Nice discovery this evening ... a relative of my wife's served in the 3rd, later 2nd, Tyneside Irish. Taken POW. Like almost all of her northeastern family, he lived in Cowpen, Blyth. An Easter project for me. #ww1 #genealogy
Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #GWR
George Harris (Relaying labourer Stourbridge Jct)
Able Seaman HMS Good Hope
The ship was lost (with all hands) on 1/11/14 during the first major naval battle ‘Coronel’ off the coast of Chile.
Harris was 34
Ranyard nurses” established by Ellen Ranyard were very active on the Home Front during #WW1 particularly with poorer families. Duties included referrals to doctors and hospitals, inspecting infants in mother’s meetings, and encouraging medical self-help among the poor
#NursingHistory
Who is attending this (UK)?
livinghistoryfestival.wordpress.com
#WW1 #Reenactment #LivingHistory #Heritage #Museum
Planning and excitement is starting to build for livinghistoryfestival.wordpress.com . We will be depicting a detachment of RND ( Drake Batt.) returning to the Front after wounds in April '16. Seamanship, close combat, Machine Gun crewing - lots of training happening! #WW1 #RoyalNavy #LivingHistory
Just got my author copies! Out in all good bookshops from Thursday 9th April! @wiltonsquare.bsky.social Or you can order straight from the publisher’s website or all the usual.
#arras #battleofarras #ww1
4 April 1916 Lance Corporal Sydney Buxton (2891) 6 Bn Cheshire Regiment died and was buried in the Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery.
Sydney is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
4 April 1922 2nd Lt Hugh Owen Roberts of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers died at Victoria Cottage Hospital, Abergavenny, from the effects of war. He was buried in St Rhwydrus Church, Llanrhwydrys.
Hugh is also remembered at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
4 April 1916 2nd Lt Henry Nicholson Lechler 10 Bn South Lancashire Regiment was killed in action and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial. Henry was 21.
Henry is also remembered at the University of Manchester #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
4 April 1918 Pte Albert Victor Rogers (8/32352) 8 Bn East Surrey Regiment and former Aston Villa, Bristol Rovers
@qpr.co.uk and Walsall player was killed in action and buried in the Crucifix Corner Cemetery #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Between 4 and 5 April 1916 2nd Lt Matthew Bank Newell 14 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.
Matthew is also remembered at the University of Manchester #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Between 4 -5 April 1916 Lt Reginald William Reade of 9 Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment was killed in action and buried in the Amara War Cemetery.
Reginald is remembered at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
and Brighton College #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Between 4 & 5 April 1916 Captain Charles William Boote of 8 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.
Charles is remembered at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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The end of #WW1 in Italy through the eyes of one teenage girl…
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3 April 1918
HM Submarines E.1, E.9 and E.19, part of a British submarine flotilla in the Baltic, were scuttled at Helsinki.
The Royal Navy did not want them captured by advancing German forces, or 'acquired' by the Bolsheviks. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Royal Navy submarine HMS E.1. Public domain image via Wikimedia Commons. Description: a submarine under way on the surface with men on her casing and the shore visible in the background.
3 Apr 1918 // HM Submarines E.1, E.9 and E.19, part of a British submarine flotilla in the Baltic, were scuttled at Helsinki. The Royal Navy did not want them captured by advancing German forces, or 'acquired' by the Bolsheviks. (Image of HMS E.1: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
3 Apr 1916 // HM Drifter Pecheur sank off St Davids, Pembrokeshire, after being run into by another vessel which did not stop and was never identified. All the crew were saved. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #GWR
Ernest Albert Parker (Carriage Cleaner Old Oak Common)
Able Seaman HMS Cressy RN
Cressy was one of three Naval ships sunk by German submarine U9 on the 22 Sept 1914. He is Remembered on Chatham Naval Memorial
A few weeks ago we learned about the Russian Revolution within the context of World War I. Students made propaganda posters representing different perspectives of those involved!
#iteachsocialstudies #highschool #history #ww1 #russianrevolution #propaganda #studentwork
An unusual way to celebrate Easter!
Members of the Birmingham Women's Volunteer Reserve at work, having accepted a farmer's challenge to manure his land over Easter. The Mayor of Birmingham bought the implements required for the task.
#WW1 #WomensHistory
3 April 1918 Private John Henry Gibson (275715) 1/7 Bn Manchester Regiment died from wounds and was buried in the Étaples Military Cemetery.
John is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
3 April 1916 Henry Leach (3083) 1/6 Bn Cheshire Regiment died from wounds and was buried in the Merville Communal Cemetery
Henry is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
3 April 1917 Corporal Albert Minshall (S/11882) 9 Bn Seaforth Highlanders died from wounds and was buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension
Albert is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
3 April 1917 Corporal Desmond Carl Jones (40430) 20 Bn Manchester Regiment was killed in action and buried in the H. A. C. Cemetery.
Desmond is also remembered on the Cheadle Hulme and Bramhall War Memorials #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
3 April 1918 Captain Herbert Hampden Taylor of the Royal Army Medical Corps died and was buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1
Herbert is also remembered at @pembroke1347.bsky.social
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
