Apr 20 1918 #OTD On the former RNAS aerodrome, near Dunkirk, war photographer David McLellan takes these photos of a Handley Page O/400 heavy bomber en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley... bsky.app/profile/this...
The Guthrie Daily Leader #OTD Apr 21 1915 Hedshin is said to be the largest camel used in the Turkish army. This photograph shows him rising from the ground with Dr. Ingells, German chief of the Turkish medical staff in the field with the Turkish army. The doctor has been given this enormous animal for all his trips. The soldier at the side is the personal attendant of the doctor. He belongs to hte Tenussis tribe of Turks. His place is just behind the doctor on the camel's back, for the physician is not yet an expert driver of camels. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063952/1915-04-21/ed-1/seq-1/#
The Guthrie Daily Leader #OTD Apr 21 1915 publishes this photo of Hedshin, the largest camel in the army of the Ottoman Empire. He struggles to lift Dr. Ingells, the German chief of the Ottoman medical staff in the field with the Ottoman army. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063...
The Copper Era and Morenci Leader Apr 21 1916 post this photo of "United States cavalry viewing the dead body of a Villa bandit killed in the flight from Columbus" chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94050... bsky.app/profile/this...
The Guthrie Daily Leader #OTD Apr 21 1915 publishes this photo of Hedshin, the largest camel in the army of the Ottoman Empire. He struggles to lift Dr. Ingells, the German chief of the Ottoman medical staff in the field with the Ottoman army. bsky.app/profile/this...
Apr 21 1918 #OTD German fighter ACE Manfred von Richthofen (aka Red Baron) is brought down by Australian AA fire while saving his cousin, Wolfram von Richthofen, from Canadian attack. Apr 22 1918 Australians burry him in a special ceremony. Family later moves grave to Berlin
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The Seattle Star on Apr 20 1915 publishes this photo of Jean Marie Caujolle, a young tradesman of Paris, who came back from the front lines with one medal but minus two legs. Colourized by Great War in Colour
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https://greatwarincolour.tumblr.com/ Apr 20 1918 #OTD USS Nebraska with dazzle camouflage in Norfolk, Virginia Nebraska (BB14). Port bow, camouflaged, Norfolk NAID: 533703 Local ID: 165-WW-335A-44 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/533703
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Camouflage - Ships - U.S.S. Siboney. Top view looking aft, showing camouflage NAID: 20809040 & Local ID: 165-WW-70G-10 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20809040
Apr 20 1918 USS Nebraska with dazzle camouflage in Norfolk, Virginia. Colourized by greatwarincolour
USS Siboney in her dazzle paint scheme, at Philadelphia, Jan 1919
HMS Kilbride painted in her dazzle camouflage
Bisbee Daily Review Apr 20 1915 "Holland-American line steamship Noordam now on her way to Europe ... The flag was on show while bearing the word "Peace" in blue letters. The American delegation is headed by Miss Jane Adams of Chicago, who will preside at the conference."
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Chicago Tribune Apr 20 1916 Shoes are destroying your feet, with every step you take bsky.app/profile/this...
Evening Public Ledger Apr 20 1915 "rifle pits in which marksmen lie prostrate on their backs well down behind the protecting earth. They pull the trigger with the thumb. The range and firing angle tire given to them by an officer. Thus they avoid exposure" bsky.app/profile/this...
Free Lance May 19 1916 "We bumped up against those limbs of Satan, the Anzacs"
ANZAC Day (April 25th) - It's 1st anniversary. Can we ever forget it? Free Lance Apr 20 1916 bsky.app/profile/this...
Jul 12 1917 #OTD AWN published a pic of Destroyer HMS Broke ramming Imperial German Navy Destroyer SMS G42 in Dover Strait Apr 20 1917. The ships became locked together and the Germans tried to board Broke. Crews fought before SMS G42 sank en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_... bsky.app/profile/this...
Austro-Hungarian photos taken on Apr 20 1916 of Observation post and a bunker at Javorcek opposite the Slatnik Trench. Also a similar artillery position in Aug 20, 1917, in the Rattendorfer Alps bsky.app/profile/this...
Mar 17 1916 At No.2 Casualty Clearing Station, 29 year old, Private Charles Angus Flyn (s/n 154911) 1st Pioneer Battalion, dies of gunshot wounds to his back and chest. Charles was born in Edinburgh, Scotland to Barbara and Thomas who lived at 8 Hope Park Square. He was a mechanic in the CPR before the war with the Lethbridge Daily Herald on Apr 20 1916 published, "Of Magrath, killed in action recently. He was well known as an employee of the C.P.R. natural resources department as a rider on the irrigation ditches to the south of Lethbridge." He had enlisted at Lethbridge, Alberta, on Oct 2, 1915. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/576334
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Mar 17 1916 At No2 Casualty Clearing Station, 29 year old, Private Charles Angus Flyn (s/n 154911) 1st Pioneer Battalion, dies of gunshot wounds to his back and chest. Charles was born in Edinburgh, Scotland to Barbara and Thomas who lived at 8 Hope Park Square. He was a mechanic in the CPR, Alberta
Scenes from the Second Battle of Gaza Apr 17-19 1917 including an Australian observer in an armoured car, Australian Light Horse moving forward and an Ottoman machine gun unit
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Sep 1918 Near Amman (Now the capital of Jordan) A photographer takes this image, AWM P08401.003, of a captured Ottoman armoured rail car on the railway line www.awm.gov.au/collection/C... bsky.app/profile/this...
4/4 To replace the Tanks lost in battle Allied command sent Mark IV replacements
Male Mark IV
HMLS Sir Reginald
Females Mark IV
HMLS Lady Wingate
HMLS Revenge
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AWM A00226 "Australian soldiers standing on and around a wrecked British Mark I (Mk I) tank which was put out of action on 19 April 1917 by Turkish forces during the second battle of Gaza. It was captured by the Turks and was converted into a strong post, which became known to the Australians as the 'Tank Redoubt'. It was subjected to intense British artillery fire." https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C184
3/4 After the Allies finally took Gaza in the Third Battle of Gaza (fought on the night of Nov 1-2 1917) the Tank attracted a lot of attention from Allied personal.
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Image description A British tank put out of action in the battle of Gaza, and afterwards used by the enemy as a redoubt. AWM B02002 https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C848
2/4 According to @ResimliHafiza from L to R: Ahmet Izzet Pasha, Kress von Kressistein (centre) and Cemal Pasha posing for a souvenir photo with the British Female Mark I Tank (s/n 574) "War Baby." The Tank was destroyed during Second Battle of Gaza and became infamous "Tank Redoubt"
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"Australian light horsemen looking over a British Mk 1 female tank , HMLS (His Majesty's Land Ship) Kia Ora, prior to the Second Battle of Gaza (19 April 1917). This tank from E Battalion, armed with Vickers machine guns, was commanded by Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Roy Ansted Winder, formerly of the Middlesex Regiment and later a Captain in the Tank Corps. During the Second Battle of Gaza this tank supported the British 155 Brigade. 2nd Lt Winder was awarded the Military Cross (MC) during this action." April 1917 P08401.004 https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1237615
"Belah, Palestine. British Mk I tanks just before the second battle of Gaza, which was fought on 19 April 1917." AWM B02944 https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/B02944
1/4 🧵Victory for the Ottoman Empire in the Second Battle of Gaza Apr 17–19 1917. The Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) that fought the Ottomans had 8 Mark I Tanks:
Male Tanks
Sir Archibald
Otazel (Hot as Hell!)
Pincher
Ole Luk Oie
Female Tanks
War Baby (s/n 574)
Kia Ora
Nutty
Tiger
Oct 11 1918 #OTD "It cost [Sgt Richmond H. Hilton] an arm to clean out a German machine-gun nest. Can the cost of Victory Bonds be weighed against his bravery? Can anyone, thinking of Hilton say, 'I can't afford it?'" Hilton was awarded MoH
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Apr 18 1918 photos of Lt Douglas Campbell (left) and Lieutenant Allan F. Winslow of the 94th Aero Squadron became the first pilots of US planes to shoot down German planes on Apr 14 1918.
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IWM Q 80286 "View of the battlefield at Mont-Sapin near Chavonne, 18 April 1917." Production date: 1917-04-18 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205215970
Apr 18 1917 A French photographer takes this photo, IWM Q 80286, of the "view of the battlefield at Mont-Sapin near Chavonne"
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Feb 5 1918 US gunner Stephen W Thompson (Left) was guest on French plane when he became 1st US military to shoot down German plane.
May 18 1916 American Kiffin Rockwell flying in Lafayette Escadrille (A French squadron made up of US pilots) shots down German plane en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiffin_...
Oct 26 1918 In Brest, Finistere, France, Signal Corps photographer Pvt. Barnes takes this photo of the transport USS Agamemnon after she had unloaded troops and lay ready for the return trip to America. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55221315 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kaiser_Wilhelm_II
Oct 26 1918 In Brest, Finistere, France, Signal Corps photographer Pvt. Barnes takes this photo of the transport USS Agamemnon (formerly the interned German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm II) after she had unloaded troops and lay ready for the return trip to America. catalog.archives.gov/id/55221315
Lance Corporal John William Sayer, 14498, 8th Bn, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) is awarded the #VictoriaCross for leadership during a German attack on Mar 21 1918 at Le Verguier, France. 39-year-old LC Sayer dies of his wounds #OTD Apr 18 1918 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Sayer
Lance Corporal John William Sayer, 14498, 8th Bn, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) is awarded the #VictoriaCross for leadership during a German attack on Mar 21 1918 at Le Verguier, France. 39-year-old LC Sayer dies of his wounds #OTD Apr 18 1918
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IWM 593 contains interesting details of a Japanese destroyer photographed in Malta.
www.jacar.archives.go.jp/das/image/C1... According to the specific European-style ship name notation in frame 39, Q stands for Kaede (楓Maple) and R stands for Katsura (桂Cercidiphyllum japonicum).
IWM Q 11591 - "A camouflaged 9. 2inch railway gun of the Royal Garrison Artillery firing. Near Bethune, 17 April 1918." Thomas Keith Aitken Production date: 1918-04-17 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247172
IWM Q 11599 - "Gunners of the Royal Garrison Artillery firing a 9.2 inch railway gun by its crane. Near Bethune, 17 April 1918." Thomas Keith Aitken Production date: 1918-04-17 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247179
IWM Q 11593 - "Gunners of the Royal Garrison Artillery hauling a shell on to the platform of a 9.2 inch railway gun by its crane. Near Bethune, 17 April 1918." Thomas Keith Aitken Production date: 1918-04-17 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247173
Apr 17 1918 Near Bethune, France, war photographer Thomas Keith Aitken takes these pictures of gunners of the Royal Garrison Artillery using a crane to load and fire a 9.2 inch (234mm) railway gun.
IWM Q 11599, IWM Q 11593, IWM Q 11591
Clip, IWM 593, shows a Japanese destroyer, in a Mediterranean port. The sailors practicing are practicing with bayonets, a form of kendo called Jūkendō (銃剣道). Apr 16 1917 2nd Special Squadron arrived at Malta to help patrol the Mediterranean
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South Bend News-Times Apr 16 1915 Brit walking wounded wearing captured Pickelhaube helmets from " battle of Neuve Chapelle... Scotchman wearing puttees is also shown ...None of the soldiers back from the front seem downcast at the terrible losses occasioned by the victory" bsky.app/profile/this...