Dan P
@danieljphelan.bsky.social
Speaker, tour guide, & EOHO volunteer for @CWGC. Interested in #WW1 and #WW2. National Trails completed: Cleveland Way 2018. Hadrian’s Wall 2021. SWCP 2024. Teacher. All views my own.
Private Frederick Horn served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was wounded in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He would die in an Oxfordshire hospital two years later, on 11th November 1918.
📍Lechlade Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Lechlade Cemetery 🇬🇧
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Private Frederick Horn served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was wounded in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He would die in an Oxfordshire hospital two years later, on 11th November 1918.
📍Lechlade Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Lechlade Cemetery 🇬🇧
Attended this morning’s remembrance parade and service in my hometown, Nuneaton. Wonderful to see thousands of people watching the parade and remembering those from the town who made the ultimate sacrifice.
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Attended this morning’s remembrance parade and service in my hometown, Nuneaton. Wonderful to see thousands of people watching the parade and remembering those from the town who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Just after midnight on 8th November 1920, in a makeshift chapel at St Pol, France, Brigadier General Louis Wyatt selected the body of the soldier who would become the Unknown Warrior.
📍Staffordshire Regiment Museum 🇬🇧
📍Staffordshire Regiment Museum 🇬🇧
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Just after midnight on 8th November 1920, in a makeshift chapel at St Pol, France, Brigadier General Louis Wyatt selected the body of the soldier who would become the Unknown Warrior.
📍Staffordshire Regiment Museum 🇬🇧
📍Staffordshire Regiment Museum 🇬🇧
Cpl Robert Elphick, Royal Irish Rifles, was the first wounded soldier to die of wounds at Nottingham General Hospital. It was reported the Belfast soldier received his wounds in the trenches at Neuve Chapelle and had to drag himself to safety.
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Cpl Robert Elphick, Royal Irish Rifles, was the first wounded soldier to die of wounds at Nottingham General Hospital. It was reported the Belfast soldier received his wounds in the trenches at Neuve Chapelle and had to drag himself to safety.
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
Gunner Frederick Weston, Royal Field Artillery, who died of wounds and pneumonia at the Northern General Hospital just 5 days before the Great War ended.
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Gunner Frederick Weston, Royal Field Artillery, who died of wounds and pneumonia at the Northern General Hospital just 5 days before the Great War ended.
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
Serjeant Henry Charles Linn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, died of pneumonia and influenza on this day in 1918. He enlisted in May 1915, agreeing to serve for the duration of the war, which would end just a week after his death.
📍Oxford (Botley) Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Oxford (Botley) Cemetery 🇬🇧
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Serjeant Henry Charles Linn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, died of pneumonia and influenza on this day in 1918. He enlisted in May 1915, agreeing to serve for the duration of the war, which would end just a week after his death.
📍Oxford (Botley) Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Oxford (Botley) Cemetery 🇬🇧
After visiting Pointe du Hoc back in August, it was interesting to visit the area in Cornwall where the men of the 2nd Ranger Battalion were billeted and trained in preparation for D-Day. Great to see some information about the battle on display in the Heritage Centre in The Castle Bude.
📍Bude🇬🇧
📍Bude🇬🇧
November 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
After visiting Pointe du Hoc back in August, it was interesting to visit the area in Cornwall where the men of the 2nd Ranger Battalion were billeted and trained in preparation for D-Day. Great to see some information about the battle on display in the Heritage Centre in The Castle Bude.
📍Bude🇬🇧
📍Bude🇬🇧
Major Lord Charles Mercer Nairne joined the 1st King's Dragoon Guards in 1895. He served in the Boer War, in which he was aide-de-camp to Field Marshal Earl Roberts. From 1909 until his death, he was an equerry to King George V.
📍Ypres Town Cemetery 🇧🇪
📍Ypres Town Cemetery 🇧🇪
October 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Major Lord Charles Mercer Nairne joined the 1st King's Dragoon Guards in 1895. He served in the Boer War, in which he was aide-de-camp to Field Marshal Earl Roberts. From 1909 until his death, he was an equerry to King George V.
📍Ypres Town Cemetery 🇧🇪
📍Ypres Town Cemetery 🇧🇪
Private Fred Archer, Devonshire Regiment, died of pneumonia while serving in Ireland. Aged just 18 years old, he died less than two weeks before the war’s end.
📍Warwick Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Warwick Cemetery 🇬🇧
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Private Fred Archer, Devonshire Regiment, died of pneumonia while serving in Ireland. Aged just 18 years old, he died less than two weeks before the war’s end.
📍Warwick Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Warwick Cemetery 🇬🇧
Six members of crew who were killed when their Liberator II was shot down during a night raid on Maleme airfield. Two of those killed, P/O Reilly and P/O Durrant, RNZAF, served in the Battle of Britain.
📍Suda Bay War Cemetery 🇬🇷
📍Suda Bay War Cemetery 🇬🇷
October 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Six members of crew who were killed when their Liberator II was shot down during a night raid on Maleme airfield. Two of those killed, P/O Reilly and P/O Durrant, RNZAF, served in the Battle of Britain.
📍Suda Bay War Cemetery 🇬🇷
📍Suda Bay War Cemetery 🇬🇷
Remembering Prince Maurice of Battenberg, the youngest grandchild of Queen Victoria, who was killed in action on this day in 1914. After the war he was visited by his cousin, King George V.
📍Ypres Town Cemetery 🇧🇪
📍Ypres Town Cemetery 🇧🇪
October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Remembering Prince Maurice of Battenberg, the youngest grandchild of Queen Victoria, who was killed in action on this day in 1914. After the war he was visited by his cousin, King George V.
📍Ypres Town Cemetery 🇧🇪
📍Ypres Town Cemetery 🇧🇪
Nurse Helen Cordell-Bell, Voluntary Aid Detachment, was killed by enemy action on this day in 1942. She was from Waverton, New South Wales, and was killed shortly before her novel, Stagnashan House, was published.
📍Torquay Cemetery and Extension 🇬🇧
📍Torquay Cemetery and Extension 🇬🇧
October 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Nurse Helen Cordell-Bell, Voluntary Aid Detachment, was killed by enemy action on this day in 1942. She was from Waverton, New South Wales, and was killed shortly before her novel, Stagnashan House, was published.
📍Torquay Cemetery and Extension 🇬🇧
📍Torquay Cemetery and Extension 🇬🇧
Squadron Leader Sidney Kellaway had served in the RAF continuously since July 1918. He was killed in a road accident as he returned home from a medical he’d undertaken in London to extend his service.
📍Burbage (St Catherine) Churchyard 🇬🇧
📍Burbage (St Catherine) Churchyard 🇬🇧
October 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Squadron Leader Sidney Kellaway had served in the RAF continuously since July 1918. He was killed in a road accident as he returned home from a medical he’d undertaken in London to extend his service.
📍Burbage (St Catherine) Churchyard 🇬🇧
📍Burbage (St Catherine) Churchyard 🇬🇧
Frank Tuff was a talented sportsman who played football and first-class cricket. He was wounded at Gallipoli on this day in 1915 and died in Malta less than two weeks later.
📍Pieta Military Cemetery 🇲🇹
📍Pieta Military Cemetery 🇲🇹
October 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Frank Tuff was a talented sportsman who played football and first-class cricket. He was wounded at Gallipoli on this day in 1915 and died in Malta less than two weeks later.
📍Pieta Military Cemetery 🇲🇹
📍Pieta Military Cemetery 🇲🇹
A bitter blow
the shock severe
we little thought
his end was near.
Mother.
The words chosen for the headstone of Private Lawrence, Pioneer Corps, who was killed on this day in 1943.
📍Warwick Cemetery 🇬🇧
the shock severe
we little thought
his end was near.
Mother.
The words chosen for the headstone of Private Lawrence, Pioneer Corps, who was killed on this day in 1943.
📍Warwick Cemetery 🇬🇧
October 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A bitter blow
the shock severe
we little thought
his end was near.
Mother.
The words chosen for the headstone of Private Lawrence, Pioneer Corps, who was killed on this day in 1943.
📍Warwick Cemetery 🇬🇧
the shock severe
we little thought
his end was near.
Mother.
The words chosen for the headstone of Private Lawrence, Pioneer Corps, who was killed on this day in 1943.
📍Warwick Cemetery 🇬🇧
I was surprised to find a plaque in a memorial garden in Leicestershire that honours a Royal Marine killed during the Battle of Trafalgar. Private James Green served on board Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory, and was killed on this day in 1805.
📍Lutterworth 🇬🇧
📍Lutterworth 🇬🇧
October 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I was surprised to find a plaque in a memorial garden in Leicestershire that honours a Royal Marine killed during the Battle of Trafalgar. Private James Green served on board Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory, and was killed on this day in 1805.
📍Lutterworth 🇬🇧
📍Lutterworth 🇬🇧
Private Albert Bayliss, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was killed early in WW1. For a decade he lay buried as an unknown soldier in Broodseinde Military Cemetery. His remains were exhumed in 1924, and he was identified by a number on his boots.
📍Perth Cemetery (China Wall) 🇧🇪
📍Perth Cemetery (China Wall) 🇧🇪
October 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Private Albert Bayliss, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was killed early in WW1. For a decade he lay buried as an unknown soldier in Broodseinde Military Cemetery. His remains were exhumed in 1924, and he was identified by a number on his boots.
📍Perth Cemetery (China Wall) 🇧🇪
📍Perth Cemetery (China Wall) 🇧🇪
Lt Roger Paffard was one of six naval officers who drowned when the car they were in crashed into the harbour at Setubal, near Lisbon, as they headed to a cocktail party on this day in 1950.
📍Lisbon (St George) British Churchyard 🇵🇹
📍Lisbon (St George) British Churchyard 🇵🇹
October 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Lt Roger Paffard was one of six naval officers who drowned when the car they were in crashed into the harbour at Setubal, near Lisbon, as they headed to a cocktail party on this day in 1950.
📍Lisbon (St George) British Churchyard 🇵🇹
📍Lisbon (St George) British Churchyard 🇵🇹
Ephraim Johnston is buried in a quiet Cornish churchyard. His rank, Plumber 4th Class, is one I’ve not seen before. I believe it was part of the artisan branch, which also included trades such as painter, cooper, and joiner.
📍Veryan (St Symphorian) Churchyard Extension 🇬🇧
📍Veryan (St Symphorian) Churchyard Extension 🇬🇧
October 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Ephraim Johnston is buried in a quiet Cornish churchyard. His rank, Plumber 4th Class, is one I’ve not seen before. I believe it was part of the artisan branch, which also included trades such as painter, cooper, and joiner.
📍Veryan (St Symphorian) Churchyard Extension 🇬🇧
📍Veryan (St Symphorian) Churchyard Extension 🇬🇧
Alexander Davie, Australian Infantry, died of wounds received in action at Gallipoli. Five months earlier his brother, James Davie, had died of wounds also received at Gallipoli. Both had been evacuated to Malta and are buried in the same cemetery.
📍Pieta Military Cemetery 🇲🇹
📍Pieta Military Cemetery 🇲🇹
October 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Alexander Davie, Australian Infantry, died of wounds received in action at Gallipoli. Five months earlier his brother, James Davie, had died of wounds also received at Gallipoli. Both had been evacuated to Malta and are buried in the same cemetery.
📍Pieta Military Cemetery 🇲🇹
📍Pieta Military Cemetery 🇲🇹
Halifax MZ920 took off from RAF Croft, North Yorkshire, and was joining other bombers before an operation to attack Duisburg. An engine fire forced the aircraft to divert to RAF Church Lawford, Warwickshire, but the aircraft crashed before it could make it.
📍Dunchurch, Warwickshire 🇬🇧
📍Dunchurch, Warwickshire 🇬🇧
October 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Halifax MZ920 took off from RAF Croft, North Yorkshire, and was joining other bombers before an operation to attack Duisburg. An engine fire forced the aircraft to divert to RAF Church Lawford, Warwickshire, but the aircraft crashed before it could make it.
📍Dunchurch, Warwickshire 🇬🇧
📍Dunchurch, Warwickshire 🇬🇧
Able Seaman Ah Ping served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary on board the tanker SS Delphinula. He’s recorded as dying from natural causes.
📍Suda Bay War Cemetery 🇬🇷
📍Suda Bay War Cemetery 🇬🇷
October 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Able Seaman Ah Ping served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary on board the tanker SS Delphinula. He’s recorded as dying from natural causes.
📍Suda Bay War Cemetery 🇬🇷
📍Suda Bay War Cemetery 🇬🇷
Buried in the same cemetery as Captain Jefferies VC, and killed on this same day, is Sergeant Lewis McGee VC. Awarded his Victoria Cross for his bravery during the attack on the Broodseinde Ridge on 4th October, he would be killed just eight days later.
📍Tyne Cot Cemetery 🇧🇪
📍Tyne Cot Cemetery 🇧🇪
October 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Buried in the same cemetery as Captain Jefferies VC, and killed on this same day, is Sergeant Lewis McGee VC. Awarded his Victoria Cross for his bravery during the attack on the Broodseinde Ridge on 4th October, he would be killed just eight days later.
📍Tyne Cot Cemetery 🇧🇪
📍Tyne Cot Cemetery 🇧🇪
Captain Clarence Jefferies VC was killed on 12th October 1917 leading an attack on a machine emplacement for which he was awarded his Victoria Cross. His body was initially lost but was recovered and identified in 1921.
📍Tyne Cot Cemetery 🇧🇪
📍Tyne Cot Cemetery 🇧🇪
October 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Captain Clarence Jefferies VC was killed on 12th October 1917 leading an attack on a machine emplacement for which he was awarded his Victoria Cross. His body was initially lost but was recovered and identified in 1921.
📍Tyne Cot Cemetery 🇧🇪
📍Tyne Cot Cemetery 🇧🇪
A pedestal marker (sometimes called a Gallipoli marker) used to remember Pte Victor Cantrill, a Coventry man who served with the Canadian forces. Time and the elements had not been kind to the lead lettering used on his original memorial.
📍Coventry (Windmill Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Coventry (Windmill Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
October 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A pedestal marker (sometimes called a Gallipoli marker) used to remember Pte Victor Cantrill, a Coventry man who served with the Canadian forces. Time and the elements had not been kind to the lead lettering used on his original memorial.
📍Coventry (Windmill Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Coventry (Windmill Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧