I'm currently on my 1st battlefield tour of the season where I'm showing guests around sites in France & Flanders looking at where 2 grandfathers served in the infantry & Royal Engineer railway troops between 1916 & 1918. This is on a tour arranged by @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social #WW1 #FWW #history
I seem to remember that Spike Milligan mentioned that Gracie Fields was living there & she became a butt of a load of jokes in his books.
It was the Steam Drifter 'Piscatorial'
The sad thing about this is that if you posted this up on SM sites people would believe it. Literally WTAF ...
Then perhaps use an accurate image of the Christmas Truce next time instead of sharing a duff history image that has nothing to do with the event.
The image used in this post & blog has nothing to do with the Christmas Truce it comes from Salonika in 1915 ...
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The image used in this post & blog has nothing to do with the Christmas Truce it comes from Salonika in 1915 ...
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The image used in this post & blog has nothing to do with the Christmas Truce it comes from Salonika in 1915 ...
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It's nice to see you're not at the duff history site just down the road from here 🙂
That's cos you're famous in Christmas Truce circles 🎄🧑🎄🙂
It does depend where you look & certainly not being on the hell site helps 🙂
Sadly, the same old duff history images of men playing football in 1915 and two soldiers sharing a cigarette in 1918 have again been rolled out in posts on the Christmas Truce of 1914.
#WW1 #FWW #christmastruce #christmas2025 #history #duffhistory
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Sadly, this gets ruined by the fact that the image on the left has nothing to do with the Christmas Truce of 1914, the image comes from Epehy in 1918.
Here's my blog on the truth and myth of football and the Christmas Truce...
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Sadly, this gets ruined by the fact that the image used in this post has nothing to do with the Christmas Truce of 1914, the image comes from Epehy in 1918.
Here's my blog on the truth and myth of football and the Christmas Truce...
stevesmith1944.wordpress.com/2023/12/01/t...
Sadly, this gets ruined by the fact that the image used in this post has nothing to do with the Christmas Truce of 1914, the image comes from Salonika in 1915 ...
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The image of men playing football has nothing to do with the Christmas Truce it comes from 1915 and the caption on the IWM site states, Officers and men of 26th Divisional Ammunition Train (Army Service Corps) playing football in Salonika, Christmas 1915. IWM Ref No Q 31576
Thanks Nigel 🙂
It was great to launch my book the other day at the Lynn Museum in King's Lynn & thanks to the Norfolk Museum Services for their support & to everyone who came along. I've also provided a link to where you can get a copy
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
I took some guests to the Cambrai Memorial in July this year mainly to pay our respects to their C.O. who was also KIA that day
You'll have to read the book to find that out ...
I visited the area in 2022 as part of my research and said hello to them all then. Here's the panel he's commemorated on.
Oh wow, thanks for sharing the photo. It's always nice to put faces to names.
He's mentioned in the Roll of Honour
What was his name?
I've been able to hold a physical copy of my new book today.
It looks at the alleged disappearance of the 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment at Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12th August 1915.
It's on sale now & I've left a link to where you can get a copy in the comments.
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli
My latest book is released today.
It looks at the alleged disappearance of the 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment during their advance on Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12th August 1915.
I've provided a link to where you can buy a copy in the comments.
#WW1 #Norfolk #FWW #Gallipoli #history
