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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 saw this a few hours ago and waited to share it. At first I thought, “This has to be fake.” But other news sources are reporting it now. What was this guy thinking when he stuffed a shell up his backside?
#milsky #fww #fwwhist
#milsky #fww #fwwhist
The shell, unexploded at the time of removal, resulted in the evacuation of the hospital, with an EOD squad called to clear the area.
Frenchman hospitalized after inserting WWI munition up his rear
The shell, unexploded at the time of removal, resulted in the evacuation of the hospital, with an EOD squad called to clear the area.
www.armytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
This is a thoroughly researched and informative article about the origin of the name Tommy Atkins as it relates to the British Army. Highly readable!
The Origin of Tommy Atkins
While a definitive answer remains elusive, there is a lot of folklore surrounding how the British soldier got this nickname.
While I don't have the definite answer, this is what I do know:
#MilitaryHistory #BritishArmy #TommyAtkins
robertstjohnsmith.com/post/2025-12...
While a definitive answer remains elusive, there is a lot of folklore surrounding how the British soldier got this nickname.
While I don't have the definite answer, this is what I do know:
#MilitaryHistory #BritishArmy #TommyAtkins
robertstjohnsmith.com/post/2025-12...
The Origin of Tommy Atkins
Debunking some myths on the origin of the name Tommy Atkins
robertstjohnsmith.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This is a thoroughly researched and informative article about the origin of the name Tommy Atkins as it relates to the British Army. Highly readable!
I love thumbing through the Wipers Times. It reminds me that even in the worst of times, humour can lend a glimmer of hope for the day.
#fww #fwwhist #TalbotHouse #TocH #WipersTimes
#fww #fwwhist #TalbotHouse #TocH #WipersTimes
February 2, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I love thumbing through the Wipers Times. It reminds me that even in the worst of times, humour can lend a glimmer of hope for the day.
#fww #fwwhist #TalbotHouse #TocH #WipersTimes
#fww #fwwhist #TalbotHouse #TocH #WipersTimes
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Read my latest post about the 1919 Cartoon History. #History #Cartoon #BlackHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory #FirstWorldWar #FWW #WorldWarI #WorldWarI #HistoricalNewspapers #Newspapers #1919
1919 Cartoon History
African American Service in American History from the American Revolution to World War I
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February 1, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Read my latest post about the 1919 Cartoon History. #History #Cartoon #BlackHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory #FirstWorldWar #FWW #WorldWarI #WorldWarI #HistoricalNewspapers #Newspapers #1919
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January 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I was saddened today to learn that the brilliant Catherine O’Hara has passed away. She brought joy to many a life through her film and TV work.
January 30, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I was saddened today to learn that the brilliant Catherine O’Hara has passed away. She brought joy to many a life through her film and TV work.
Bruce dropped a brand new song today about what's happening in Minnesota. We're finding our voices and this thing is only starting. The people will be heard. It's too early to know, but maybe this is the protest song of our time. Only time will tell. @rgpoulussen.bsky.social
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 29, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Bruce dropped a brand new song today about what's happening in Minnesota. We're finding our voices and this thing is only starting. The people will be heard. It's too early to know, but maybe this is the protest song of our time. Only time will tell. @rgpoulussen.bsky.social
Yet another story that if you told it to someone, they would go, “No way that’s true!” Apparently, dude is a paratrooper, which explains a lot. (If you’re airborne, no offence intended, unless you like to get drunk and pass out in somebody else’s flat.)
#GoArmy
#milsky
#GoArmy
#milsky
Trouserless trespasser found asleep in German retirement home turns out to be US soldier
An unidentified soldier was found sleeping in an unoccupied room by an employee who had been delivering breakfast to residents.
www.stripes.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:18 PM
This. Right. Here.
“In free countries, the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.”
January 27, 2026 at 6:19 PM
This. Right. Here.
"Before Zero Hour" by John W. Thomason, 1918, #USMC Art Collection.
John Thomason served in the #GreatWar as an infantry officer. He created a soldier’s-eye view of the war through his sketches and paintings of life in the #AEF.
#combatart #fww #fwwhist #Marines #DevilDogs
John Thomason served in the #GreatWar as an infantry officer. He created a soldier’s-eye view of the war through his sketches and paintings of life in the #AEF.
#combatart #fww #fwwhist #Marines #DevilDogs
January 27, 2026 at 6:07 PM
"Before Zero Hour" by John W. Thomason, 1918, #USMC Art Collection.
John Thomason served in the #GreatWar as an infantry officer. He created a soldier’s-eye view of the war through his sketches and paintings of life in the #AEF.
#combatart #fww #fwwhist #Marines #DevilDogs
John Thomason served in the #GreatWar as an infantry officer. He created a soldier’s-eye view of the war through his sketches and paintings of life in the #AEF.
#combatart #fww #fwwhist #Marines #DevilDogs
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January 26, 2026 at 7:44 AM
"Oh Lordy, they’ve got us bracketed" by John W. Thomason, 1918, #USMC Art Collection.
This was a scene familiar to nearly soldier and Marine who served in combat during the #GreatWar.
#fww #fwwhist #AEF #WesternFront #Marines #DevilDogs
This was a scene familiar to nearly soldier and Marine who served in combat during the #GreatWar.
#fww #fwwhist #AEF #WesternFront #Marines #DevilDogs
January 27, 2026 at 5:45 PM
"Oh Lordy, they’ve got us bracketed" by John W. Thomason, 1918, #USMC Art Collection.
This was a scene familiar to nearly soldier and Marine who served in combat during the #GreatWar.
#fww #fwwhist #AEF #WesternFront #Marines #DevilDogs
This was a scene familiar to nearly soldier and Marine who served in combat during the #GreatWar.
#fww #fwwhist #AEF #WesternFront #Marines #DevilDogs
January 24, 2026 at 12:58 AM
January 23, 2026 at 4:26 PM
When I was a boy, my dad would send me to the liquor store across the street with a couple of dollars to buy a pint of whiskey for him.
Non-Smoking was just a different row from Smoking. The only place people COULDN'T smoke was on the short walk from the plane to the terminal.
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
When I was a boy, my dad would send me to the liquor store across the street with a couple of dollars to buy a pint of whiskey for him.
I just procured this beautiful #GreatWar prismatic compass w/case. This was a type used among others by British Army officers. I own several of these compasses, and the is by far the most pristine of them. Incredibly, the arrow still points north after 110 years!
#fwwhist
@greatwarhuts.bsky.social
#fwwhist
@greatwarhuts.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 11:08 PM
I just procured this beautiful #GreatWar prismatic compass w/case. This was a type used among others by British Army officers. I own several of these compasses, and the is by far the most pristine of them. Incredibly, the arrow still points north after 110 years!
#fwwhist
@greatwarhuts.bsky.social
#fwwhist
@greatwarhuts.bsky.social
‘The Field of Passchendaele’ by Paul Nash, #IWMCollection. Nothing is so forlorn as a battlefield. This painting to me is a powerful statement of that truth.
#WWI #fww #fwwhist #combatart #war #warary
#WWI #fww #fwwhist #combatart #war #warary
January 20, 2026 at 4:06 PM
‘The Field of Passchendaele’ by Paul Nash, #IWMCollection. Nothing is so forlorn as a battlefield. This painting to me is a powerful statement of that truth.
#WWI #fww #fwwhist #combatart #war #warary
#WWI #fww #fwwhist #combatart #war #warary
HistoryinYourHand on YouTube has just dropped a superb video about brothers who died in the same campaign on the Somme. Included is a vignette about Edward Dwyer VC including a voice recording of him from the #GreatWar. Tragically, he was killed in action on the #Somme. Highly recommended!
#fwwhist
#fwwhist
Flat Iron Copse Cemetery on The Somme Battlefields, Mametz Wood. Brothers Killed and buried together
YouTube video by HistoryInYourHand
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM
This is 101% the absolute truth and also applies to fairy tales and war stories.
January 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
This is 101% the absolute truth and also applies to fairy tales and war stories.
The Indian soldiers of IEF A were true warriors who served King and Empire with all they had to give, and more.
In 1914, the Indian Corps arrived at Marseille just in time to save the BEF from potential collapse. This episode looks at the vital WWI legacy that forced the modernization of the Indian Army, preparing it for the brutal realities of the 1940s Burma campaign. #TheGreatWar #WW1 #MilitaryHistory
January 15, 2026 at 5:26 AM
The Indian soldiers of IEF A were true warriors who served King and Empire with all they had to give, and more.
I’m reading the 1921 1916-18 history of 1st Bn Somerset Light Inf. This is the page about their at on the Somme on 1 July 1916. The last complete paragraph is especially poignant.
#fww #fwwhist #Somme #forlornhope #GreatWar #WesternFront
#fww #fwwhist #Somme #forlornhope #GreatWar #WesternFront
January 15, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I’m reading the 1921 1916-18 history of 1st Bn Somerset Light Inf. This is the page about their at on the Somme on 1 July 1916. The last complete paragraph is especially poignant.
#fww #fwwhist #Somme #forlornhope #GreatWar #WesternFront
#fww #fwwhist #Somme #forlornhope #GreatWar #WesternFront
January 12, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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