Allan Douglas
@doug504.bsky.social
Jack of all trades, master of none!
Winter solstice tomorrow, longer days are coming🥳
December 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Winter solstice tomorrow, longer days are coming🥳
The cover of latest issue of Private Eye tells you everything you need to know about latest huffing and puffing re: the BBC
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The cover of latest issue of Private Eye tells you everything you need to know about latest huffing and puffing re: the BBC
Reading a 1974 “After the Battle” magazine article about the selection of the unknown soldier to be buried in Westminster Abbey. Struck by this image of the grave of one of those reinterred in St. Pol cemetery. Notice the amount of lichen growth present on the stones. Not such a new issue?
October 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Reading a 1974 “After the Battle” magazine article about the selection of the unknown soldier to be buried in Westminster Abbey. Struck by this image of the grave of one of those reinterred in St. Pol cemetery. Notice the amount of lichen growth present on the stones. Not such a new issue?
Courtesy of “Maureen” via The Great War Forum, a link to the Internet Archive of issues 1 - 130 of After The Battle Magazine. Lots of well researched reading to keep you busy.
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After the Battle Magazine 1 - 130, Specials : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
After the Battle Magazine issues 001 (1973) through 130 (2005) and specials.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Courtesy of “Maureen” via The Great War Forum, a link to the Internet Archive of issues 1 - 130 of After The Battle Magazine. Lots of well researched reading to keep you busy.
archive.org/details/atb_...
archive.org/details/atb_...
Picture of Sgt. Rounsley featured in local press. www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2547637...
September 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Picture of Sgt. Rounsley featured in local press. www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2547637...
Just a reminder that Butch Cassidy’s mother was born in Brandling village, Jesmond, Newcastle. I’ll be boring people endlessly about this today.
September 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Just a reminder that Butch Cassidy’s mother was born in Brandling village, Jesmond, Newcastle. I’ll be boring people endlessly about this today.
I’m celebrating my 65th today and later this year running the Great North Run in aid of Blesma, a charity providing help and assistance to veterans who have lost limbs. If you feel inclined to donate my Just Giving page is
Allan’s celebrating his 65th birthday by running the Great North Run in aid of Blesma.
Help Allan Douglas raise money to support Blesma The Limbless Veterans
www.justgiving.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I’m celebrating my 65th today and later this year running the Great North Run in aid of Blesma, a charity providing help and assistance to veterans who have lost limbs. If you feel inclined to donate my Just Giving page is
Allan is celebrating his 65th birthday by running the Great North Run this year in aid of Blesma. If you’d like to support this worthwhile cause my “Just Giving” page can be found here;
www.justgiving.com/page/allan-d...
www.justgiving.com/page/allan-d...
Allan’s celebrating his 65th birthday by running the Great North Run in aid of Blesma.
Help Allan Douglas raise money to support Blesma The Limbless Veterans
www.justgiving.com
May 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Allan is celebrating his 65th birthday by running the Great North Run this year in aid of Blesma. If you’d like to support this worthwhile cause my “Just Giving” page can be found here;
www.justgiving.com/page/allan-d...
www.justgiving.com/page/allan-d...
Just because……………..
March 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Just because……………..
Then and Now, China Wall #cwgc cemetery, initially a small cemetery containing 130 graves. Hugely enlarged after the armistice when graves from 30 smaller cemeteries were concentrated here bringing the total to 2791. Original autochrome September 1923, Albert Khan collection.
February 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Then and Now, China Wall #cwgc cemetery, initially a small cemetery containing 130 graves. Hugely enlarged after the armistice when graves from 30 smaller cemeteries were concentrated here bringing the total to 2791. Original autochrome September 1923, Albert Khan collection.
Wanting to visit the IWM Ashcroft collection to view a particular VC? Best make your visit before 1st June 2025 as IWM is closing the Ashcroft gallery, medals going into storage. Heard about this from a colleague at work and had to visit the “Dark Side” to confirm🤣
February 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Wanting to visit the IWM Ashcroft collection to view a particular VC? Best make your visit before 1st June 2025 as IWM is closing the Ashcroft gallery, medals going into storage. Heard about this from a colleague at work and had to visit the “Dark Side” to confirm🤣
First overlay I’ve done on Bluesky.
Hill 60, July 1917 aerial showing the effect of shellfire and mines on the landscape. Hard to imagine when visiting the site today, but Lidar image shows the scars of battle remain beneath the vegetation.
Hill 60, July 1917 aerial showing the effect of shellfire and mines on the landscape. Hard to imagine when visiting the site today, but Lidar image shows the scars of battle remain beneath the vegetation.
January 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
First overlay I’ve done on Bluesky.
Hill 60, July 1917 aerial showing the effect of shellfire and mines on the landscape. Hard to imagine when visiting the site today, but Lidar image shows the scars of battle remain beneath the vegetation.
Hill 60, July 1917 aerial showing the effect of shellfire and mines on the landscape. Hard to imagine when visiting the site today, but Lidar image shows the scars of battle remain beneath the vegetation.
Another private memorial from Bishopwearmouth cemetery Sunderland, 2nd Lt Christopher Binns, Royal Garrison Artillery,
154th Heavy Bty. Christopher was born on 17th January 1881, the youngest of the four children of Joseph John Binns and his wife Rosa. Buried in The Huts CWGC cemetery, Belgium.
154th Heavy Bty. Christopher was born on 17th January 1881, the youngest of the four children of Joseph John Binns and his wife Rosa. Buried in The Huts CWGC cemetery, Belgium.
January 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Another private memorial from Bishopwearmouth cemetery Sunderland, 2nd Lt Christopher Binns, Royal Garrison Artillery,
154th Heavy Bty. Christopher was born on 17th January 1881, the youngest of the four children of Joseph John Binns and his wife Rosa. Buried in The Huts CWGC cemetery, Belgium.
154th Heavy Bty. Christopher was born on 17th January 1881, the youngest of the four children of Joseph John Binns and his wife Rosa. Buried in The Huts CWGC cemetery, Belgium.
If your annual Ancestry subscription is due try this link. Just obtained a years subscription for £59, less than half of my renewal fee.
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Checkout
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January 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If your annual Ancestry subscription is due try this link. Just obtained a years subscription for £59, less than half of my renewal fee.
www.ancestry.co.uk/checkout/mli...
www.ancestry.co.uk/checkout/mli...
Tommy in this morning’s sunshine which did not last for long after this!
January 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Tommy in this morning’s sunshine which did not last for long after this!
The Bluff + Palingbeek, Ypres Salient, an area of intensive mining activity and both sites of continuous conflict from late 1914 to mid 1917. Only a very short distance from Hill 60 if you’re visiting the area and much quieter.
January 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Bluff + Palingbeek, Ypres Salient, an area of intensive mining activity and both sites of continuous conflict from late 1914 to mid 1917. Only a very short distance from Hill 60 if you’re visiting the area and much quieter.
1. In 1918, Olive Edis was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum’s Women’s Work Committee to photograph British women serving in France. One image shows workers tending graves at Etaples. A rather distinctive grave adorned with a propeller is shown.
January 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
1. In 1918, Olive Edis was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum’s Women’s Work Committee to photograph British women serving in France. One image shows workers tending graves at Etaples. A rather distinctive grave adorned with a propeller is shown.
From the Maurice Antony collection, a view of Larch Wood cemetery, 7th March 1920. Hill 60 would be behind you, with “The Dump” on your left. Note the newly constructed railway.
January 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
From the Maurice Antony collection, a view of Larch Wood cemetery, 7th March 1920. Hill 60 would be behind you, with “The Dump” on your left. Note the newly constructed railway.
Private #FWW memorial in Bishopwearmouth Cemetery #Sunderland to Cpt Harold Linton Heslop, RAMC Harold died of heart failure 30/10/17 after returning to France following illness One of many for whom the stresses of service were too much Brief biography at www.universitiesatwar.org.uk/explore/hesl...
January 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Private #FWW memorial in Bishopwearmouth Cemetery #Sunderland to Cpt Harold Linton Heslop, RAMC Harold died of heart failure 30/10/17 after returning to France following illness One of many for whom the stresses of service were too much Brief biography at www.universitiesatwar.org.uk/explore/hesl...
Another Frank Hurley image, “Attending to the wounded in an advanced dressing station on Hill 60”.
January 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Another Frank Hurley image, “Attending to the wounded in an advanced dressing station on Hill 60”.
“In an elephant iron dugout, Hill 60” August 1917 by Frank Hurley. Image from the State Library of New South Wales
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www.sl.nsw.gov.au/30-elephant-...
January 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“In an elephant iron dugout, Hill 60” August 1917 by Frank Hurley. Image from the State Library of New South Wales
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/30-elephant-...
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/30-elephant-...
Private #ww1 memorial #Bishopwearmouth cemetery #Sunderland. William was a pre war regular enlisting in 1905. Wounded (gun shot wounds) in both 1914 and 1915. Awarded 14 Star, British and Victory medals together with Silver War Badge. Discharged on 6/9/17, as a result of Tuberculosis, died 1/11/17.
January 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Private #ww1 memorial #Bishopwearmouth cemetery #Sunderland. William was a pre war regular enlisting in 1905. Wounded (gun shot wounds) in both 1914 and 1915. Awarded 14 Star, British and Victory medals together with Silver War Badge. Discharged on 6/9/17, as a result of Tuberculosis, died 1/11/17.
Private #FWW memorial in #Bishopwearmouth cemetery #SUNDERLAND. Nearly missed this one as it disappears into the vegetation. 2nd Lt Arnold Rudd, 63rd Field Coy, R.E. KIA 27/03/1918, aged 22 commemorated, #cwgc POZIERES memorial. Biography www.reubique.com/Rudd.htm
January 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Private #FWW memorial in #Bishopwearmouth cemetery #SUNDERLAND. Nearly missed this one as it disappears into the vegetation. 2nd Lt Arnold Rudd, 63rd Field Coy, R.E. KIA 27/03/1918, aged 22 commemorated, #cwgc POZIERES memorial. Biography www.reubique.com/Rudd.htm
Private #FWW memorial in #Bishopwearmouth cemetery #Sunderland to Pte Thomas Edmundson who was killed in action on 26 April 1915, serving with B Company, 1st/7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. His remains were discovered in 2014 at Zonnebeke and were reburied in Perth #CWGC cemetery in 2018.
January 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Private #FWW memorial in #Bishopwearmouth cemetery #Sunderland to Pte Thomas Edmundson who was killed in action on 26 April 1915, serving with B Company, 1st/7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. His remains were discovered in 2014 at Zonnebeke and were reburied in Perth #CWGC cemetery in 2018.
Unfortunately this was reposted without reference to the original author of the post, but worth a read and has me looking for a copy of the book, “The Demon Haunted World”, Carl Sagan, 1995
December 20, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Unfortunately this was reposted without reference to the original author of the post, but worth a read and has me looking for a copy of the book, “The Demon Haunted World”, Carl Sagan, 1995