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Retired armo(u)r Soldier • British-American • History nerd, esp. the WW1 BEF • No coffee too strong • Go Army! • Death before dismount • Yes Marmite
I have lots of ideas. Most of them would probably get me thrown into bluesky jail, LOL. I was texting with my son (33) the other day. He wrote, “You’re such a boomer, dad.” I was like, “How come?” His reply: “You use stuff like LOL and LMAO instead of an emoji.”
The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I have lots of ideas. Most of them would probably get me thrown into bluesky jail, LOL. I was texting with my son (33) the other day. He wrote, “You’re such a boomer, dad.” I was like, “How come?” His reply: “You use stuff like LOL and LMAO instead of an emoji.”
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Erinnerung und Verantwortung: Gedenken am Ehrenmal
Auf der Festung Ehrenbreitstein in Koblenz fand die jährliche Gedenkfeier am Ehrenmal des Deutschen Heeres statt.
Wie seit einem dutzend Jahre unterstützt durch Teile der #LLBrig1
Wir sind das Heer 🫡
Auf der Festung Ehrenbreitstein in Koblenz fand die jährliche Gedenkfeier am Ehrenmal des Deutschen Heeres statt.
Wie seit einem dutzend Jahre unterstützt durch Teile der #LLBrig1
Wir sind das Heer 🫡
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Erinnerung und Verantwortung: Gedenken am Ehrenmal
Auf der Festung Ehrenbreitstein in Koblenz fand die jährliche Gedenkfeier am Ehrenmal des Deutschen Heeres statt.
Wie seit einem dutzend Jahre unterstützt durch Teile der #LLBrig1
Wir sind das Heer 🫡
Auf der Festung Ehrenbreitstein in Koblenz fand die jährliche Gedenkfeier am Ehrenmal des Deutschen Heeres statt.
Wie seit einem dutzend Jahre unterstützt durch Teile der #LLBrig1
Wir sind das Heer 🫡
This is a powerful little video using modern and period images. The creator weaves timeless stories of devotion to duty and sacrifice. #Lestweforget
🎥 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…
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 11:06 PM
This is a powerful little video using modern and period images. The creator weaves timeless stories of devotion to duty and sacrifice. #Lestweforget
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Sisyphus worked in a staff shop in a forward-deployed joint headquarters. Every frigging morning with the boulder. Today it’s 20,000 sandbags. Tomorrow, some rocket scientist cut through a 220 volt line with a pick. And 120-slide PP briefings that have to be done yesterday. #Iamsisyphus the horror…
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Sisyphus worked in a staff shop in a forward-deployed joint headquarters. Every frigging morning with the boulder. Today it’s 20,000 sandbags. Tomorrow, some rocket scientist cut through a 220 volt line with a pick. And 120-slide PP briefings that have to be done yesterday. #Iamsisyphus the horror…
I’m sure you know the old axiom about professionals talking logistics and amateurs talking tactics. Well, I’m reading this outstanding book about the gargantuan effort that sustained the #BritishArmy in the #GreatWar. #fwwhist #fww #WW1
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I’m sure you know the old axiom about professionals talking logistics and amateurs talking tactics. Well, I’m reading this outstanding book about the gargantuan effort that sustained the #BritishArmy in the #GreatWar. #fwwhist #fww #WW1
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Never forgotten, wear your poppy with pride. 🫡🫡🫡
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Never forgotten, wear your poppy with pride. 🫡🫡🫡
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November 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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#OTD in 1918 Wilfred Owen was killed in action just one week before the end of #WW1
#LestWeForget
Credits for photos and many more here:
livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/33...
#LestWeForget
Credits for photos and many more here:
livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/33...
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#OTD in 1918 Wilfred Owen was killed in action just one week before the end of #WW1
#LestWeForget
Credits for photos and many more here:
livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/33...
#LestWeForget
Credits for photos and many more here:
livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/33...
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4 November 1918 Lt Wilfred Owen was killed in action during the crossing of the Sambre–Oise Canal, exactly one week (almost to the hour) before the signing of the Armistice. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
4 November 1918 Lt Wilfred Owen was killed in action during the crossing of the Sambre–Oise Canal, exactly one week (almost to the hour) before the signing of the Armistice. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Please take a moment to read Harry Keyes’ story. He was among the heroic soldiers who sacrificed everything in the #GreatWar. #fww #fwwhist #WesternFront #pbi
From the Banks of the Thames to the Mud of Passchendaele read the story of Great Uncle Harry Keyes and my visit to the Western Front to retrace his footsteps.
#WW1 #Genealogy #Ypres #Passchendaele #History #FamilyHistory
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#WW1 #Genealogy #Ypres #Passchendaele #History #FamilyHistory
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In the Shadow of Passchendaele: Remembering Private Keyes
From the Banks of the Thames to the Mud of Passchendaele: The Life and Loss of Harry Joseph Keyes Before the mud, the gunfire, and the chaos of the Western Front, before the thunder of artillery at…
chiddicksfamilytree.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Please take a moment to read Harry Keyes’ story. He was among the heroic soldiers who sacrificed everything in the #GreatWar. #fww #fwwhist #WesternFront #pbi
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IWM HU 118807 - Near Neuve Chapelle, France, while leading his regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Oliver Swanston DSO, Commanding Officer, 34th Prince Albert Victor’s Own Poona Horse, Indian Army, is #KIA #OTD Nov 2 1914 iwm.org.uk/collections/... bsky.app/profile/this...
November 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
IWM HU 118807 - Near Neuve Chapelle, France, while leading his regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Oliver Swanston DSO, Commanding Officer, 34th Prince Albert Victor’s Own Poona Horse, Indian Army, is #KIA #OTD Nov 2 1914 iwm.org.uk/collections/... bsky.app/profile/this...
‘Canadian Cavalry Ready in a Wood’ by Alfred Bastien, 1918, #CanadianWarMuseum
There’s a misconception that horse cavalry was obsolete in the #GreatWar. IMHO that wasn’t the case. The #Canadian #Cavalry Brigade performed yeomanly service on the Western Front in #WW1
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There’s a misconception that horse cavalry was obsolete in the #GreatWar. IMHO that wasn’t the case. The #Canadian #Cavalry Brigade performed yeomanly service on the Western Front in #WW1
@canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
‘Canadian Cavalry Ready in a Wood’ by Alfred Bastien, 1918, #CanadianWarMuseum
There’s a misconception that horse cavalry was obsolete in the #GreatWar. IMHO that wasn’t the case. The #Canadian #Cavalry Brigade performed yeomanly service on the Western Front in #WW1
@canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social
There’s a misconception that horse cavalry was obsolete in the #GreatWar. IMHO that wasn’t the case. The #Canadian #Cavalry Brigade performed yeomanly service on the Western Front in #WW1
@canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social
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The Daily Alaskan #OnThisDay Jun 12 1918 publishes a picture of Australian Lewis Machine Gunners of 1st Battalion taking aim at enemy aircraft. Originally shot Nov 1 1917 During Third Battle of Ypres war by #FrankHurley on the Ramparts at Ypres AWM E01227 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014...
June 14, 2024 at 10:49 PM
The Daily Alaskan #OnThisDay Jun 12 1918 publishes a picture of Australian Lewis Machine Gunners of 1st Battalion taking aim at enemy aircraft. Originally shot Nov 1 1917 During Third Battle of Ypres war by #FrankHurley on the Ramparts at Ypres AWM E01227 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014...
One week! #MassEffect #Shepardlives!
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
One week! #MassEffect #Shepardlives!
“On the Road to Passchendaele”. I first heard this song years ago and it still makes me misty-eyed.
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On the Road to Passchendaele
YouTube video by Alan Brydon
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October 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“On the Road to Passchendaele”. I first heard this song years ago and it still makes me misty-eyed.
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“Tanks and Cavalry at Arras 1918” by Albert Bastien, #CanadianWarMuseum
The mounted branches in #WW1 are among my specific areas of interest. Showing both horse #cavalry and #tanks, this piece illustrates the changing nature of war. #GreatWar #Arras #WesternFront #fww #fwwhist
The mounted branches in #WW1 are among my specific areas of interest. Showing both horse #cavalry and #tanks, this piece illustrates the changing nature of war. #GreatWar #Arras #WesternFront #fww #fwwhist
October 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“Tanks and Cavalry at Arras 1918” by Albert Bastien, #CanadianWarMuseum
The mounted branches in #WW1 are among my specific areas of interest. Showing both horse #cavalry and #tanks, this piece illustrates the changing nature of war. #GreatWar #Arras #WesternFront #fww #fwwhist
The mounted branches in #WW1 are among my specific areas of interest. Showing both horse #cavalry and #tanks, this piece illustrates the changing nature of war. #GreatWar #Arras #WesternFront #fww #fwwhist
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October 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“Fatalist” by Will Dyson, “Australia at War”, 1918.
Will Dyson’s created gritty and visceral art. His moving drawings are a window into the combat experience of #WorldWarI.
@gwgwgw.bsky.social #fwwhist #fww #diggers #BEF #AIF #pbi
Will Dyson’s created gritty and visceral art. His moving drawings are a window into the combat experience of #WorldWarI.
@gwgwgw.bsky.social #fwwhist #fww #diggers #BEF #AIF #pbi
October 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“Fatalist” by Will Dyson, “Australia at War”, 1918.
Will Dyson’s created gritty and visceral art. His moving drawings are a window into the combat experience of #WorldWarI.
@gwgwgw.bsky.social #fwwhist #fww #diggers #BEF #AIF #pbi
Will Dyson’s created gritty and visceral art. His moving drawings are a window into the combat experience of #WorldWarI.
@gwgwgw.bsky.social #fwwhist #fww #diggers #BEF #AIF #pbi
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If this turns out to be real, what an amazing story!
Story of two First World War letters home from Australian soldiers on board ship headed to Europe found in a bottle on a West Australian beach. #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #Anzac
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WWI soldier's message in a bottle found on WA beach
A century-old message in a bottle from a World War I soldier to his mother has been found on a beach in Western Australia's south.
www.abc.net.au
October 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
If this turns out to be real, what an amazing story!
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