Wayne McDonald
@terriermcd.bsky.social
Proud Yorkshireman, #Htafc fan, Fascinated by The Great War. Research projects gladly accepted #WW1 My old blog https://greatwarreflections.wordpress.com/
107 years ago today at 11am the guns fell silent. I remember all those who served & were affected by war & especially those who never came home including my 2 relatives #ArmisticeDay #WW1
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
107 years ago today at 11am the guns fell silent. I remember all those who served & were affected by war & especially those who never came home including my 2 relatives #ArmisticeDay #WW1
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Euston to Warren Street: A lost architectural world
I’m still doing my walks but this one takes a look at the architectural glory that was once London’s Euston station
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I’m still doing my walks but this one takes a look at the architectural glory that was once London’s Euston station
youtu.be/MLRRfcGptoM
Euston to Warren Street: A lost architectural world
YouTube video by The Underground Map
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November 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Euston to Warren Street: A lost architectural world
I’m still doing my walks but this one takes a look at the architectural glory that was once London’s Euston station
youtu.be/MLRRfcGptoM
I’m still doing my walks but this one takes a look at the architectural glory that was once London’s Euston station
youtu.be/MLRRfcGptoM
“The Wreck of the SS Rohilla” 🧵In the early hours of 30 October 1914, as war raged across Europe, the SS Rohilla steamed down the North Sea bound for Dunkirk, carrying medical personnel and supplies. Built for the British India Steam Navigation Company, she had been 1/3
October 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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“The Wreck of the SS Rohilla” 🧵In the early hours of 30 October 1914, as war raged across Europe, the SS Rohilla steamed down the North Sea bound for Dunkirk, carrying medical personnel and supplies. Built for the British India Steam Navigation Company, she had been 1/3
October 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“The Wreck of the SS Rohilla” 🧵In the early hours of 30 October 1914, as war raged across Europe, the SS Rohilla steamed down the North Sea bound for Dunkirk, carrying medical personnel and supplies. Built for the British India Steam Navigation Company, she had been 1/3
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Popped into Ranville Church this morning - in the heart of the Airborne Drop in 1944 and at the heart of post-war visits by veterans.
October 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Popped into Ranville Church this morning - in the heart of the Airborne Drop in 1944 and at the heart of post-war visits by veterans.
Not half bad Aldi version of Neck Oil 🍺
October 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Not half bad Aldi version of Neck Oil 🍺
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On this day in 1918 my great uncle, Private Edgar Wood, was killed at Villers-Outreaux near Cambrai while fighting with the Welsh Regiment. He was 20 years old. He is buried in the tiny cemetery of Moulin-de-Pierre with 47 others who died that day.
October 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
On this day in 1918 my great uncle, Private Edgar Wood, was killed at Villers-Outreaux near Cambrai while fighting with the Welsh Regiment. He was 20 years old. He is buried in the tiny cemetery of Moulin-de-Pierre with 47 others who died that day.
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“I’m alright, Mother, cheerio.”
The words selected for the epitaph of 22-year-old Lt Harold Hill, who was killed in an attack on the Passchendaele Ridge. Severely wounded, he was carried to a dressing station at Zonnebeke.
📍Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood🇧🇪
The words selected for the epitaph of 22-year-old Lt Harold Hill, who was killed in an attack on the Passchendaele Ridge. Severely wounded, he was carried to a dressing station at Zonnebeke.
📍Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood🇧🇪
October 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
“I’m alright, Mother, cheerio.”
The words selected for the epitaph of 22-year-old Lt Harold Hill, who was killed in an attack on the Passchendaele Ridge. Severely wounded, he was carried to a dressing station at Zonnebeke.
📍Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood🇧🇪
The words selected for the epitaph of 22-year-old Lt Harold Hill, who was killed in an attack on the Passchendaele Ridge. Severely wounded, he was carried to a dressing station at Zonnebeke.
📍Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood🇧🇪
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***Take Notice***For anyone out guiding the Ypres Salient this weekend please note there is a burial service on Saturday 4th October at the German Cemetery at Langemarck, from what I understand it is going to be in the afternoon.
October 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
***Take Notice***For anyone out guiding the Ypres Salient this weekend please note there is a burial service on Saturday 4th October at the German Cemetery at Langemarck, from what I understand it is going to be in the afternoon.
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St Patrick’s cemetery CWGC: French, German and British side by side. Now at eternal rest, RIP
October 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
St Patrick’s cemetery CWGC: French, German and British side by side. Now at eternal rest, RIP
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This is exactly no one should EVER tamper with ordnance from First or Second World War, leave it to the bomb disposal units 👇
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Obus ontploft in centrum van Diksmuide: één zwaargewonde
Iets na elf uur is een obus uit de eerste wereldoorlog ontploft in het het centrum van Diksmuide. Daarbij is één gewonde gevallen.
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September 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is exactly no one should EVER tamper with ordnance from First or Second World War, leave it to the bomb disposal units 👇
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It's now official: Due to the French government withdrawing support & SNCF unsupportive, the Paris-Vienna & Paris-Berlin Nightjet sleeper trains will be discontinued from mid-December. presse-oebb.at/news-oebb-be...
The Brussels-Vienna Nightjet will continue, 3 times per week.
The Brussels-Vienna Nightjet will continue, 3 times per week.
September 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Remembering the Forgotten Front: in the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social for the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Loos we make an overview of the 'Forgotten Front' in Northern France and discover the history, landscape and stories of those who fought there.
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Remembering the Forgotten Front
What was the “Forgotten Front” of Northern France? In this episode, we explore the stretch of battlefield from Armentières on the Belgian border through La Bassée to the ground near Loos,…
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September 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Remembering the Forgotten Front: in the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social for the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Loos we make an overview of the 'Forgotten Front' in Northern France and discover the history, landscape and stories of those who fought there.
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/09/27/r...
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/09/27/r...
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One of the things that first piqued my interest in the FWW was visiting CWGC cemeteries, and specifically, reading the personal inscriptions on the headstones. I haven’t been out to the WF in well over a year now and as I feel the ache of missing it, I wanted to share some old posts on the topic.
The Power of Words – CWGC epitaphs of the Great War
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has become synonymous with commemoration of war dead. The commission was founded by Sir Fabian Ware whose moral and political leanings helped shape the guidin…
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September 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
One of the things that first piqued my interest in the FWW was visiting CWGC cemeteries, and specifically, reading the personal inscriptions on the headstones. I haven’t been out to the WF in well over a year now and as I feel the ache of missing it, I wanted to share some old posts on the topic.
Can anyone help Robert pointing him in the right direction for possible research
New to my collection are some #FWW sketches by a German soldier, part of a Licht-Messtrupp unit. Light measuring AKA flash spotting artillery. A fairly competent degree of skill in the drawings, a bit at a loss on how to start researching the chap behind them.
September 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Can anyone help Robert pointing him in the right direction for possible research
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Lovely day in Ypres
Looked around a certain well known book shop and came out with a Belgium railway lamp and chemin der fare watch - photo taken by a convenient WW1 railway sleeper!
Looked around a certain well known book shop and came out with a Belgium railway lamp and chemin der fare watch - photo taken by a convenient WW1 railway sleeper!
September 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Lovely day in Ypres
Looked around a certain well known book shop and came out with a Belgium railway lamp and chemin der fare watch - photo taken by a convenient WW1 railway sleeper!
Looked around a certain well known book shop and came out with a Belgium railway lamp and chemin der fare watch - photo taken by a convenient WW1 railway sleeper!
NUREMBERG Official Trailer (2025)
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September 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Authuille Bridge - one of many bridges on the Albert to Arras line demolished in March 1918 as the Germans advance.
The red building seems to have survived the bridge demolition - looking at the date on the wall it was only built the year before!
Map @GreatWarDigital
The red building seems to have survived the bridge demolition - looking at the date on the wall it was only built the year before!
Map @GreatWarDigital
September 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Authuille Bridge - one of many bridges on the Albert to Arras line demolished in March 1918 as the Germans advance.
The red building seems to have survived the bridge demolition - looking at the date on the wall it was only built the year before!
Map @GreatWarDigital
The red building seems to have survived the bridge demolition - looking at the date on the wall it was only built the year before!
Map @GreatWarDigital
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Grandcourt Level Crossing on the Albert to Arras line today. Note the two buildings by the crossing were rebuilt in 1919 and different design to the originals (see old postcard)
September 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Grandcourt Level Crossing on the Albert to Arras line today. Note the two buildings by the crossing were rebuilt in 1919 and different design to the originals (see old postcard)
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Beacon Hill, Burghclere. Within the hillfort is the grave of the Fifth Earl of Carnarvon, who had co-discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun! #HillfortsWednesday
September 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Beacon Hill, Burghclere. Within the hillfort is the grave of the Fifth Earl of Carnarvon, who had co-discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun! #HillfortsWednesday
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Visited Idle today. In Yorkshire.
September 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Visited Idle today. In Yorkshire.
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#Arnhem81: today in 1944 Operation Market Garden began. The Air Armada took elements of three Airborne divisions deep into enemy territory and filled the skies as men dropped between Eindhoven & Arnhem, as seen in these private photos of the time.
September 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
#Arnhem81: today in 1944 Operation Market Garden began. The Air Armada took elements of three Airborne divisions deep into enemy territory and filled the skies as men dropped between Eindhoven & Arnhem, as seen in these private photos of the time.