All ready at @ucddublin.bsky.social for @bethbailey.bsky.social's lecture tomorrow on the recruitment of women into the US AVF (and a little on the welfare implications). It's gonna be great!
Last few seats remaining. Book now: www.ucd.ie/warstudies/e... #milwelfhist
New Members. We are very happy to welcome Matías Figal, Cornelia Weiss, Cristiano Enrique de Brum and Laura Cain who join us from Argentina, Brazil and the USA #milwelfhist
Delhi to Calcutta? Imagine London to Danzig The Growing Importance of British Army Welfare in India and Burma
My next post on the story of British Army Welfare focuses on Earl Munster's visit to India & Burma and his parliamentary report of December 1944. Cabinet papers show Attlee's involvement in clearing obstacles to make improvements.
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This is what you need to keep an eye out for this Summer 🥳 #milwelfhist #military #welfare #history #socialsciences
It has been a pleasure working on this book with @amyjay401.bsky.social @emmahuddlestone.bsky.social & Anndal Narayanan.
Enjoy. #milwelfhist
Coming this August!
Military Welfare History since the Eighteenth Century: War and Welfare.
This is the second publication, and the first edited volume, from the Military Welfare History Network.
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@wellcometrust.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social It is with great pleasure that we present a selection of recorded papers from our recent funded conference series. Listen to them here #milwelfhist #histmed
#military #welfare #benefits
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Portrait of Leopold Charles Maurice Stennet Amery (1873–1955), CH, Exhibitioner (1892), Honorary Fellow (1946), Secretary of State for India (1940–1945) (Source: Luke Fildes, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
This is the first in a series of posts looking at welfare of British troops in India & Burma. I begin by tracing the impact and fallout of a ‘damaging’ article in the Sunday Pictorial using Cabinet and War Office papers in TNA.
#milwelfhist #skystorians
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2026 MWHN Conference - call for papers!
Join us in Romania this June to discuss all things military welfare and civil society. Deadline: 14 March 2026.
CfP attached and full details at militarywelfarehistory.com/2026-confere... #milwelfhist #civilsociety #charity #philanthropy
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Also, a detailed insight into the rapid development of the US Army Medical Corps between 1917 and 1919. From 1,000 to 350,000, with everything needed to support those personnel #milwelfhist #histmed
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Panel 3: two more papers on the #WW1 The first looking shell shock and the Canadian Armed Forces and the second on the US Army Chaplains Corps #milwelfhist
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Keynote begins! We have been join by the wonderful and enigmatic @jenmittelstadt.bsky.social who is asking, answering and questioning the question 'Why does military welfare history matter?' #milwelfhist
Panel 2: great papers by @catsbeck.bsky.social and Laura Robson-Mainwaring of @natarchivestrust.bsky.social who have discussed both medical impairment in 18c British and Scandinavian navies and of #WW1 British medical cases #milwelfhist
Wonderful papers by Margarida Portelo @louisebell.bsky.social and @cormac-keenan.bsky.social in our first panel #milwelfhist
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And we are off, with the 3rd and final of the Wellcome-SSMH-funded symposium in our conference series #milwelfhist
Continued advocacy for non-animal, human-relevant training approaches & increased transparency around ongoing animal use are essential to ensure military medical training fully transitions away from live animal use.
#MedEd #MedSky #milinnovation #milwelfhist #Military #AnimalRights
One for you @tlgrady68.bsky.social @alxmck.bsky.social @carrielong.bsky.social and others #milwelfhist
New Members: we are very happy to welcome Dr Carrie Long of @royalholloway.bsky.social and Dr Nebiha Guiga of @oeaw.bsky.social, who research naval widows and humanitarianism/civilian involvement in military welfare #milwelfhist
Una birra, per favore. That's yer lot until next month! The Second World War's Beer Shortage Matt's Historical Ephemera substack
Gazing darkly through the dimpled glass. This week's article considers the seriously important stuff - the disturbing lack of beer available to the troops during the Italian Campaign.
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This talk includes references to service personnel-related philanthropy. So, check it out #milwelfhist
This will be of great interest to many Members and Followers. Any thoughts on a military medicine panel (or two)? #milwelfhist #histmed
Deadline 15 January 2026!
Special edition journal
Submit now!
The MWHN, in partnership with the JMVHR, will produce its second special issue. With the theme of 'Medical welfare and care of military communities: a collection of historical studies'. #histmed #histnursing #milwelfhist
The Festive Sack was Positively Bulging in Italy, 1944 Part 2
Next up is the RAF's version of Cinderella, performed in Sardinia in December 1944. How did the Brylcreem Boys compare to the Army when it came to pantomime, and what might it say about the two services?
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The Festive Sack was Positively Bulging in Italy, 1944 Pt.1. In which Major Plaistowe's villain enjoys a fairy-tale ending.
Here's my latest blog post: The Festive Sack Was Positively Bulging in Italy 1944. It's a light-hearted look at a British Army Xmas panto based on a script from Kew. If you prefer the Brylcreem boys, part 2 covers an RAF show.
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New Affiliate: we are very happy to announce that the Joining Forces-UB project has become the newest affiliate of the MWHN. We look forward to working with them and promoting their excellent research. Find out more at militarywelfarehistory.com/affiliates/ #milwelfhist
New Members: we welcome @eldrclaire.bsky.social of the University of Leeds and indepdent scholar Victoria O'Sullivan to the Network #milwelfhist
New Members: we are ery happy to welcome Didier Bouns, Dr Ronald R. Krebs and Riku Kauhanen of the University of Birmingham, University of Minnesota and University of Turku #milwelfhist
Congrats Nataie. We'd love to hear more. Sex = welfare.
Join more scholars doing similar research around the world via the Military Welfare History Network #milwelfhist
New Members. We are very happy to welcome Tiago Rocha e Melo, Dr Ana Catarina Pinho and the Revd Dr Peter Howson to the Network. Their respective research on ancient Rome, colonial Portugal and British military chaplaincy are great additions #milwelfhist
Well done Matt. Keep up the good work! Entertainment = welfare #milwelfhist
