@HistoryBlitz

Grafter. Proud Dad. IC #755. Slight obsession with the Battle of Arnhem, D-Day and everything around Second World War.

 London, England
Joined April 2017
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#ThursdayThoughts 55,573 aircrew were killed in bomber command, RAF 38,462 (69.2%) RCAF 9,919 (17.8%). RAAF 4,050 (7.3%). RNZAF (3.0%), 1,679. Other allied air forces 1,463 (2.7%). They gave their today so we could have a tomorrow. We will remember them. #rememberthefallen #RAF – at Hammersmith, London
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Paul Reed@sommecourt3h
Replying to @HistoryBlitz @FlandersBTour
The same area taken by John Giles:
Paul Reed@sommecourt19 Feb 2017
Image taken by author John Giles in 1960/70s showing old Ypres-Zonnebeke railway at the Frezenberg Ridge. Now a fast road to motorway.
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The cost of war, Ypres-Roulers Line. Track looking towards Ypres from Zonnebeke, as reconstructed. 10. 10. 18 from the IWM archive.
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Harry Kane
@HKane2 May 2012
Just want to thank Millwall FC and all the fans for my loan spell, been very good to me and made it a great loan !
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A very strong tash! Captain Edward Graham Mylne MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 12 June 1915 age at death 32. IWM Archive.
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Trenches at Cuinchy showing a large crater formed 22nd April 1915, creating a threat to British saps. IWM archive. A game of cat and mouse in the trenches from Lieutenant Kent’s diary. Fascinating. #GreatWar
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Aerial photograph of Pozieres village taken on 16 July 1916 from the IWM archive, utter devastation. #GreatWar
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Looking for some advice on researching ancestors military service records from the Great War Community on twitter, my great grandfather Joseph John Moss served in the British Army. All I have is this photograph below, I have searched on ancestry and there is nothing with his 1/2
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Details at all. I don’t know what regiment he served in other than he was at Ypres and possibly the Somme but this is just hear say.He lived in Bermondsey South East London and was wondering if anyone had any advice on where I could go from here. Cheers all.
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Belgian Carabineers retreating to Antwerp on 20th August 1914. IWM archive. I never knew they used dogs to transport machine guns… #GreatWar
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A brew up on the western front, men of the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards near the Ypres-Menin road, October 1914. IWM archive #57250. I wonder how many made it through the war….
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A British signaller in a dugout with the first issue of respirator at Ypres, May 1915. From the IWM archive #61600 #Ypres #GreatWar
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“I would to report a smashingly good golf course in the South Downs old boy”
Ron Eisele
@ron_eiseleOct 16
17 October 1940. A Hurricane pilot discusses his flight with the intelligence officer after returning from aerial combat.
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Ron Eisele
@ron_eiseleOct 16
17 October 1940. A Hurricane pilot discusses his flight with the intelligence officer after returning from aerial combat.
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I’m still gob smacked that I managed to get hold of a picture of my Great Uncle who was killed at the Battle of Loos, turns out he was part of the old pre war army and died as a corporal #WW1
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Diving into the Berkshire regiments War diary, it appears my uncle was killed during the battalions attack to retake Fosse no 8 at 2.30 Am on the 28th September 1915. They were attacked with rifle fire and grenades, with A B and C companies suffering severe casualties.
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Reading up on the battle of Loos tonight, my Great Uncle Alfred Rothery was killed on the 28th September and served with The first battalion Royal Berkshire regiment. His body was never found but is commemorated on the Loos memorial.
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Incredibly looking on ancestry for the first time in a good few years, one of my distant cousins has a photograph.
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“We are receiving concerned calls regarding the closure of Ieperstraat in Zonnebeke. A large-caliber shell was discovered during excavation work. Operations were briefly halted and a small-scale local evacuation took place, but thanks to a rapid removal by DOVO (the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service), the road was quickly reopened. We receive daily reports of discovered shells, yet these dangerous projectiles are not always handled with sufficient caution (see the photo of another incident from last November). Found a shell? Follow L-O-V-E: **L** Halt operations! – vibrations increase the risk of explosion **O** Do not touch the shell! – certainly do not move it aside or pile it up with other debris **V** Notify the police! – as soon as possible; we will alert DOVO **E** Evacuate the immediate area! – clear the vicinity. Emergency services will handle any necessary evacuations of homes. Still dangerous after more than 100 years.” 📸 PolitieZone Arro Ieper
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They shall shall not grow old is such a piece of art. #GreatWar
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Very much gone down a First World War rabbit hole the past few days watching @sommecourt on TOFL YouTube channel. Watching the film on the Devon’s on the 1st July 1916 and realised I had been there many moons ago on a school trip, back in 2010. (Red dot is me) a great influence.
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