.
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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🎥 Then & Now

The Lost Generation | Where they fell

Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.

Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀

Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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🎥 Then & Now

The Lost Generation | Where they fell

Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.

Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀

Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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La rue des Dardanelles, #paris17, débute boulevard Pershing et se termine boulevard de Dixmude.
Elle a reçu ce nom pour perpétuer le souvenir de la bataille des Dardanelles durant la Grande Guerre.
November 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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C'est tout le secteur qui renvoie vers la 1GM Rue du Dobropol, Rue de Salonique, Bd de Dixmude, Bd de l'Yser.
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
TNT IS quite simply K*pite TV.
November 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Rand McNally, March 1939.
Europe on the eve of #WW2. Current #borders in colour with pre- #WW1 borders in purple. France occupies the #Rhine; #Bohemia, #Moravia, & #Slovakia in red as part of Greater Germany. Many disputed or recently 'transferred' areas.
#antiquemap #maps #remembrance
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Would you like to know about 100 objects from the First World War in the Bavarian Army Museum? The link below is to a PDF of the whole of this fantastic book. Vielen Dank an das freundliche Bayerische Armeemuseum.
November 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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We have monthly relaxed openings at Experience Barnsley Museum and The Cooper Gallery for visitors who prefer a quieter experience.

Our next one is during half term, 28 October and we open an hour earlier for a 'quiet hour'

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekQForQuiet
October 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Just out of interest, if you’re interested or involved in #FWWHist, what might you expect by way of events or media coverage in 2026 for the 110th Anniversary of the 1916 battles of the #Somme and #Verdun, as well as the #FWW #WW1 more generally? Anything? Nothing?
October 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Visited the Imperial War Museum today, and spent the entire day in just two exhibits.

The first is the new “Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus”

www.iwm.org.uk/events/emerg...
Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus
At the end of the Second World War, a wave of independence movements swept the British Empire. Emergency Exits focuses on three often overlooked independence movements. These were brutal conflicts bet...
www.iwm.org.uk
October 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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It's been incredible this week to see something that I, along with many others, have been working on for several years... "Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya, and Cyprus" exhibit at the Imperial War Museum in London. The exhibition represents a significant evolution... 1/6
October 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Now open at IWM London, our brand new special exhibition Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus. It's fascinating, it's revelatory and it's FREE. Do come and see it!

www.iwm.org.uk/events/emerg...
October 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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📣 Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus.

A new exhibition running at the Imperial War Museum between Oct 2025 - March 2026.

I was approached last year to join the advisory panel and have been so delighted to see this project come to fruition.
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Il y a soixante-quatre ans, le 17 octobre 1961, la police française massacrait des Algérien·nes qui manifestaient pacifiquement pour leur dignité.
October 17, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Le gardien international anglais Jordan Pickford prolonge avec Everton jusqu'en 2029
Le gardien international anglais Jordan Pickford prolonge avec Everton jusqu'en 2029
www.lequipe.fr
October 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Bringing this post on the IWM website to people’s attention (in case you haven’t seen it)
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Irish War of Independence: An IWM Collecting Project
Find out more about a new project focused on developing IWM's collections related to the Irish War of Independence.
www.iwm.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Posting the day after the #EFC game is going to be my ‘thing’ I think. Yesterday turned on half time changes. But not just the game. The day. So much ‘new routine’ before. A poor performance against v good side. Then to a different level. Passion lead to belief. Crowd reaction to effort=*Support* 1/
October 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM