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Away from the Western Front
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AFTWF originally an HLF project, now completed; continuing to commemorate & raise awareness of FWW campaigns outside Europe & tell the stories of those who served in them; posts by @edmondslyn.bsky.social

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Esprit Club of #Turin held its #Remembrance Sunday service yesterday commemorating the 16 'Turin Men'; each soldier's name was read out during the service - their stories have been researched by @edmondslyn.bsky.social and more details can be found here: tinyurl.com/rsr4dr6f
Group of people standing behind the CWGC headstones of soldiers who died during the First World War and are buried in Turin Town Cemetery in Italy
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Captain Gilbert Doke #Vicary of Newton Abbot Devon, died in #Palestine on this day in 1917 and is buried in Deir El Belah War Cemetery, #Gaza - to read more about Dyrons House ‘Family at War’ and our research into his family during the FWW: tinyurl.com/r9z3nvxy
#DyronsHouse #WW1
CWGC headstone at the grave of Captain Gilbert Doke Vicary of Newton Abbot Devon who died in #Palestine on 10 November 1917 and is buried in Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Gaza; photo taken in 2018
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Remembering Driver John C A Taylor, accidentally killed when trying to rejoin the train that he'd been travelling on after it had stopped at Oulx station, Italy. He is buried in Oulx Communal cemetery and his grave was visited on 6.11.25
#Remembrance #LestWeForget

Details: tinyurl.com/2whcx28x
Grave of Driver John C A Taylor in Oulx Communal Cemetery, Italy on 6.11.25 (Photo: Emma Pace)
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Remembering Sapper W H Lewis whose memorial in Meana di Susa cemetery Italy, was visited this week; he died tragically after failing to receive the help he had clearly needed
#Remembrance #LestWeForget
His story is in here: tinyurl.com/2whcx28x
A CWGC wall memorial stone, known as a Kipling memorial to Sapper WH Lewis who died tragically near Meana di Susa on his way back home in 1919; his grave was lost and replaced with this memorial plaque (Photo taken on 06-11-25 by Emma Pace)
November 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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The Armistice of Mudros ended hostilities between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies of the First World War; it was signed on 30 October 1918 aboard HMS Agamemnon in Mudros Harbour, Lemnos and it took effect the next day
#MudrosArmistice #WW1 #FWW
HMS Agamemnon, during the Gallipoli campaign in 1915; Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
October 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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'He nobly answered duty’s call, his life he gave for us and all’

Remembering today Pte James Morris, 20th Bn #Manchester Regt, born #Withington, who died 28 Oct 1918 in the 29th Stationary Hospital, Turin

For more info:
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Private James Morris' grave in Turin Town Cemetery, which is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves headstone showing his name, rank, regiment, soldier number, age, date of death and epitaph; he died on 28 October 1918 in the 29th Stationary Hospital, Turin
October 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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#31DaysOfGrave #Day27Tree

Headstone of Lance Corporal W H Barnes of 8th Bn Cheshire Regiment, which features an acorn with #oak leaves; he is buried in Turin, Italy
#CheshireRegiment

More details: bit.ly/2PxIx0m
Headstone of Lance Corporal W H Barnes of 8th Bn Cheshire Regiment, which shows a regimental emblem with an acorn between two #oak leaves. It is believed that the acorn and oak leaves were granted by King George III in 1743 to commemorate the regiment's role in saving the King at the Battle of Dettingen. (Photo courtesy of Emma Pace)
October 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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#31DaysOfGraves #Day23Cross

Private W G Arscott's pedestal grave marker engraved with his name, rank, regiment & number, date of death, age & a simple #cross in Sarigol Military Cemetery, Greece
#DevonshireRegiment #CastleDrogo #Salonika #WW1 #FWW

You can read his story here: shorturl.at/sQgeK
A small rectangular grave marker for Private W G Arscott, Regimental number 11611, Devonshire Regiment who died on 29th January 1918, aged 24 and marked with a simple cross engraved on stone at the top left
October 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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#31DaysOfGraves #Day22Landscape

A snow covered landscape around the 'Turin Men' CWGC plot in Turin Town cemetery, Italy

More details: bit.ly/2PxIx0m
16 headstones marking the graves of First World War soldiers under a blanket of snow in Turin Town cemetery, Italy (Photo courtesy of Emma Pace)
October 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Private Albert Hindle's name on one of the East Lancashire Regiment panels on Helles Memorial, Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey; photo taken on a dull day and panel was quite marked
#Gallipoli #EastLancashireRegiment #WW1 #FWW
October 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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#31DaysOfGraves #Day20Wreath

Gunner Alexander Sutherland Mackay 8th Brigade Australian Field Artillery, one of the 'Turin Men' who died of pneumonia on 18 December 1918

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone of Gunner A S Mackay 8th Brigade Australian Field Artillery, with a red berry and green leaf wreath laid against it at a service of remembrance in Turin Town Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Emma Pace)
October 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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#31DaysOfGraves #Day16Obelisk
From one of my many visits, Helles Memorial on the headland at the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula overlooking the Dardanelles; it includes an #obelisk which is over 30 metres high
#HellesMemorial #Gallipoli
Helles Memorial, a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial to the Gallipoli Campaign and to those who served and have no known grave. The memorial features a tall obelisk and numerous internal and external wall panels bearing the names of the fallen, arranged by unit, with a blue sky beyond and grass in the foreground
October 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Remembering today, Pte Robert Henry #Edmondson 2nd Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, of #Shipley, Yorkshire, died 11 October 1918; tragically, his mother took her own life because of his death

More info: bit.ly/2PxIx0m

#WW1 #FWW #KSLI #31DaysOfGraves #Day11Military
Robert Henry Edmondson's grave in Turin Town Cemetery, which is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves headstone showing his name, rank , regiment, soldier number, age and date of death, with grass and other headstones in the background
October 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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#31DaysofGraves Day 11 #Military

A Loving Son
A Noble Pal

2nd Lt Sydney Frank #Norris, Royal Field Artillery, died 28 April 1919, 5 months after the Armistice on his way to Egypt; buried with 15 others named the ‘Turin Men’- most of whom like Sydney died from illness

More details: bit.ly/2IjNUj3
Sydney Frank Norris' grave in Turin Town Cemetery, which is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves headstone showing his name, rank , regiment, soldier number, age, date of death and epitaph, with grass and other headstones in the background
October 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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A Gold Medal Cyclist: the story of Sergeant Michael Henry Margiotta, who died on 6 October 1918, six days after the Bulgarian armistice; he is buried in Lembet Road Cemetery in Thessaloniki
#Salonika #WW1 #MiddlesexRegiment #ArmyCyclistCorps

More details:
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Sergeant Michael Margiotta’s grave in Lembet Road Cemetery in Thessaloniki, which is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves headstone showing his name, rank , soldier number, age and date of death, with grass and other headstones in the background (Photo: © Robin Braysher)
October 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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On 5 October 1915, 110 years ago today, Allied forces began landing at the port of Salonika (now Thessaloniki) , marking the beginning of the Salonika Campaign
#Salonika #WW1 #FWW

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IWM (Q 13626) Salonika viewed from the deck of a British battleship; the city's numerous minarets and hilltop citadel are clearly visible
October 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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#31DaysOfGraves #Day1Flower

Grave of Dvr John C A Taylor in Oulx Cemetery, Italy; he died in a tragic train accident on his way home in 1918

A local lady has regularly tended his grave with flowers

Read more about him here & in the Book of Remembrance: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...
The grave of Driver John C A Taylor in Oulx Communal cemetery in Italy with flowers and plants placed on the pebbles in front of the headstone; his grave has been regularly tended with flowers by a local Italian lady who has no family connection with him. There are extra flowers on this photo placed by Emma Pace who visited the grave and took this photo.
October 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Also remembering the story of Sgt Michael Margiotta:
'A Gold Medal Cyclist: the story of Sergeant Michael Henry Margiotta' awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...

#Salonika #FWW #WW1
Combined cyclist and yeomanry patrol drawn by Capt F A Stewart used for the 1917 XVI Corps Mounted Troops Christmas card – XII Corps Cyclists would have looked very much the same (Photo courtesy of Robin Braysher)
June 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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On #WorldBicycleDay remembering the role played by cyclists in WW1 at home and abroad; some of those who served in #Salonika & elsewhere had started off in the Hunts Cyclists Battalion like Cpl Cyril GB Clifton:
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Clifton, Cpl Cyril George Brown (MT/205254), Royal Army Service Corps (779 Coy) in Salonika (Photo courtesy of David N Yeandle)
June 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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A Loving Son
A Noble Pal

2nd Lt Sydney Frank #Norris from #Coventry died 106yrs ago 28 April 1919, 5 months after the Armistice on his way to Egypt; buried with 15 others @aftwf1418 ‘Turin Men’- most like Sydney died from illness; see summary of research bit.ly/2IjNUj3
April 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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After #Mesopotamia Lt Dudley C Stewart-Smith, was transferred to 1st Bn Black Watch & sent to France; he started to keep a diary on 18 April 1918, the day he was captured at Givenchy & became a Prisoner of War

You can read more of his story here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...
Dudley in his Black Watch uniform in a German Prisoner of War hospital (Photo courtesy of James Stewart-Smith)
April 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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'Women Away from the Western Front' - When the Empire Calls: the story of Nurse Muriel Leontine Wakeford

#WomensHistoryMonth #WW1 #FWW #Gallipoli #Egypt #AustralianArmyNursingService

Muriel's story is here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/wom...
Nurses on the Hospital Ship Gascon, Gallipoli. Muriel Wakeford pictured back row, second from the left. © From the collections of Wollongong City Libraries and the Illawarra Historical Society (P25255)
March 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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'Women Away from the Western Front’ - From Edinburgh to Egypt: Nurse Elsie Russell‘s war as seen through the lens (Photos courtesy of Stuart James)

Elsie's story is here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/wom...

#WomensHistoryMonth #WW1 #FWW #Egypt #QAIMNS
Sister Elsie Russell in her uniform standing next to a hospital bed on which is a British soldier - they are in Ras-el-Tin British Military Hospital, in Alexandria, Egypt during the First World War (Photo courtesy of Stuart James)
March 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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‘Women Away from the Western Front’ - Battling disease in Salonika: the story of Nurse Alice Emily Linfield

#WomensHistoryMonth #WW1 #FWW #Salonika #QAIMNS

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Black and white image of Sister Alice Emily Linfield who was a nurse during the First World War and served in the Salonika Campaign (Image courtesy of Linfield Family)
March 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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#OTD 28 February 1919 Miss Mildred Neale left Turin where she had served from June 1918; she was mentioned in 29th (B) Stationary Hospital War Diary; her British Red Cross Records show that she had been a long-serving VAD during the First World War

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Image shows the reverse side of one of Mildred Neale's British Red Cross personnel cards from the First World War showing a list of the hospitals where she had worked as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nursing member from June 1915 until February 1919 Image credit: British Red Cross
February 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM