Neil Pudney
@neilpuds.bsky.social
Amateur Historian/Gt War researcher/battlefield visitor. Writing about 133 FdAmb in WW2. CPFC. Music nut. Takes photos. Carer. Used to cut grass. Great War Group & WFA member.
https://stjohnsleatherheadatwar.co.uk/
https://stjohnsleatherheadatwar.co.uk/
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This was the route we climbed. left to right in the distance. Photo taken from Quinn’s Post. #Gallipoli #WW1 #Anzac 🇹🇷 @istoriatravel.bsky.social @seaspitfires.com @danielmcandrew.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This was the route we climbed. left to right in the distance. Photo taken from Quinn’s Post. #Gallipoli #WW1 #Anzac 🇹🇷 @istoriatravel.bsky.social @seaspitfires.com @danielmcandrew.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social
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Rounding things off above Anzac today, here’s a view towards Suvla Bay and the Salt Lake from the Nek. #Gallipoli 🇹🇷 #WW1 @seaspitfires.com @peterhart.bsky.social @istoriatravel.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Rounding things off above Anzac today, here’s a view towards Suvla Bay and the Salt Lake from the Nek. #Gallipoli 🇹🇷 #WW1 @seaspitfires.com @peterhart.bsky.social @istoriatravel.bsky.social
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Day 3 proper and we’re back at Helles , specifically Pink Farm Cemetery to see a chap researched by @neilpuds.bsky.social #Gallipoli 🇹🇷 @istoriatravel.bsky.social @seaspitfires.com @peterhart.bsky.social @danielmcandrew.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Day 3 proper and we’re back at Helles , specifically Pink Farm Cemetery to see a chap researched by @neilpuds.bsky.social #Gallipoli 🇹🇷 @istoriatravel.bsky.social @seaspitfires.com @peterhart.bsky.social @danielmcandrew.bsky.social
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Now it’s on to X Beach - which was defended by 12 Turks. Because who in their right mind would try and land troops on this tiny little strip of land… #Gallipoli 🇹🇷 #WW1 @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social @istoriatravel.bsky.social @danielmcandrew.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social @seaspitfires.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Now it’s on to X Beach - which was defended by 12 Turks. Because who in their right mind would try and land troops on this tiny little strip of land… #Gallipoli 🇹🇷 #WW1 @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social @istoriatravel.bsky.social @danielmcandrew.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social @seaspitfires.com
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Today on the @istoriatravel.bsky.social Gallipoli tour was all about terrain. Deep gulleys, imposing cliffs & plenty of inescapable high ground made moving across the peninsula punishing. It could never have been as easy as the plan demanded. With @alexchurchill.bsky.social & @peterhart.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today on the @istoriatravel.bsky.social Gallipoli tour was all about terrain. Deep gulleys, imposing cliffs & plenty of inescapable high ground made moving across the peninsula punishing. It could never have been as easy as the plan demanded. With @alexchurchill.bsky.social & @peterhart.bsky.social
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After a well deserved rest, we spent the rest of the day exploring the French sector, where I got to bang on about France for a bit 🇫🇷 🇹🇷 @seaspitfires.com @istoriatravel.bsky.social @danielmcandrew.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
After a well deserved rest, we spent the rest of the day exploring the French sector, where I got to bang on about France for a bit 🇫🇷 🇹🇷 @seaspitfires.com @istoriatravel.bsky.social @danielmcandrew.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social
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Long overdue tidy-up and clarification of the 1917 renumbering of the Territorial Force infantry. #ww1 #genealogy see www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/a-s...
Renumbering the Territorial Force Infantry in 1917 - The Long, Long Trail
Introduction This change of numbering of infantrymen was promulgated in Army Council Instruction (ACI) 2414 of 1916, published on 23 December 1916. […]
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August 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Long overdue tidy-up and clarification of the 1917 renumbering of the Territorial Force infantry. #ww1 #genealogy see www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/a-s...
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#OTD in 1917, Lance Corporal Joseph Handel Stringer was killed by a shell whilst training with 1st/7th Bn Worcestershire Regiment near Fremicourt. An Iron Chain Maker before the war, Joseph was 23 years old at the time of his death and was buried in Grevillers British Cemetery.
June 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
#OTD in 1917, Lance Corporal Joseph Handel Stringer was killed by a shell whilst training with 1st/7th Bn Worcestershire Regiment near Fremicourt. An Iron Chain Maker before the war, Joseph was 23 years old at the time of his death and was buried in Grevillers British Cemetery.
The Red Arrows were based at Brize over the weekend. In and out several times so plenty of photo ops. Spot the one taken from our house in Witney, around 4 miles from the base!
June 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The Red Arrows were based at Brize over the weekend. In and out several times so plenty of photo ops. Spot the one taken from our house in Witney, around 4 miles from the base!
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My online talk for the Great War Group, "War on the Water", which is about the Belgian sector on the River Yser 1914-1918: Youtibe version at youtu.be/VyAbeWxNgYI?... #WW1
War on the Water: The Yser Front
YouTube video by The Great War Group
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June 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My online talk for the Great War Group, "War on the Water", which is about the Belgian sector on the River Yser 1914-1918: Youtibe version at youtu.be/VyAbeWxNgYI?... #WW1
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Can highly recommend’Ring of Fire’ by @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social
They did a heck of a lot of research and it shows. A great account of the early days of WW1 by those it impacted upon.
They did a heck of a lot of research and it shows. A great account of the early days of WW1 by those it impacted upon.
May 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Can highly recommend’Ring of Fire’ by @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social
They did a heck of a lot of research and it shows. A great account of the early days of WW1 by those it impacted upon.
They did a heck of a lot of research and it shows. A great account of the early days of WW1 by those it impacted upon.
Mrs P @loupuds.bsky.social has possibly implied this might be something I should consider...at least I think that was the gist of the conversation 😬 @paulbezza57.bsky.social are you still a possible maybe?
You know that week the schools go back and you’re like DOOM just a straight run to hearing that effin Mariah Carey song, dark nights and no fun? WRONG. Come to Gallipoli, where it’ll still be summer, with self & Peter Hart. We’d walk the ground where beer is cheap & war bore diversions are endless.
S108 - Exploring Gallipoli | Istoria Travel
Gallipoli! It was a lunacy that never could have succeeded. Join Alex Churchill and Historian Peter Hart for a multinational appreciation of how it all went wrong.
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April 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Mrs P @loupuds.bsky.social has possibly implied this might be something I should consider...at least I think that was the gist of the conversation 😬 @paulbezza57.bsky.social are you still a possible maybe?
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Today’s substack is up. I’ve not done a lot of British content lately, so here’s something with a twist. What did the Battle of the Somme look like in the British Sector, to a French observer?
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ARTICLE: A Frenchman on the Somme, 1916
The French receive little attention for their part in the fighting on the Somme in 1916.
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April 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Today’s substack is up. I’ve not done a lot of British content lately, so here’s something with a twist. What did the Battle of the Somme look like in the British Sector, to a French observer?
achurchill.substack.com/p/article-a-...
achurchill.substack.com/p/article-a-...
Ages ago, in that other place we've all abandoned, some one recommended the Mark Hollis album, possibly @uppertiersteve.bsky.social (apologies if wrong). Not what I expected at all, it's astonishing! Stripped back, emotion laden angst but incredibly powerful stuff from the main man in Talk Talk.
April 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Ages ago, in that other place we've all abandoned, some one recommended the Mark Hollis album, possibly @uppertiersteve.bsky.social (apologies if wrong). Not what I expected at all, it's astonishing! Stripped back, emotion laden angst but incredibly powerful stuff from the main man in Talk Talk.
Struggled recently to find the time to listen to albums, recently but, 2 got a spin today. I'm quite familiar with the Alan Parsons Project 'Tales...' and, while it was good to hear it again perhaps it's not aged that well? 1/2
April 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Struggled recently to find the time to listen to albums, recently but, 2 got a spin today. I'm quite familiar with the Alan Parsons Project 'Tales...' and, while it was good to hear it again perhaps it's not aged that well? 1/2
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A few of our book covers, streaming graphics and logos #graphicdesign
April 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A few of our book covers, streaming graphics and logos #graphicdesign
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Trump's foolishness has presented the perfect opportunity for cats and penguins to sign a trade deal - the fish will be ours!
April 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Trump's foolishness has presented the perfect opportunity for cats and penguins to sign a trade deal - the fish will be ours!
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Something a bit different for #FindsFriday!
‘Peckham Rock’ hoax cave art with authentic-looking label, installed without permission in the British Museum in 2005, by the street artist known as #Banksy
‘Found’ 3 days later in the Roman Britain gallery! 😳
Marker pen on lump of concrete! 😁
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‘Peckham Rock’ hoax cave art with authentic-looking label, installed without permission in the British Museum in 2005, by the street artist known as #Banksy
‘Found’ 3 days later in the Roman Britain gallery! 😳
Marker pen on lump of concrete! 😁
📷 me
March 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Something a bit different for #FindsFriday!
‘Peckham Rock’ hoax cave art with authentic-looking label, installed without permission in the British Museum in 2005, by the street artist known as #Banksy
‘Found’ 3 days later in the Roman Britain gallery! 😳
Marker pen on lump of concrete! 😁
📷 me
‘Peckham Rock’ hoax cave art with authentic-looking label, installed without permission in the British Museum in 2005, by the street artist known as #Banksy
‘Found’ 3 days later in the Roman Britain gallery! 😳
Marker pen on lump of concrete! 😁
📷 me
An elusive Water Vole, an unexpected sighting in the scrub by the River Windrush in Oxfordshire 🙂
March 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
An elusive Water Vole, an unexpected sighting in the scrub by the River Windrush in Oxfordshire 🙂
It's been a tough winter for the old girl but, finally, she's starting to pick up. 5 weeks to first game, no pressure 😬
March 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It's been a tough winter for the old girl but, finally, she's starting to pick up. 5 weeks to first game, no pressure 😬
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When Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett met the British Prime Minister to discuss #Gallipoli he gave an account, "which was not altogether agreeable."
That's British official-speak for disaster. I'll be covering this in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
That's British official-speak for disaster. I'll be covering this in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
March 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
When Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett met the British Prime Minister to discuss #Gallipoli he gave an account, "which was not altogether agreeable."
That's British official-speak for disaster. I'll be covering this in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
That's British official-speak for disaster. I'll be covering this in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
A couple of interesting visitors to RAF Brize Norton today. Fast then slow flypast from a Typhoon, then the same from a F-35.
March 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A couple of interesting visitors to RAF Brize Norton today. Fast then slow flypast from a Typhoon, then the same from a F-35.