Nigel Marshall
@nigelmarshall.bsky.social
Battlefield Guide, Military Historian, living on the Somme.
www.marshallsbattlefields.com
Blogging stories of the TF West Yorkshire Regiment battalions in the Great War - www.tfwestyorks.blogspot.com
www.marshallsbattlefields.com
Blogging stories of the TF West Yorkshire Regiment battalions in the Great War - www.tfwestyorks.blogspot.com
He died of wounds at 8 Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul and is buried in the extension to the Communal Cemetery. The family was told that he was shot in the shoulder, with the bullet penetrating his chest, while working underground near Ploegsteert Wood.
Cpl Alexander Angus
Cpl Alexander Angus
June 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
He died of wounds at 8 Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul and is buried in the extension to the Communal Cemetery. The family was told that he was shot in the shoulder, with the bullet penetrating his chest, while working underground near Ploegsteert Wood.
Cpl Alexander Angus
Cpl Alexander Angus
At the grave of one of the earliest casualties from 1st Australian Tunnelling Company during their time on the Western Front, the lady’s grandfather, who is said to have lied about his age to enlist, by knocking ten years off. He was 54 years old.
June 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
At the grave of one of the earliest casualties from 1st Australian Tunnelling Company during their time on the Western Front, the lady’s grandfather, who is said to have lied about his age to enlist, by knocking ten years off. He was 54 years old.
My secretary is rubbish.
I’ll do my own bookings.
I’ll do my own bookings.
January 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
My secretary is rubbish.
I’ll do my own bookings.
I’ll do my own bookings.
My favourite Christmas photo.
My great granddad (right) choosing his Christmas goose. Leeds Markets c.1949.
He’s a dapper 88 yr old army pensioner, having served 24 yrs from 1878. C/Sgt Andrew Kilkenny, York & Lancaster Regiment.
My great granddad (right) choosing his Christmas goose. Leeds Markets c.1949.
He’s a dapper 88 yr old army pensioner, having served 24 yrs from 1878. C/Sgt Andrew Kilkenny, York & Lancaster Regiment.
December 24, 2024 at 7:56 AM
My favourite Christmas photo.
My great granddad (right) choosing his Christmas goose. Leeds Markets c.1949.
He’s a dapper 88 yr old army pensioner, having served 24 yrs from 1878. C/Sgt Andrew Kilkenny, York & Lancaster Regiment.
My great granddad (right) choosing his Christmas goose. Leeds Markets c.1949.
He’s a dapper 88 yr old army pensioner, having served 24 yrs from 1878. C/Sgt Andrew Kilkenny, York & Lancaster Regiment.
To cap off another year guiding tours of the #WW1 battlefields, a surprise gift arrived, just now, from Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours in Sydney.
This is very much appreciated, and thank you for sending me on some very memorable trips during 2024.
Here’s to 2025!
This is very much appreciated, and thank you for sending me on some very memorable trips during 2024.
Here’s to 2025!
December 23, 2024 at 12:02 PM
To cap off another year guiding tours of the #WW1 battlefields, a surprise gift arrived, just now, from Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours in Sydney.
This is very much appreciated, and thank you for sending me on some very memorable trips during 2024.
Here’s to 2025!
This is very much appreciated, and thank you for sending me on some very memorable trips during 2024.
Here’s to 2025!
Wishing everyone a joyous and peaceful festive season.
December 23, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Wishing everyone a joyous and peaceful festive season.
Recent heavy rains have opened a few sinkholes on the former #FWW battlefields.
This one appears to be an inclined shaft leading down to the remains of a dugout, of which there were several in this substantial trench system.
This one appears to be an inclined shaft leading down to the remains of a dugout, of which there were several in this substantial trench system.
December 12, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Recent heavy rains have opened a few sinkholes on the former #FWW battlefields.
This one appears to be an inclined shaft leading down to the remains of a dugout, of which there were several in this substantial trench system.
This one appears to be an inclined shaft leading down to the remains of a dugout, of which there were several in this substantial trench system.
More photos of the hole in Beaulencourt.
December 4, 2024 at 6:58 AM
More photos of the hole in Beaulencourt.
Beaulencourt, 4km SE of Bapaume. I went to have a look at the hole on the ground yesterday with a mate who’d seen it a few days earlier.
It’s big, and the movement in the ground extends much further than the actual hole. It’s going to take a long time to repair. #WW1
It’s big, and the movement in the ground extends much further than the actual hole. It’s going to take a long time to repair. #WW1
December 4, 2024 at 6:58 AM
Beaulencourt, 4km SE of Bapaume. I went to have a look at the hole on the ground yesterday with a mate who’d seen it a few days earlier.
It’s big, and the movement in the ground extends much further than the actual hole. It’s going to take a long time to repair. #WW1
It’s big, and the movement in the ground extends much further than the actual hole. It’s going to take a long time to repair. #WW1
Sou has lived with me since turning up on my patio in July.
We went to the vet today to get some jabs and a microchip to make it official.
I was convinced Sou was male, but the vet said ‘Non’.
We went to the vet today to get some jabs and a microchip to make it official.
I was convinced Sou was male, but the vet said ‘Non’.
November 13, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Sou has lived with me since turning up on my patio in July.
We went to the vet today to get some jabs and a microchip to make it official.
I was convinced Sou was male, but the vet said ‘Non’.
We went to the vet today to get some jabs and a microchip to make it official.
I was convinced Sou was male, but the vet said ‘Non’.
Remembering today my Gt Uncle, Spr Syd Kilkenny, RE, Northern Sig Coy and Base Sig Coy, Egypt.
To Egypt on 18 Apr 1915. Served in Egypt, Gallipoli, and the Holy Land. He died of pneumonia in Alexandria on 22 November 1918 and now buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.
Ubique.
To Egypt on 18 Apr 1915. Served in Egypt, Gallipoli, and the Holy Land. He died of pneumonia in Alexandria on 22 November 1918 and now buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.
Ubique.
November 11, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Remembering today my Gt Uncle, Spr Syd Kilkenny, RE, Northern Sig Coy and Base Sig Coy, Egypt.
To Egypt on 18 Apr 1915. Served in Egypt, Gallipoli, and the Holy Land. He died of pneumonia in Alexandria on 22 November 1918 and now buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.
Ubique.
To Egypt on 18 Apr 1915. Served in Egypt, Gallipoli, and the Holy Land. He died of pneumonia in Alexandria on 22 November 1918 and now buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.
Ubique.
Ieper is waking up on what feels like it’ll be a pleasantly mild Sunday.
November 10, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Ieper is waking up on what feels like it’ll be a pleasantly mild Sunday.
2nd Lt Sydney Newlands, 16th W York R, was ID’d because of his Norwegian boots (with a steer from a packet of letters). Unfortunately, the other 2nd Lt of the same Bn found with him in 1927 on 31st Div battlefield near Serre, remained unidentified.
📷 - Glasgow High School
📷 - Glasgow High School
October 12, 2024 at 7:22 AM
2nd Lt Sydney Newlands, 16th W York R, was ID’d because of his Norwegian boots (with a steer from a packet of letters). Unfortunately, the other 2nd Lt of the same Bn found with him in 1927 on 31st Div battlefield near Serre, remained unidentified.
📷 - Glasgow High School
📷 - Glasgow High School