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Remembering those lost in #WW1.
The civilian death of Firth Dole of #Nelson.
A #Fireman at the a munitions factory in Lancaster, when fire broke out in 1917, Mr Dole went bravely to fight it, but was overwhelmed by flames and explosions.
The blast was felt 44miles away in #Burnley
#Firefighter
The civilian death of Firth Dole of #Nelson.
A #Fireman at the a munitions factory in Lancaster, when fire broke out in 1917, Mr Dole went bravely to fight it, but was overwhelmed by flames and explosions.
The blast was felt 44miles away in #Burnley
#Firefighter
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November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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War #memorial. St. John's cloister. #London #WednesdayWalls #WallsOnWednesday #RedWed #photography #fotografia #monument
#war #art #artyear #WWI #WWII #history #streetphotography #EastCoastKin
#war #art #artyear #WWI #WWII #history #streetphotography #EastCoastKin
August 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
War #memorial. St. John's cloister. #London #WednesdayWalls #WallsOnWednesday #RedWed #photography #fotografia #monument
#war #art #artyear #WWI #WWII #history #streetphotography #EastCoastKin
#war #art #artyear #WWI #WWII #history #streetphotography #EastCoastKin
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In God's Hands: A small, devoted guardian watches over a lasting memory.
St Johns Cemetery, Tanunda, South Australia.
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽.
#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography
St Johns Cemetery, Tanunda, South Australia.
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽.
#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
In God's Hands: A small, devoted guardian watches over a lasting memory.
St Johns Cemetery, Tanunda, South Australia.
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽.
#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography
St Johns Cemetery, Tanunda, South Australia.
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽.
#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography
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November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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#TheVictorianBookoftheDead 1915 Studebaker hearse, with elaborately carved curtains, tassels, ribbons and pillars, echoing earlier horse-drawn hearses made by Studebaker.
www.bonhams.com/auctions/247...
www.bonhams.com/auctions/247...
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead 1915 Studebaker hearse, with elaborately carved curtains, tassels, ribbons and pillars, echoing earlier horse-drawn hearses made by Studebaker.
www.bonhams.com/auctions/247...
www.bonhams.com/auctions/247...
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There'll be a lot less posts from Friends of Toowong Cemetery for a while as our focus turns to porting our website to a new solution.
You can always get your fix at www.fotc.au
Apologies in advance if something breaks. 🤞
You can always get your fix at www.fotc.au
Apologies in advance if something breaks. 🤞
Friends of Toowong Cemetery
Discover and share the history and stories of Toowong Cemetery
www.fotc.au
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
There'll be a lot less posts from Friends of Toowong Cemetery for a while as our focus turns to porting our website to a new solution.
You can always get your fix at www.fotc.au
Apologies in advance if something breaks. 🤞
You can always get your fix at www.fotc.au
Apologies in advance if something breaks. 🤞
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After living through the Nazi & atomic bomb eras, Tove Jansson writings would often encompass fearful ideas about loss of a familiar world. However she would balance this with characters who encompassed #kindness & #community, even in the darkest times #WomensArt #WorldKindnessDay
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
After living through the Nazi & atomic bomb eras, Tove Jansson writings would often encompass fearful ideas about loss of a familiar world. However she would balance this with characters who encompassed #kindness & #community, even in the darkest times #WomensArt #WorldKindnessDay
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Squirrel with acorns in the porch at St Kentigern’s Church, Crosthwaite near Keswick in Cumbria.
#Woodensday
#Woodensday
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Squirrel with acorns in the porch at St Kentigern’s Church, Crosthwaite near Keswick in Cumbria.
#Woodensday
#Woodensday
Remembering those lost in #WW1.
The civilian death of Firth Dole of #Nelson.
A #Fireman at the a munitions factory in Lancaster, when fire broke out in 1917, Mr Dole went bravely to fight it, but was overwhelmed by flames and explosions.
The blast was felt 44miles away in #Burnley
#Firefighter
The civilian death of Firth Dole of #Nelson.
A #Fireman at the a munitions factory in Lancaster, when fire broke out in 1917, Mr Dole went bravely to fight it, but was overwhelmed by flames and explosions.
The blast was felt 44miles away in #Burnley
#Firefighter
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Remembering those lost in #WW1.
The civilian death of Firth Dole of #Nelson.
A #Fireman at the a munitions factory in Lancaster, when fire broke out in 1917, Mr Dole went bravely to fight it, but was overwhelmed by flames and explosions.
The blast was felt 44miles away in #Burnley
#Firefighter
The civilian death of Firth Dole of #Nelson.
A #Fireman at the a munitions factory in Lancaster, when fire broke out in 1917, Mr Dole went bravely to fight it, but was overwhelmed by flames and explosions.
The blast was felt 44miles away in #Burnley
#Firefighter
Flying Officer Edmund (Edward) Thornley Lund, #Nelson, #Lancashire, died whilst serving with the #RAF VR 7th Sqd on 20th May 1944.
Remembered on the family grave at St John's Church
In 1942, serving with RAF 61(b) Sqd as rear gunner, he survived a crash and walked for help on 2 broken ankles.
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Remembered on the family grave at St John's Church
In 1942, serving with RAF 61(b) Sqd as rear gunner, he survived a crash and walked for help on 2 broken ankles.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Flying Officer Edmund (Edward) Thornley Lund, #Nelson, #Lancashire, died whilst serving with the #RAF VR 7th Sqd on 20th May 1944.
Remembered on the family grave at St John's Church
In 1942, serving with RAF 61(b) Sqd as rear gunner, he survived a crash and walked for help on 2 broken ankles.
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Remembered on the family grave at St John's Church
In 1942, serving with RAF 61(b) Sqd as rear gunner, he survived a crash and walked for help on 2 broken ankles.
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Remembering a #Veteran of both #WW1 and #WW2, who died in 1940, Captain Thomas Oswald Corrin.
A well-travelled and much respected #Musician, born in Briercliffe above #Nelson, #Lancashire.
In the 1920s he was known as Uncle Tom on the BBC's Children's Hour.
www.chch.ox.ac.uk/cathedral/wa...
A well-travelled and much respected #Musician, born in Briercliffe above #Nelson, #Lancashire.
In the 1920s he was known as Uncle Tom on the BBC's Children's Hour.
www.chch.ox.ac.uk/cathedral/wa...
November 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Remembering a #Veteran of both #WW1 and #WW2, who died in 1940, Captain Thomas Oswald Corrin.
A well-travelled and much respected #Musician, born in Briercliffe above #Nelson, #Lancashire.
In the 1920s he was known as Uncle Tom on the BBC's Children's Hour.
www.chch.ox.ac.uk/cathedral/wa...
A well-travelled and much respected #Musician, born in Briercliffe above #Nelson, #Lancashire.
In the 1920s he was known as Uncle Tom on the BBC's Children's Hour.
www.chch.ox.ac.uk/cathedral/wa...
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War memorial Lugwardine church, Herefordshire #ArmisticeDay
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
War memorial Lugwardine church, Herefordshire #ArmisticeDay
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« La Der des Ders »
Film restauré des scènes de liesse à Paris, le jour de l'Armistice, le 11 novembre 1918. #ArmisticeDay
Film restauré des scènes de liesse à Paris, le jour de l'Armistice, le 11 novembre 1918. #ArmisticeDay
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
« La Der des Ders »
Film restauré des scènes de liesse à Paris, le jour de l'Armistice, le 11 novembre 1918. #ArmisticeDay
Film restauré des scènes de liesse à Paris, le jour de l'Armistice, le 11 novembre 1918. #ArmisticeDay
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Remembering all those lost at sea over the years.
@portsmouthcathedral.org.uk #LestWeForget #ArmisticeDay
@portsmouthcathedral.org.uk #LestWeForget #ArmisticeDay
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Remembering all those lost at sea over the years.
@portsmouthcathedral.org.uk #LestWeForget #ArmisticeDay
@portsmouthcathedral.org.uk #LestWeForget #ArmisticeDay
#ArmisticeDay
#Local #WW1 #Hero surnames important to the foundation of #Nelson who are buried or remembered at St John's Graveyard.
Hartley, Walton, Bullock, Slater, Metcalfe, Ainsworth, Bannister, Ashworth, Beardsworth, Lonsdale, Ibbotson, Dearden, Wilkinson, Lee.
And more
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
#Local #WW1 #Hero surnames important to the foundation of #Nelson who are buried or remembered at St John's Graveyard.
Hartley, Walton, Bullock, Slater, Metcalfe, Ainsworth, Bannister, Ashworth, Beardsworth, Lonsdale, Ibbotson, Dearden, Wilkinson, Lee.
And more
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#ArmisticeDay
#Local #WW1 #Hero surnames important to the foundation of #Nelson who are buried or remembered at St John's Graveyard.
Hartley, Walton, Bullock, Slater, Metcalfe, Ainsworth, Bannister, Ashworth, Beardsworth, Lonsdale, Ibbotson, Dearden, Wilkinson, Lee.
And more
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
#Local #WW1 #Hero surnames important to the foundation of #Nelson who are buried or remembered at St John's Graveyard.
Hartley, Walton, Bullock, Slater, Metcalfe, Ainsworth, Bannister, Ashworth, Beardsworth, Lonsdale, Ibbotson, Dearden, Wilkinson, Lee.
And more
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
#ArmisticeDay.
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
Private John Dinsdale of the East Lancashire Regiment, buried at St John's Church Graveyard.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
Private John Dinsdale of the East Lancashire Regiment, buried at St John's Church Graveyard.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#ArmisticeDay.
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
Private John Dinsdale of the East Lancashire Regiment, buried at St John's Church Graveyard.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
Private John Dinsdale of the East Lancashire Regiment, buried at St John's Church Graveyard.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
#ArmisticeDay.
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
#RAF Air Mechanic 3rd Class, Pvt Harold Speak (24), died of pneumonia.
They were attacked from all fronts.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
#RAF Air Mechanic 3rd Class, Pvt Harold Speak (24), died of pneumonia.
They were attacked from all fronts.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
#ArmisticeDay.
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
#RAF Air Mechanic 3rd Class, Pvt Harold Speak (24), died of pneumonia.
They were attacked from all fronts.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
#RAF Air Mechanic 3rd Class, Pvt Harold Speak (24), died of pneumonia.
They were attacked from all fronts.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
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On #RemembranceSunday we invite you to use and share our resources on Women, the Great War, and the Vote. These resources consider how the war affected women’s lives and the longer term campaigns for women’s suffrage.
womenshistoryscotland.org/resources/re...
womenshistoryscotland.org/resources/re...
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
On #RemembranceSunday we invite you to use and share our resources on Women, the Great War, and the Vote. These resources consider how the war affected women’s lives and the longer term campaigns for women’s suffrage.
womenshistoryscotland.org/resources/re...
womenshistoryscotland.org/resources/re...
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Two grand-uncles served in #WW1. A low number for 3 others had emigrated, another 4 were in farming in #Orkney, a reserved occupation, and 1 a docker in Glasgow, another reserved occupation. Of those who served Victor Sclater did not return. 1/2 janealogy.co.uk/blog/somme-1...
Somme 100 - Private Victor Sclater 7th Seaforths (1894-1916)
Private Victor Sclater, 7th Battalion Seaforths, died at the Somme 100 years ago on 12 October 1916, aged 21. From Orphir, Orkney.
janealogy.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Two grand-uncles served in #WW1. A low number for 3 others had emigrated, another 4 were in farming in #Orkney, a reserved occupation, and 1 a docker in Glasgow, another reserved occupation. Of those who served Victor Sclater did not return. 1/2 janealogy.co.uk/blog/somme-1...
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Martock is a really interesting place - and the church especially so), we touch on some of that interest in our Somerset volume 4 (available @bho.bsky.social).
The vault and chest tomb reflect a period of concentrated prosperity for the village/townlet very obvious in its streetscape. [cont.]
The vault and chest tomb reflect a period of concentrated prosperity for the village/townlet very obvious in its streetscape. [cont.]
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Martock is a really interesting place - and the church especially so), we touch on some of that interest in our Somerset volume 4 (available @bho.bsky.social).
The vault and chest tomb reflect a period of concentrated prosperity for the village/townlet very obvious in its streetscape. [cont.]
The vault and chest tomb reflect a period of concentrated prosperity for the village/townlet very obvious in its streetscape. [cont.]
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Remembering the twenty-five men involved in the Great War, buried or commemorated at Lister Lane Cemetery.
listerlanecemetery.co.uk/ww1commemora...
listerlanecemetery.co.uk/ww1commemora...
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Remembering the twenty-five men involved in the Great War, buried or commemorated at Lister Lane Cemetery.
listerlanecemetery.co.uk/ww1commemora...
listerlanecemetery.co.uk/ww1commemora...
Fearless Pvt Leonard Slater (17) of #Burnley volunteered for the territorial force 1/5 East Lancashire Regiment in #WW1.
On 5th May, 1915, they deployed to Gallipoli, where a month later: 5th June, 1915, he was KIA.
#Remembered on the family grave in St John's #Nelson and the Helles Memorial.
On 5th May, 1915, they deployed to Gallipoli, where a month later: 5th June, 1915, he was KIA.
#Remembered on the family grave in St John's #Nelson and the Helles Memorial.
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Fearless Pvt Leonard Slater (17) of #Burnley volunteered for the territorial force 1/5 East Lancashire Regiment in #WW1.
On 5th May, 1915, they deployed to Gallipoli, where a month later: 5th June, 1915, he was KIA.
#Remembered on the family grave in St John's #Nelson and the Helles Memorial.
On 5th May, 1915, they deployed to Gallipoli, where a month later: 5th June, 1915, he was KIA.
#Remembered on the family grave in St John's #Nelson and the Helles Memorial.
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#RemembranceSunday
Remembering a #Cornholme -born #WarHero Pvt Richard Whiteside #LestWeForget
He is mentioned on the family grave at St John's Church Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire where the family lived and worked as weavers.
#Todmorden
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk/Soldiers_sto...
Remembering a #Cornholme -born #WarHero Pvt Richard Whiteside #LestWeForget
He is mentioned on the family grave at St John's Church Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire where the family lived and worked as weavers.
#Todmorden
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk/Soldiers_sto...
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#RemembranceSunday
Remembering a #Cornholme -born #WarHero Pvt Richard Whiteside #LestWeForget
He is mentioned on the family grave at St John's Church Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire where the family lived and worked as weavers.
#Todmorden
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk/Soldiers_sto...
Remembering a #Cornholme -born #WarHero Pvt Richard Whiteside #LestWeForget
He is mentioned on the family grave at St John's Church Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire where the family lived and worked as weavers.
#Todmorden
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk/Soldiers_sto...
The Memorial Garden at St John's Church Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire, is aglow with poppies as we remember our #LocalHeroes lost in #WW1 and #WW2.
Also those lost in conflicts since who gave their lives selflessly for the freedom of others.
#RemembranceSunday #LestWeForget
Also those lost in conflicts since who gave their lives selflessly for the freedom of others.
#RemembranceSunday #LestWeForget
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The Memorial Garden at St John's Church Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire, is aglow with poppies as we remember our #LocalHeroes lost in #WW1 and #WW2.
Also those lost in conflicts since who gave their lives selflessly for the freedom of others.
#RemembranceSunday #LestWeForget
Also those lost in conflicts since who gave their lives selflessly for the freedom of others.
#RemembranceSunday #LestWeForget
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This #RemembranceSunday, 9 Nov, join us at the Royal Air Force Museum London to honour the courage, service & sacrifice of our Armed Forces.
A service with prayers, music & a two-minute silence will begin at 11am.
🎟️ Free to attend → bit.ly/3KTMbU5
A service with prayers, music & a two-minute silence will begin at 11am.
🎟️ Free to attend → bit.ly/3KTMbU5
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This #RemembranceSunday, 9 Nov, join us at the Royal Air Force Museum London to honour the courage, service & sacrifice of our Armed Forces.
A service with prayers, music & a two-minute silence will begin at 11am.
🎟️ Free to attend → bit.ly/3KTMbU5
A service with prayers, music & a two-minute silence will begin at 11am.
🎟️ Free to attend → bit.ly/3KTMbU5