Andy
@andyaitch.bsky.social
Mainly I like the 52nd Lowland Division.
Cohost of News Of The War
https://linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
The Lowlander pod https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-lowlander/id1715310568
Walking With The Jocks Tour 2025
https://walkingwiththejocks.co.uk/
Cohost of News Of The War
https://linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
The Lowlander pod https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-lowlander/id1715310568
Walking With The Jocks Tour 2025
https://walkingwiththejocks.co.uk/
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@andyaitch.bsky.social
· Feb 7
🚨Dates for Walking With The Jocks North tour are out! 🚨
9-13 October 2025 Germany
Join @merrynwalters.uk battle honours tours and myself following in the footsteps of Peter White, his jocks and the 52nd Lowland division.
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9-13 October 2025 Germany
Join @merrynwalters.uk battle honours tours and myself following in the footsteps of Peter White, his jocks and the 52nd Lowland division.
battle-honours.co.uk/event/walkin...
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Coming this Friday, the news headlines from 23 May 1942….
Who is this man?
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Who is this man?
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@merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Coming this Friday, the news headlines from 23 May 1942….
Who is this man?
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
@merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
Who is this man?
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
@merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
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It started off as a strange fascination with It Aint Half Hot Mum, turned into a PhD and now a biography coming out next year. On Tuesday 2 Dec 7pm I'll be waxing lyrical about the real story of organised troop entertainment on @ww2tv.bsky.social.
Hope you can join:
www.youtube.com/live/86qfHAq...
Hope you can join:
www.youtube.com/live/86qfHAq...
Organised Entertainment in the British Army and its Influence on Morale
YouTube video by WW2TV
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November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It started off as a strange fascination with It Aint Half Hot Mum, turned into a PhD and now a biography coming out next year. On Tuesday 2 Dec 7pm I'll be waxing lyrical about the real story of organised troop entertainment on @ww2tv.bsky.social.
Hope you can join:
www.youtube.com/live/86qfHAq...
Hope you can join:
www.youtube.com/live/86qfHAq...
Wanted to take some time to acknowledge the victims of Cummins crimes, as discussed on @newsofthewar.bsky.social this week. So often the perpetrator is focused on.
Evelyn Hamilton, 41
Evelyn Oatley, 34
Doris Jouannet, 32
Margaret Lowe, 43 (No photo)
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Evelyn Hamilton, 41
Evelyn Oatley, 34
Doris Jouannet, 32
Margaret Lowe, 43 (No photo)
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November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Wanted to take some time to acknowledge the victims of Cummins crimes, as discussed on @newsofthewar.bsky.social this week. So often the perpetrator is focused on.
Evelyn Hamilton, 41
Evelyn Oatley, 34
Doris Jouannet, 32
Margaret Lowe, 43 (No photo)
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Evelyn Hamilton, 41
Evelyn Oatley, 34
Doris Jouannet, 32
Margaret Lowe, 43 (No photo)
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Commandos? Boulonge? Slipper wearing jock ex policeman - notorious for putting the cosh on east end criminals? We’ve got you covered on @newsofthewar.bsky.social this week
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November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Commandos? Boulonge? Slipper wearing jock ex policeman - notorious for putting the cosh on east end criminals? We’ve got you covered on @newsofthewar.bsky.social this week
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
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Coming, this Friday on News of The War… 24 April 1942.
The other side of wartime Britain.
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@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
The other side of wartime Britain.
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@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Coming, this Friday on News of The War… 24 April 1942.
The other side of wartime Britain.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
The other side of wartime Britain.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
🚨 BREAKING NEWS FROM @newsofthewar.bsky.social 🚨
GIRL GUIDE SIGNS ON THE DOLE
Check it out here: linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
@merrynwalters.uk
GIRL GUIDE SIGNS ON THE DOLE
Check it out here: linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
@merrynwalters.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🚨 BREAKING NEWS FROM @newsofthewar.bsky.social 🚨
GIRL GUIDE SIGNS ON THE DOLE
Check it out here: linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
@merrynwalters.uk
GIRL GUIDE SIGNS ON THE DOLE
Check it out here: linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
@merrynwalters.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
GROUND BREAKING RESEARCH KLAXON
Gosh I love looking at the newspapers…. You just stumble across nuggets of gold every single time.
Check it using the link.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar?u…
Gosh I love looking at the newspapers…. You just stumble across nuggets of gold every single time.
Check it using the link.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar?u…
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
GROUND BREAKING RESEARCH KLAXON
Gosh I love looking at the newspapers…. You just stumble across nuggets of gold every single time.
Check it using the link.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar?u…
Gosh I love looking at the newspapers…. You just stumble across nuggets of gold every single time.
Check it using the link.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar?u…
What’s the lowest point in the war for the British?……Dunkirk? Crete? Singapore? Tobruk?
I’d contest its this point, January 1942.
A blow to morale, how did we recover from it?
@newsofthewar.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
I’d contest its this point, January 1942.
A blow to morale, how did we recover from it?
@newsofthewar.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What’s the lowest point in the war for the British?……Dunkirk? Crete? Singapore? Tobruk?
I’d contest its this point, January 1942.
A blow to morale, how did we recover from it?
@newsofthewar.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
I’d contest its this point, January 1942.
A blow to morale, how did we recover from it?
@newsofthewar.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
On the 11th of November 1944 The Sphere magazine printed it first photos from the Walcheren campaign, its front page is of the men of the 4th (Borders) Battalion The Kings Own Scottish Borderers (Peter Whites Bat) moving down Molenstraat on November 1st, a few hours after landing.
November 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
On the 11th of November 1944 The Sphere magazine printed it first photos from the Walcheren campaign, its front page is of the men of the 4th (Borders) Battalion The Kings Own Scottish Borderers (Peter Whites Bat) moving down Molenstraat on November 1st, a few hours after landing.
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And we’re back! Yes, it the NOTW – as it happened in the first week of 1942. In this episode @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk look at what was in the headlines (and the personal ads) on January 8th. Brace yourselves ...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:32 AM
And we’re back! Yes, it the NOTW – as it happened in the first week of 1942. In this episode @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk look at what was in the headlines (and the personal ads) on January 8th. Brace yourselves ...
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linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
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📰 READ ALL ABOUT IT 🗞️
We’re back this Friday with a new season - 1942 is finally here. Will we see the tide of the war turning?
Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts this Friday.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
We’re back this Friday with a new season - 1942 is finally here. Will we see the tide of the war turning?
Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts this Friday.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
October 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
📰 READ ALL ABOUT IT 🗞️
We’re back this Friday with a new season - 1942 is finally here. Will we see the tide of the war turning?
Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts this Friday.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
We’re back this Friday with a new season - 1942 is finally here. Will we see the tide of the war turning?
Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts this Friday.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
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G'day, mate! Yes, it's our Australian special. In true #NewsoftheWar style, we invited Chris Olivant to be our guest-editor and share his curious fascination with the Aussies' in WW2. No roos, but plenty of rumination on Blamey, Kokoda & politics🇦🇺🐨 @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
G'day, mate! Yes, it's our Australian special. In true #NewsoftheWar style, we invited Chris Olivant to be our guest-editor and share his curious fascination with the Aussies' in WW2. No roos, but plenty of rumination on Blamey, Kokoda & politics🇦🇺🐨 @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
Huge thank you to all that tagged along on Walking With The Jocks this weekend.
Sharing the story of Peter White and his jocks is a genuine honour.
Special thanks to wingman @merrynwalters.uk and BH tours.
Sharing the story of Peter White and his jocks is a genuine honour.
Special thanks to wingman @merrynwalters.uk and BH tours.
October 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Huge thank you to all that tagged along on Walking With The Jocks this weekend.
Sharing the story of Peter White and his jocks is a genuine honour.
Special thanks to wingman @merrynwalters.uk and BH tours.
Sharing the story of Peter White and his jocks is a genuine honour.
Special thanks to wingman @merrynwalters.uk and BH tours.
German ramble.
Gross Eilstorf
Gross Eilstorf
October 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
German ramble.
Gross Eilstorf
Gross Eilstorf
Day 2 of Walking with the Jocks North.
Battles for the Aller and the woods of Gros Eilstorf.
Is it even a Germany tour without currywurst mit pommes? @merrynwalters.uk
Battles for the Aller and the woods of Gros Eilstorf.
Is it even a Germany tour without currywurst mit pommes? @merrynwalters.uk
October 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Day 2 of Walking with the Jocks North.
Battles for the Aller and the woods of Gros Eilstorf.
Is it even a Germany tour without currywurst mit pommes? @merrynwalters.uk
Battles for the Aller and the woods of Gros Eilstorf.
Is it even a Germany tour without currywurst mit pommes? @merrynwalters.uk
Look, I’m working on my Winston voice, ok?
I’m a teetotaller and I don’t smoke, so I’m at some disadvantage.
Anyhoo, latest ep of @newsofthewar.bsky.social is out, it’s the last date in 1941… check it out here
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
I’m a teetotaller and I don’t smoke, so I’m at some disadvantage.
Anyhoo, latest ep of @newsofthewar.bsky.social is out, it’s the last date in 1941… check it out here
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
October 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Look, I’m working on my Winston voice, ok?
I’m a teetotaller and I don’t smoke, so I’m at some disadvantage.
Anyhoo, latest ep of @newsofthewar.bsky.social is out, it’s the last date in 1941… check it out here
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
I’m a teetotaller and I don’t smoke, so I’m at some disadvantage.
Anyhoo, latest ep of @newsofthewar.bsky.social is out, it’s the last date in 1941… check it out here
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Came a cross this a few times in Germany, although it’s not common to have it still out on public display, I believe.
This was Berchtesgaden (which maybe explains it on show)
I wonder why this didn’t catch on in the UK?
Regardless of who is commemorated I found it quite affecting.
This was Berchtesgaden (which maybe explains it on show)
I wonder why this didn’t catch on in the UK?
Regardless of who is commemorated I found it quite affecting.
September 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Came a cross this a few times in Germany, although it’s not common to have it still out on public display, I believe.
This was Berchtesgaden (which maybe explains it on show)
I wonder why this didn’t catch on in the UK?
Regardless of who is commemorated I found it quite affecting.
This was Berchtesgaden (which maybe explains it on show)
I wonder why this didn’t catch on in the UK?
Regardless of who is commemorated I found it quite affecting.
One of my most favourite stories on @newsofthewar pod yet.
Weird POW ménage à trois shenanigans… I wonder if Joan ever married John (either one)?
New ep here linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Weird POW ménage à trois shenanigans… I wonder if Joan ever married John (either one)?
New ep here linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
September 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
One of my most favourite stories on @newsofthewar pod yet.
Weird POW ménage à trois shenanigans… I wonder if Joan ever married John (either one)?
New ep here linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Weird POW ménage à trois shenanigans… I wonder if Joan ever married John (either one)?
New ep here linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Just some random house on a mountain.
September 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Just some random house on a mountain.
Quick pee stop in the woods, not sure what these old bits of concrete are, hope the owner doesn’t mind.
September 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Quick pee stop in the woods, not sure what these old bits of concrete are, hope the owner doesn’t mind.
MAXIMUM AUSTO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE TONIGHT
September 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
MAXIMUM AUSTO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE TONIGHT
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Another banger from @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social and @newsofthewar.bsky.social. Pleasure to chat briefly with Merryn and Andy at WHWFF.
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open.spotify.com/episode/4ew8...
News of the War - 30th August 1941
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September 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Another banger from @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social and @newsofthewar.bsky.social. Pleasure to chat briefly with Merryn and Andy at WHWFF.
open.spotify.com/episode/4ew8...
open.spotify.com/episode/4ew8...