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Many moons ago I booked a talk about Tolkien and the Chase for my local WFA branch.
Thanks for the info, I know where to look next time, annoyingly I don’t think we were far away, we were aiming for Freda’s Grave when one of the kids decided they didn’t like being so close to deer.

We saw the deer, I couldn’t work out where to look for the remains of the camp. We went to look at the reconstructed hut but sadly that isn’t open on weekdays.

Out and about with the kids, and without my wife to tell me that taking the kids to a cemetery is perhaps inappropriate, we visited the Cannock Chase Military Cemeteries before the heavens opened.

A couple of weeks ago I posted about going down a research rabbit hole with the Battle of Shaiba. Soon after when approached for a talk, I couldn’t resist…
Pleased to be supporting @ntwf.bsky.social with their first online talk. Do join us on 5th May if you are free!

After an extended family weekend in Llandudno, braving Storm Dave, the sun came out and the wind dropped as we packed up. So being in North Wales, we did the only logical thing and visited one of Edward I’s castles!

NTWFS presents an Online talk On Tue 5th May byDr Adam Prime.Two weeks prior to the landings at Gallipol, a British Empire force repulsed an Ottoman assault just outside Basra. To book go to www.trybooking.com/uk/GGNH

Erling Haaland: Manchester City striker donates rare £100k Viking book to home town in Norway Erling Haaland donates a rare 16th-Century book of Viking sagas, worth £100,000, to be displayed in the library in the Norwegian town of Bryne, where he grew up.

I love this! 👏

I am delighted to be speaking at The WFA Somme 110 Conference on 4 July at the Army & Navy Club!
I'll be talking about the Indian cavalry alongside @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social Linda Parker, & Stephen Badsey. Plus our president Spencer Jones will be chairing a panel discussion.
Booking is now open!

I am delighted to be speaking at The WFA Somme 110 Conference on 4 July at the Army & Navy Club!
I'll be talking about the Indian cavalry alongside @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social Linda Parker, & Stephen Badsey. Plus our president Spencer Jones will be chairing a panel discussion.
Booking is now open!

Optimistically backed the Vale to beat Sunderland on Sunday in the FA Cup, bought this with my profit!

I am firmly down a research rabbit hole with the Battle of Shaiba, April 1915.
A battle I’ve never given much thought to until researching Australian officers of the Indian Army and found a Major who died there.

Ahhh but of course, cheers Aimee!

I’ll have to blow the cobwebs off of that particular volume and give it a read, cheers Jock!

In an old WFA YouTube video John Bourne says that FWW commanders picked a staff similar to how a football manager might pick a support team after they are appointed. Can anyone point me in the direction of any written material which discusses how a commander put their staff together? #fwwhist

History mainly but current views might inform the discussion

I’d be interested in Boer War…

I think I asked this before but over on the 'old place', has anyone got recommendations for works on the following: Australian military culture?
Overarching Australian military history?
Australia and the Great War?

An Australian officer of the Indian Army referring to his first few months in India as ‘bonza’ might be my favourite archival find ever!

Unfortunately, I never had the pleasure of meeting Gordon Corrigan but his work led the way for many of us who followed.
Sepoys in the Trenches is a book I have read time and again and which I frequently consult.
My thoughts are with his family at this sad time.

Cover of book with text in yellow reading: The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, overlaid on an image of an angel in seventeenth-century dress with wings and a long gun.

Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:

The Librarian at work was having a clear out… I rescued these poor defenceless books…

For the first time since October, my writing is flowing and I’m getting bits written that I’ve owed people for months!

I’ll be joining the Wiltshire Branch of The WFA on Sunday 1st March to talk about the Indian Army, the manpower issues it faced during the First World War and how these problems were overcome.
Do come along if you are in the area!
#fwwhist #ww1 #greatwar

Me and the kids checked out Staffordshire History Centre this morning.

Totally Chaotic History: Roman Britain Gets Rowdy Tue 17 Feb 2026, 3pm Be astounded by unbelievable and hilarious facts as bestselling author Greg Jenner takes us on a riotously fun journey through Roman Britain Www.southbankcentre.co.uk

For half-term, next Tuesday I’m doing a fun kids’ event at @southbankcentre.bsky.social in London — I’ll be doing a funny talk on the history of Roman Britain, and my ace illustrator @rikinparekh.bsky.social will do a live draw-along tutorial

Tix cheap!

www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/tot...

Not the Western Front Conference 2026 Following last years great conference will take place on Saturday 31st October in Wakefield West Yorkshire just of the M1. Tickets cost £29 including lunch.with 4 great speakers. www.trybooking.com/uk/FPHV

Delighted to get my hands on Volume 1 of London Pride!
I am excited to delve into the chapters and learn more about the London Territorials.
Of course I am also excited for Volume 2 later this year to see my own contribution in print!
#fwwhist

London Pride Vol 1 has now has been printed! It examines the vital yet often overlooked contributions of London’s Territorial Force from 1908-21, exploring its unique structure, socio-economic composition, military operations during the GW and enduring legacy. Order: tinyurl.com/33d9zwj7

Unfortunately only a passing reference to the second line units, nothing substantial.