Johnny Doyle
@johnnydoyle.bsky.social
#EasterRising #ArmouredCars #VickersMachineGuns
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It's grand as it is. No need to change it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 AM
It's grand as it is. No need to change it.
Heard the story on BBC Radio 2 - with added comments from Farage. So much unwarranted air time for this gobshite
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Heard the story on BBC Radio 2 - with added comments from Farage. So much unwarranted air time for this gobshite
so much (rat-a-)tat appears each year.
Always thought we were missing a Supermerino Spitfire though. Would look good with an effigy of Squadron Leader Guy Fawkes at the steering column ready to do battle with the expected invasion of flying reindeer bringing their damned Easter eggs.
Always thought we were missing a Supermerino Spitfire though. Would look good with an effigy of Squadron Leader Guy Fawkes at the steering column ready to do battle with the expected invasion of flying reindeer bringing their damned Easter eggs.
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
so much (rat-a-)tat appears each year.
Always thought we were missing a Supermerino Spitfire though. Would look good with an effigy of Squadron Leader Guy Fawkes at the steering column ready to do battle with the expected invasion of flying reindeer bringing their damned Easter eggs.
Always thought we were missing a Supermerino Spitfire though. Would look good with an effigy of Squadron Leader Guy Fawkes at the steering column ready to do battle with the expected invasion of flying reindeer bringing their damned Easter eggs.
Heading to Bisley tomorrow for the Trafalgar Meeting.
Fitting to finish this little thread with Nelson up on The Pillar :
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Still bits of the Pillar and Nelson in Dublin and Kilkenny
www.olddublintown.com/nelson-pilla...
Fitting to finish this little thread with Nelson up on The Pillar :
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Still bits of the Pillar and Nelson in Dublin and Kilkenny
www.olddublintown.com/nelson-pilla...
Après les troubles de Dublin, la statue de Nelson [mai 1916] : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol] · ImaginIRL (english version) · OmekaMeshs
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October 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Heading to Bisley tomorrow for the Trafalgar Meeting.
Fitting to finish this little thread with Nelson up on The Pillar :
meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...
Still bits of the Pillar and Nelson in Dublin and Kilkenny
www.olddublintown.com/nelson-pilla...
Fitting to finish this little thread with Nelson up on The Pillar :
meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...
Still bits of the Pillar and Nelson in Dublin and Kilkenny
www.olddublintown.com/nelson-pilla...
A building sometimes labelled as the Dublin Bread Company building but it is slightly further up Sackville St from the DBC - Cathedral Street just behind it marking the end of the #EasterRising damage.
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A view of the building from another angle attached.
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A view of the building from another angle attached.
October 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A building sometimes labelled as the Dublin Bread Company building but it is slightly further up Sackville St from the DBC - Cathedral Street just behind it marking the end of the #EasterRising damage.
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A view of the building from another angle attached.
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A view of the building from another angle attached.
and the 1914 pattern Rolls-Royce running about Sackville St (still rebuilding after the #EasterRising)
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also on British Pathe
www.britishpathe.com/asset/48499/
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also on British Pathe
www.britishpathe.com/asset/48499/
Dublin, une charge par la police en auto blindée : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol] · ImaginIRL (english version) · OmekaMeshs
meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr
October 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
and the 1914 pattern Rolls-Royce running about Sackville St (still rebuilding after the #EasterRising)
meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...
also on British Pathe
www.britishpathe.com/asset/48499/
meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...
also on British Pathe
www.britishpathe.com/asset/48499/
Two pics of Mk V* tank Mindyernut outside Mountjoy
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On British Pathe film clip too
www.britishpathe.com/asset/48072/
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On British Pathe film clip too
www.britishpathe.com/asset/48072/
A Dublin, scène à l'extérieur de la prison Mountjoy : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol] · ImaginIRL (english version) · OmekaMeshs
meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr
October 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Two pics of Mk V* tank Mindyernut outside Mountjoy
meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...
meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...
On British Pathe film clip too
www.britishpathe.com/asset/48072/
meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...
meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...
On British Pathe film clip too
www.britishpathe.com/asset/48072/
Two that look like student rag days in front of The Hunterian in Glasgow
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Irlande : combat dans les rues : [photographie de presse] / Agence Meurisse · ImaginIRL (english version) · OmekaMeshs
meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Two that look like student rag days in front of The Hunterian in Glasgow
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A couple of photos linked to the faked "Battle of Tralee" - pics taken in Dalkey, Co Dublin by Auxiliaries
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October 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A couple of photos linked to the faked "Battle of Tralee" - pics taken in Dalkey, Co Dublin by Auxiliaries
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Hanging on every word
October 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Hanging on every word
Metallica stand ins Metallicker unleashed
October 4, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Metallica stand ins Metallicker unleashed
Cyril Peel moved unit a few times :
Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) February 1916.
Awarded Belgian Croix de Guerre July 1918.
Tank Corps January 1919.
and returned to the 11th Hussars September 1920.
In Kent in the 1911 census with the XIth; in Egypt in the 1921 census with the XIth.
Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) February 1916.
Awarded Belgian Croix de Guerre July 1918.
Tank Corps January 1919.
and returned to the 11th Hussars September 1920.
In Kent in the 1911 census with the XIth; in Egypt in the 1921 census with the XIth.
September 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Cyril Peel moved unit a few times :
Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) February 1916.
Awarded Belgian Croix de Guerre July 1918.
Tank Corps January 1919.
and returned to the 11th Hussars September 1920.
In Kent in the 1911 census with the XIth; in Egypt in the 1921 census with the XIth.
Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) February 1916.
Awarded Belgian Croix de Guerre July 1918.
Tank Corps January 1919.
and returned to the 11th Hussars September 1920.
In Kent in the 1911 census with the XIth; in Egypt in the 1921 census with the XIth.
Sheffield born Cpl Cyril Peel of the XIth Hussars MG Section looking well wrapped up in early 1915 ref Q 51176
Discharged as RSM 31st December 1932
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Discharged as RSM 31st December 1932
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1915
Soldiers of the machine gun section of the 11th Regiment Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) in the trenches at Zillebeke, January - February 1915. The man wearing the balaclava is Corporal Peel, who went o...
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September 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Sheffield born Cpl Cyril Peel of the XIth Hussars MG Section looking well wrapped up in early 1915 ref Q 51176
Discharged as RSM 31st December 1932
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Discharged as RSM 31st December 1932
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
as is part of the XIth Hussars MG Section with one of their Vickers MGs under going work ref Q 51194
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XI HUSSARS ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1914-1915
Soldiers of the machine gun section of the 11th Regiment Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) in the trenches at Zillebeke during the winter of 1914-1915.
www.iwm.org.uk
September 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
as is part of the XIth Hussars MG Section with one of their Vickers MGs under going work ref Q 51194
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
A nice write up re the XIth Hussars on the VMGCRA website re their early adoption of Vickers MGs, with mentions training of Lt J S Ainsworth in 1913 and Lt L H White in 1914
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11th Hussars
The 11th Hussars was a Cavalry Regiment that would have had an MG Section as part of its Regimental Headquarters. Prior to the start of the Great War, Lieutenant JS Ainsworth of the 11th Hussars wa…
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September 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A nice write up re the XIth Hussars on the VMGCRA website re their early adoption of Vickers MGs, with mentions training of Lt J S Ainsworth in 1913 and Lt L H White in 1914
vickersmg.blog/in-use/briti...
vickersmg.blog/in-use/briti...
Amongst the Rolls-Royces the XIth had during their time in Egypt and Palestine was the Tank Museum armoured car.
Pictured in 1934 with the "top hat" on the turret and the front bumper fitted in 1927 in Shanghai with No 5 Armoured Car Company :
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Pictured in 1934 with the "top hat" on the turret and the front bumper fitted in 1927 in Shanghai with No 5 Armoured Car Company :
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tankmuseum.org
September 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Amongst the Rolls-Royces the XIth had during their time in Egypt and Palestine was the Tank Museum armoured car.
Pictured in 1934 with the "top hat" on the turret and the front bumper fitted in 1927 in Shanghai with No 5 Armoured Car Company :
tankmuseum.org/wp-content/u...
Pictured in 1934 with the "top hat" on the turret and the front bumper fitted in 1927 in Shanghai with No 5 Armoured Car Company :
tankmuseum.org/wp-content/u...
A 1922 pic of XIth Hussars officer Dermot McMurrough-Kavanagh with text suggesting he was an MG expert www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyu...
11th Hussars
11th Hussars
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September 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A 1922 pic of XIth Hussars officer Dermot McMurrough-Kavanagh with text suggesting he was an MG expert www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyu...
Co-op onshore call centre cocked-up. wAnchors.
September 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Co-op onshore call centre cocked-up. wAnchors.
Coming clean about homemade glue production
September 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Coming clean about homemade glue production
No, I'm not Basil Brush.
September 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
No, I'm not Basil Brush.