Yesterday to mark the 109th anniversary of the destruction of Zeppelin L.31 over Potters Bar, I visited the display of relics relating to this WW1 terror weapon within the Potters Bar Museum. Worth a visit.

Today marks the 109th anniversary of the destruction of Zeppelin L.31 shot down over Potters Bar by 2/Lt. Wulstan J Tempest.
Due to this loss of Kapitanleutnant Heinrich Mathy (& his crew) the German Naval Air Service had lost one its greatest Zeppelin commanders.

Western Front Railway Stations:

Beaumont Hamel Station Somme as it was prior to the First World War and what it looked like after being captured from the Germans in November 1916
#WW1

Our new episode THIRD YPRES: STEP BY STEP as the Second Army under Plumer begin a series of bite and hold attacks on Gheluvelt Ridge? Was it really the answer to Great War trench warfare? But whatever, at last the offensive begins to edge forwards. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/2t05...

No longer on X so I’ll try to post as many of these edited biographies of St. John’s School Leatherhead boys who fell in the Great War, on the anniversaries of their deaths. It appears the School & its Archives haven’t moved here yet, so no tags. Comments welcome & hope you find them of interest. 1

This week we look at the terrible situation of FOOTSLOGGERS AT YPRES. Mud and blood - it was a living nightmare. Please share! Thanks chums! open.spotify.com/episode/5dxx...

Flodden battlefield.
One of my favourite battlefield walks.
It's only by walking Flodden do you understand how the geography affected the subsequent battle.
#Flodden #history

Today's badge - an unofficial workers badge for the North British Locomotive Company. NBLC was founded in 1903 through the amalgamation of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies and, during the war, provided equipment for light railways at the front #FWW #WW1

On 12th January 1915, 110 years ago today, HM King George V sent this message to all members of the recently-formed 28th Division who were about to embark for France.

This particular message turned up in a Paybook we recently acquired, which turned out to be rather special…
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#OTD in 1941, Usworth airfield. Pilot Officer Mirosław Orzechowski, one of the Polish pilots serving with 607 Squadron, standing on a wing of a Hurricane. #WW2 #HISTORY

Durham, Saddler Street, by Linda Vine. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

Mystery £1 war photo slowly revealing identities - help being sought to identify more
#WW1 #FamilyHistory
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As 2024 draws to a close I wish you all a healthy & prosperous 2025
I visited the Salient in October and paid respects to the 1st & 2nd of the many soldiers that I've researched.
One lies in Duhallow ADS Ypres
The other lies lost in a field (what was Bülow Farm a German strongpoint) near Keerselare