Tom Tulloch-Marshall
@sommephantom.bsky.social
Genesis, history, & architecture of the IWGC. TNA WW1 documentation. Struggle for MoD & CWGC integrity dealing with WW1 ID cases. Don't subscribe to liars.
"Devil's Advocate".
Say I lived in a country absolutely awash with firearms, where neighbourhood disputes about hedges routinely become the shoot-out at the OK Coral. I go to a demo against armed Gov't agents who don't especially like me. I start a ruck with them, & refuse o stop. I have a >cont>
Say I lived in a country absolutely awash with firearms, where neighbourhood disputes about hedges routinely become the shoot-out at the OK Coral. I go to a demo against armed Gov't agents who don't especially like me. I start a ruck with them, & refuse o stop. I have a >cont>
January 25, 2026 at 10:18 PM
"Devil's Advocate".
Say I lived in a country absolutely awash with firearms, where neighbourhood disputes about hedges routinely become the shoot-out at the OK Coral. I go to a demo against armed Gov't agents who don't especially like me. I start a ruck with them, & refuse o stop. I have a >cont>
Say I lived in a country absolutely awash with firearms, where neighbourhood disputes about hedges routinely become the shoot-out at the OK Coral. I go to a demo against armed Gov't agents who don't especially like me. I start a ruck with them, & refuse o stop. I have a >cont>
The latest issue of HRCA's "The Crater News" file:///C:/Users/famou/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/SKC193YL/Newsletter%20No.10.pdf from Derek Bird contain unfortunate news. Bonne Chance Derek, your achievements & legacy are considerable👍
hawthornridgeca.com
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Hawthorn Ridge Crater Association
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January 25, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The latest issue of HRCA's "The Crater News" file:///C:/Users/famou/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/SKC193YL/Newsletter%20No.10.pdf from Derek Bird contain unfortunate news. Bonne Chance Derek, your achievements & legacy are considerable👍
hawthornridgeca.com
hawthornridgeca.com
A "disability" which occurred in France, December 1918. But what was it ? (I might be misreading it🫢).
January 24, 2026 at 8:09 PM
A "disability" which occurred in France, December 1918. But what was it ? (I might be misreading it🫢).
British troops nowhere near the front line in Ganners.
(& a draft dodger).
(& a draft dodger).
January 23, 2026 at 7:40 PM
British troops nowhere near the front line in Ganners.
(& a draft dodger).
(& a draft dodger).
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Surprisingly, I don't think our collective governments should demand an apology from Trump. Our collective veteran associations should sue him. Sue him until the pips squeak. It's the only language he understands. @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @profgsheffield.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Surprisingly, I don't think our collective governments should demand an apology from Trump. Our collective veteran associations should sue him. Sue him until the pips squeak. It's the only language he understands. @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @profgsheffield.bsky.social
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NATO troops killed in Afghanistan answering the USA Article 5 call:
- 453 Brits
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
What a dreadful man…
- 453 Brits
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
What a dreadful man…
January 22, 2026 at 2:28 PM
NATO troops killed in Afghanistan answering the USA Article 5 call:
- 453 Brits
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
What a dreadful man…
- 453 Brits
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
What a dreadful man…
I might be getting "confused" again🤔
(perhaps ?)
(perhaps ?)
January 20, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I might be getting "confused" again🤔
(perhaps ?)
(perhaps ?)
A seemingly very routine officer search for a future zerohourzday.com - 2nd Lt Arthur Cyril BAYLEY 15th Bn W.Yorks Regt. He came to me listed as wounded 1/7/16, but his papers were originally disappointing as there is virtually no information about this other than "shell shock". HOWEVER other >cont>
ZeroHourZDay.com
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January 20, 2026 at 8:52 PM
A seemingly very routine officer search for a future zerohourzday.com - 2nd Lt Arthur Cyril BAYLEY 15th Bn W.Yorks Regt. He came to me listed as wounded 1/7/16, but his papers were originally disappointing as there is virtually no information about this other than "shell shock". HOWEVER other >cont>
Captain Edward Kerry Cameron of the 7th Bn QO Cameron Highlanders was born in Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, in June 1893. According to the Germans he was "Britisch" & was captured wounded with a "ricochet bullet upper Rt arm "slight fracture""
His Bn had "captured" Hill 70 at Loos 25/9/15 but had >cont>
His Bn had "captured" Hill 70 at Loos 25/9/15 but had >cont>
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Captain Edward Kerry Cameron of the 7th Bn QO Cameron Highlanders was born in Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, in June 1893. According to the Germans he was "Britisch" & was captured wounded with a "ricochet bullet upper Rt arm "slight fracture""
His Bn had "captured" Hill 70 at Loos 25/9/15 but had >cont>
His Bn had "captured" Hill 70 at Loos 25/9/15 but had >cont>
Got a little bit of a problem in my head🫢
I can't bring myself to disagree with the idea that the USA / NATO & the USA should have a significant military defence presence in Greenland.
I can't bring myself to disagree with the idea that the USA / NATO & the USA should have a significant military defence presence in Greenland.
January 19, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Got a little bit of a problem in my head🫢
I can't bring myself to disagree with the idea that the USA / NATO & the USA should have a significant military defence presence in Greenland.
I can't bring myself to disagree with the idea that the USA / NATO & the USA should have a significant military defence presence in Greenland.
Can't believe the difficulty I'm having with this seemingly simple task ! Plenty of secondary sources - which all contradict each other in some way - but for the life of me I can't find an image of the battle honours "colours".
Anybody got access to the WW1 divisional history ?
Anybody got access to the WW1 divisional history ?
Unexpected www search problem😲 I want to know which 51st Division WW1 Battle Honours were selected to go onto the Regimental Standard ("Colours") ... & can I find a definitive online source🫢
- any links / advice appreciated (I can't get to a decent reference library for days).
- any links / advice appreciated (I can't get to a decent reference library for days).
January 16, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Can't believe the difficulty I'm having with this seemingly simple task ! Plenty of secondary sources - which all contradict each other in some way - but for the life of me I can't find an image of the battle honours "colours".
Anybody got access to the WW1 divisional history ?
Anybody got access to the WW1 divisional history ?
Unexpected www search problem😲 I want to know which 51st Division WW1 Battle Honours were selected to go onto the Regimental Standard ("Colours") ... & can I find a definitive online source🫢
- any links / advice appreciated (I can't get to a decent reference library for days).
- any links / advice appreciated (I can't get to a decent reference library for days).
January 15, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Unexpected www search problem😲 I want to know which 51st Division WW1 Battle Honours were selected to go onto the Regimental Standard ("Colours") ... & can I find a definitive online source🫢
- any links / advice appreciated (I can't get to a decent reference library for days).
- any links / advice appreciated (I can't get to a decent reference library for days).
Captain Stanley Thomas Arthur NEIL of the 15th Bn W.Yorkshire Regt was KiA 1/7/16 nr Beaumont-Hamel & has just been researched for a future zerohourzday.com
His wife wrote to the WO regarding the dearth of effects which had been received, the WO replying that the BEF had said that no other >cont>
His wife wrote to the WO regarding the dearth of effects which had been received, the WO replying that the BEF had said that no other >cont>
ZeroHourZDay.com
zerohourzday.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Captain Stanley Thomas Arthur NEIL of the 15th Bn W.Yorkshire Regt was KiA 1/7/16 nr Beaumont-Hamel & has just been researched for a future zerohourzday.com
His wife wrote to the WO regarding the dearth of effects which had been received, the WO replying that the BEF had said that no other >cont>
His wife wrote to the WO regarding the dearth of effects which had been received, the WO replying that the BEF had said that no other >cont>
There's unexpected ... & then sometimes the really UNEXPECTED😲 Looking at some 15th Bn W.Yorkshire Regt. officers for a future zerohourzday.com & 2nd Lt Philip Horace Leyland MELLOR appeared on a list I rec'd as WiA 1/7/16, however his papers tell a different story - "Blood poisoning in left >cont>
ZeroHourZDay.com
zerohourzday.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:23 PM
There's unexpected ... & then sometimes the really UNEXPECTED😲 Looking at some 15th Bn W.Yorkshire Regt. officers for a future zerohourzday.com & 2nd Lt Philip Horace Leyland MELLOR appeared on a list I rec'd as WiA 1/7/16, however his papers tell a different story - "Blood poisoning in left >cont>
Just before Christmas I queried the completeness of a downloaded WO95 with The National Archives, Kew, & asked then to check the "Deep Store" original. TNA replied promptly, but said that the holidays would delay things. The message below was received yesterday.
Such a pleasant change to deal >cont>
Such a pleasant change to deal >cont>
January 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Just before Christmas I queried the completeness of a downloaded WO95 with The National Archives, Kew, & asked then to check the "Deep Store" original. TNA replied promptly, but said that the holidays would delay things. The message below was received yesterday.
Such a pleasant change to deal >cont>
Such a pleasant change to deal >cont>
Visited Bertie Jeffs & Ernest Haxton RFC a few days ago. Makes me sick to the stomach to think of the years & years of struggle with the complete & utter idiots @cwgc to have Bertie's burial & his & Ernest's correct date of death recognised. A disgraceful organisation, & far from the only such case😒
January 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Visited Bertie Jeffs & Ernest Haxton RFC a few days ago. Makes me sick to the stomach to think of the years & years of struggle with the complete & utter idiots @cwgc to have Bertie's burial & his & Ernest's correct date of death recognised. A disgraceful organisation, & far from the only such case😒
Meaulte Military Cemetery a few days ago. It's rather unusual cemetery, just south of Albert.
@CWGC
say it was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, but it was in fact designed by Capt. Artur James Scott HUTTON(*). A mix of red headstones including some Indian troops at the beginning of Row A >cont>
@CWGC
say it was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, but it was in fact designed by Capt. Artur James Scott HUTTON(*). A mix of red headstones including some Indian troops at the beginning of Row A >cont>
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Meaulte Military Cemetery a few days ago. It's rather unusual cemetery, just south of Albert.
@CWGC
say it was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, but it was in fact designed by Capt. Artur James Scott HUTTON(*). A mix of red headstones including some Indian troops at the beginning of Row A >cont>
@CWGC
say it was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, but it was in fact designed by Capt. Artur James Scott HUTTON(*). A mix of red headstones including some Indian troops at the beginning of Row A >cont>
The Deutcher Soldatenfriedhof at Achiet-le-Petit a few days ago. This is an unusual German cemetery in that it has architecturally attractive features, particularly the entrance & cross area. 1,314 mainly 1916 deaths, including soldiers with a Star of David above their graves.
January 1, 2026 at 7:08 PM
The Deutcher Soldatenfriedhof at Achiet-le-Petit a few days ago. This is an unusual German cemetery in that it has architecturally attractive features, particularly the entrance & cross area. 1,314 mainly 1916 deaths, including soldiers with a Star of David above their graves.
Bapaume Australian Cemetery a few days ago. A pretty little cemetery with many Australian & German burials, but one of very many which suffer from later "ugly" urban development close by.
January 1, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Bapaume Australian Cemetery a few days ago. A pretty little cemetery with many Australian & German burials, but one of very many which suffer from later "ugly" urban development close by.
Came home from France today. Amongst the many highlights of the trip was getting pulled-over at Dover - early 20 'ish girlie - "Have you just come off a ferry ?"
- "Er - well I'm hardly likely to have just got an aeroplane am I ?"
- "Well I wasn't to know."
You can't teach common sense😒
- "Er - well I'm hardly likely to have just got an aeroplane am I ?"
- "Well I wasn't to know."
You can't teach common sense😒
December 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Came home from France today. Amongst the many highlights of the trip was getting pulled-over at Dover - early 20 'ish girlie - "Have you just come off a ferry ?"
- "Er - well I'm hardly likely to have just got an aeroplane am I ?"
- "Well I wasn't to know."
You can't teach common sense😒
- "Er - well I'm hardly likely to have just got an aeroplane am I ?"
- "Well I wasn't to know."
You can't teach common sense😒
Yesterday afternoon ... be rude not to😇
December 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Yesterday afternoon ... be rude not to😇
Mog & Boris in the cottage this morning, - avoiding the mayhem elsewhere😂
December 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Mog & Boris in the cottage this morning, - avoiding the mayhem elsewhere😂
There were materials being unloaded at the Lochnagar Crater today, & possibly some work going on.
I'm not a carpenter, & my past connections with the construction industry were very petrifiable (M&E Contract Management) - but I had limited enthusiasm for what I saw😧
I'm not a carpenter, & my past connections with the construction industry were very petrifiable (M&E Contract Management) - but I had limited enthusiasm for what I saw😧
December 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
There were materials being unloaded at the Lochnagar Crater today, & possibly some work going on.
I'm not a carpenter, & my past connections with the construction industry were very petrifiable (M&E Contract Management) - but I had limited enthusiasm for what I saw😧
I'm not a carpenter, & my past connections with the construction industry were very petrifiable (M&E Contract Management) - but I had limited enthusiasm for what I saw😧
Boris sprang his trap today; well, S.Zappa-dara's trap. Its a French thing; Xmas Elves do "naughty" things before returning to the N.Pole on Xmas Eve. nb - with the dice below its impossible to roll a 6 or 7, just as its impossible to get S.Zapp's primary school elves to tidy their rooms🫢
December 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Boris sprang his trap today; well, S.Zappa-dara's trap. Its a French thing; Xmas Elves do "naughty" things before returning to the N.Pole on Xmas Eve. nb - with the dice below its impossible to roll a 6 or 7, just as its impossible to get S.Zapp's primary school elves to tidy their rooms🫢
Beaumont-Hamel yesterday. Photo taken from No-Man's-Land on the British side as it was 1/7/1916. The (in)famous Sunken Lane is left of view. It was accessed prior to Zero Hour via an extension to "Sap 7" dug by the Monmouths night of 30th June & early morning of 1st July.
December 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Beaumont-Hamel yesterday. Photo taken from No-Man's-Land on the British side as it was 1/7/1916. The (in)famous Sunken Lane is left of view. It was accessed prior to Zero Hour via an extension to "Sap 7" dug by the Monmouths night of 30th June & early morning of 1st July.