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During our Lest We Forget project, many people asked if we were going to organise a similar project for the Second World War. Thanks to funding from @UniofOxford and @HeritageFundUK, we can now say, 'yes'! Follow @ww2finesthour and visit theirfinesthour.org for more info. 👇
📢BREAKING📢 We’re proud to announce that our new project - ‘Their Finest Hour’, crowd-sourcing material from UK public re #WW2 - has begun! Funded by @HeritageFundUK and run by @engfac @UniofOxford, this builds on previous projects around #WW1. 🧵[1/5]
ALT Female land workers during the Second World War
🎉Follow up to ‘Lest We Forget’ 🎉👇
📣Exciting news for #TheirFinestHour, the follow-up to Lest We Forget! Announcement will be made shortly.📣 #WW2 #twitterstorians
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@UniofOxford @engfac Great War Archive collected images of these objects related to the grave of the unknown warrior concerning David J Williams who had been commissioned to do the ironwork. Plaque, telegram, and photo of the coffin. #WW1
#Armistice
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From the #LestWeForget archive: Photograph of the 1st Withycombe Scouts' Association taken in 1916.
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From the #LestWeForget archive: Photograph of "Whiteface", a horse owned by Montague Notley. While in France, employees of Notley’s estate recognised Whiteface; Notley paid for him to be brought back to his estate where he lived the rest of his life.
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From the #LestWeForget archive: Trench art made by a member of the Chinese Labour Corps. The characters read ‘Chinese Republic’ and ‘White man’s culture is in decline, but the women of the Western countries are as fierce as the men of the East’.
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From the #LestWeForget archive: Photograph of Harry Howie Matthew from Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. Harry was killed by an aerial torpedo bomb in the trenches at the Battle of Arras, France, on 20 March 1916 aged 22.
Contributor: Harry's great nephew.
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From the #LestWeForget archive: Photograph of Ernest James Frude of the 1/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Ernest was killed in April 1918 while fighting with the 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry near Ploegsteert, Belgium. He has no known grave.
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From the #LestWeForget archive: Chalice presented to Private Tom Booth by his local parish in recognition of him winning the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Tom did not speak about his war service during his lifetime.
Contributor: Tom's grandson.
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From the #LestWeForget archive: Photograph of John Henry William Brown, who served in the Royal Navy (1912-1936) and the Royal Marines Police. John served aboard HMS King George V between November 1913 and April 1915.
Contributor: John's granddaughter.
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From the #LestWeForget archive: Identity card of Rose Fisher, who was considered an ‘enemy alien’ because her husband's parents were German. Rose had to regularly attend the local police station during the war.
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From the #LestWeForget archive: Photograph of George Paterson Keppie, who served with the Royal Scots, 9th battalion (“Dandy Ninth”). The photo was taken while soldiers were awaiting orders from Sir Arthur Fitzroy Paget.
Contributor: George's son.
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From the #LestWeForget archive: Empire Day Certificate given to Roy Buckley, 1915. Empire Day was initiated in 1905 to remind children that they formed part of the British Empire.
Contributor: Roy's niece.
From the #LestWeForget archive: Wooden pieces from a German Gotha plane brought down off the coast of Margate, 22 August 1917. The pilot and observer were killed, but the gunner was taken as POW.
Contributor: Alan Johnson
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From the #LestWeForget archive: Photograph of Edward 'Ted' Carter, conscripted at 18. Edward came from a family of miners in South Wales.
Although the war ended shortly after his arrival in France, Ted refused to go abroad ever again.
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From the #LestWeForget archive: Photograph of Sidney Charles McLennan (b. 1896). Served in the 4th Seaforth Highlanders from 21 August 1915; discharged 20 March 1919.
Contributor: Sidney's granddaughter.
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From the #LestWeForget archive: Pestle and mortar made from a shell by Josef Budzik, who was injured in the first month of war while fighting for Austria-Hungary. Josef met his wife, Maria Sand, while recovering in hospital in Vienna. lwf.it.ox.ac.uk/s/lest-we-fo…
From the #LestWeForget archive: Postcards depicting scenes from the Dardanelles campaign. The postcards belonged to Emlyn James of the Herefordshire Regiment, who served at Gallipoli from August to November 1915. lwf.it.ox.ac.uk/s/lest-we-fo…
Just over a week to go...
We're inviting visitors of all ages to bring their medals, photographs, diaries, letters and other war-related mementos to the Museum on 14 December, in partnership with @ww2finesthour.
Got any old letters, photos etc you'd like to share and learn about? bit.ly/33D1Pb1
On #RemembranceSunday, explore our free #LestWeForget archive of 886 #WW1 stories and 10,824 photographs of #WW1 artefacts: lwf.it.ox.ac.uk
We’re also trialling a #WW2 follow-up project, ‘Their Finest Hour’. Follow our new account for more information: @ww2finesthour
