Steve Marsdin
@stevemarsdin.bsky.social
I’m interested in WW1, particularly the Battle of the Frontiers (22/08/1914) and am a member of the Great War Group and Western Front Association. Outside of military history I like cycling and rugby
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This week’s podcast is on a naval accident off Folkestone in 1878…
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November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This week’s podcast is on a naval accident off Folkestone in 1878…
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For over 80 years, Pte Horn lay in an unmarked grave. Thanks to research by local history enthusiast Paul Cobb, the @CWGC was able to install a headstone in 2001.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The best view in WW1? An Austrian machine gun position on Lagazuoi Piccolo in the Dolomites.
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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I have finally finished watching Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War. It has taken me all day to watch an hour long programme. It's not an easy watch but please, please do watch it.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I have finally finished watching Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War. It has taken me all day to watch an hour long programme. It's not an easy watch but please, please do watch it.
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Today is Armistice Day
This is Mervyn Crawshay, son of Tudor and Maria Crawshay of Dimlands, Llantwit Major, and husband to Violet. He was a Captain in the 5th Dragoon Guards and one of the first to leave for France on active service in August 1914. He died at Messines, Belgium, on 31 October 1914.
This is Mervyn Crawshay, son of Tudor and Maria Crawshay of Dimlands, Llantwit Major, and husband to Violet. He was a Captain in the 5th Dragoon Guards and one of the first to leave for France on active service in August 1914. He died at Messines, Belgium, on 31 October 1914.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Today marks the 107th anniversary of the moment when the Allied armistice with Germany came into effect and the First World War came to an end. Today, I examine what that felt like across the globe… achurchill.substack.com/p/article-ar...
ARTICLE: Armistice Day, 1918
Today marks the 107th anniversary of the moment when the Allied armistice with Germany came into effect and the First World War came to an end.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Today marks the 107th anniversary of the moment when the Allied armistice with Germany came into effect and the First World War came to an end. Today, I examine what that felt like across the globe… achurchill.substack.com/p/article-ar...
#1GM Découvert par hasard, un fonds dispersé de 400 photographies a été réuni et fait l'objet de recherches conjointes avec @thibval.bsky.social.
En voici la présentation avant les articles sur un dépôt d'artillerie lourde de 1915 à 1917 et ses hommes.
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En voici la présentation avant les articles sur un dépôt d'artillerie lourde de 1915 à 1917 et ses hommes.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It is ‘that’ time of year again!
Tickets for our annual ‘Trenches by Twilight’ event are now on sale. Hear the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce with Taff Gillingham as we make our way through the Trenches by the light of our lanterns.
10th-13th December. For tickets:
www.greatwarhuts.org/events
Tickets for our annual ‘Trenches by Twilight’ event are now on sale. Hear the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce with Taff Gillingham as we make our way through the Trenches by the light of our lanterns.
10th-13th December. For tickets:
www.greatwarhuts.org/events
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I've been researching the journalist Dorothy Lawrence for many years but have only now been able to fill the key gaps in her story. Hopefully soon I will be sharing the details with the wider world.
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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I'm due to be on BBC Radio 5 Live at 7.45am tomorrow, 11th November, to talk about the life and work of the journalist Dorothy Lawrence.
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm due to be on BBC Radio 5 Live at 7.45am tomorrow, 11th November, to talk about the life and work of the journalist Dorothy Lawrence.
Bonne nouvelle ! La base nationale : Grand Mémorial est à nouveau en ligne donnees.culture.gouv.fr
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November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Cette semaine, je suis l'invité de Stéphanie Duncan dans le Fil de l'histoire sur France Inter.
Chaque jour de la semaine, à 14 heures, il sera question de Grande Guerre.... mais hors des tranchées, loin de Verdun !
L'intégrale sera diffusée dimanche soir : www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Chaque jour de la semaine, à 14 heures, il sera question de Grande Guerre.... mais hors des tranchées, loin de Verdun !
L'intégrale sera diffusée dimanche soir : www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Comment la guerre est devenue mondiale : épisode 1/5 du podcast Loin de Verdun, en quoi la guerre 14-18 fut-elle mondiale ?
AUDIO • Loin de Verdun, en quoi la guerre 14-18 fut-elle mondiale ? , épisode 1/5 : Comment la guerre est devenue mondiale. Une série inédite proposée par France Inter. Écoutez Le Fil de l'histoire , ...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
#1GM #Indre1418
Le père, la fille.
Le jour du départ, le jour du retour
Mobilisé pendant les 4 années de guerre, il revint au contraire de 1.400.000 autres qui ne revinrent pas.
Le père, la fille.
Le jour du départ, le jour du retour
Mobilisé pendant les 4 années de guerre, il revint au contraire de 1.400.000 autres qui ne revinrent pas.
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Castello, an Italian WW1 machine gun position on Costabella Ridge in the Dolomites.
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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The scale of the B-36 is hard to measure when the aircraft is on its own. So here is a pic of a B-18 Bolo (at the back), a B-17 (in the front), a B-29 (on the left), and the B-36, dominating the space.
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The scale of the B-36 is hard to measure when the aircraft is on its own. So here is a pic of a B-18 Bolo (at the back), a B-17 (in the front), a B-29 (on the left), and the B-36, dominating the space.
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It's going to be fab! Put it in your diary today!
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's going to be fab! Put it in your diary today!
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North of Liverpool is a two-mile stretch of beach where rubble from the bombing during the Second World War was dumped.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
North of Liverpool is a two-mile stretch of beach where rubble from the bombing during the Second World War was dumped.
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Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
Hey Folks,
New episode is out!
Educator and First World War enthusiast Kristin Stelfox comes on the podcast to discuss some of the first and pathbreaking American women war correspondents who covered the first years of the war.
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Links to further reading below:
New episode is out!
Educator and First World War enthusiast Kristin Stelfox comes on the podcast to discuss some of the first and pathbreaking American women war correspondents who covered the first years of the war.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Links to further reading below:
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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The Legaye and Prince houses photographed shortly after the battle. The SS murdered 23 people in the garden, 14 of them children, the youngest 4 years old.
#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #historybook #ww2 #ardennes
#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #historybook #ww2 #ardennes
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The Legaye and Prince houses photographed shortly after the battle. The SS murdered 23 people in the garden, 14 of them children, the youngest 4 years old.
#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #historybook #ww2 #ardennes
#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #historybook #ww2 #ardennes
#otd 1914 the German cruiser Emden was engaged by the the Australian cruiser Sydney off the Cocos Islands.
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The Battle of Cocos
Australia's first Naval battle
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November 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Silent Cities of the First World War
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
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Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
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Silent Cities of WW1 — The Cemeteries That Still Whisper Their Storie
YouTube video by 315e RI
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November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Silent Cities of the First World War
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...