Today we remember Henry Moseley, the Oxford physicist whose X-ray spectroscopy work reshaped our understanding of the elements. He was killed in action at Gallipoli in 1915, aged just 27. 🔗 Learn more: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/about-us/our-history/highlights-archive/moseley-and-x-rays

A worthy winner Helen and a lovely memory of our successful Creative Writing Competition which highlighted campaigns that took place Away from the Western Front; winners, runners-up and highly-commended can still be read here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/archive/crea...

#Salonika #WW1 #FWW

Esprit Club of #Turin held its #Remembrance Sunday service yesterday commemorating the 16 'Turin Men'; each soldier's name was read out during the service - their stories have been researched by @edmondslyn.bsky.social and more details can be found here: tinyurl.com/rsr4dr6f

Captain Gilbert Doke #Vicary of Newton Abbot Devon, died in #Palestine on this day in 1917 and is buried in Deir El Belah War Cemetery, #Gaza - to read more about Dyrons House ‘Family at War’ and our research into his family during the FWW: tinyurl.com/r9z3nvxy #DyronsHouse #WW1

Remembering Driver John C A Taylor, accidentally killed when trying to rejoin the train that he'd been travelling on after it had stopped at Oulx station, Italy. He is buried in Oulx Communal cemetery and his grave was visited on 6.11.25 #Remembrance #LestWeForget Details: tinyurl.com/2whcx28x

Remembering Sapper W H Lewis whose memorial in Meana di Susa cemetery Italy, was visited this week; he died tragically after failing to receive the help he had clearly needed #Remembrance #LestWeForget His story is in here: tinyurl.com/2whcx28x

The Sinking of the Marquette, 1915 salonikacampaignsociety.org.uk/2025/11/06/t... #Salonika #WW1 #FWW

You can now register for my upcoming WFA webinar Allenby’s Sepoys: The Indian Army and the EEF in 1918 #fwwhist #ww1 #greatwar

2 November 1918 Major Alfred J Hoult of the Royal Garrison Artillery was admitted to the 33rd Clearing Hospital in Haifa, Palestine and died there of pneumonia. He was buried in the Haifa War Cemetary, Israel He is remembered on the Cheadle Hulme War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

The Armistice of Mudros ended hostilities between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies of the First World War; it was signed on 30 October 1918 aboard HMS Agamemnon in Mudros Harbour, Lemnos and it took effect the next day #MudrosArmistice #WW1 #FWW

#OnThisDay 1915 the Girton & Newnham Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals set sail from Liverpool to Serbia to set up a hospital unit in Salonika. This photo, taken 2 days before they departed, is from the album of Nurse Annie Allan heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/408 #histnursing #histmed #WW1

'He nobly answered duty’s call, his life he gave for us and all’ Remembering today Pte James Morris, 20th Bn #Manchester Regt, born #Withington, who died 28 Oct 1918 in the 29th Stationary Hospital, Turin For more info: bit.ly/2PxIx0m

#31DaysOfGrave #Day27Tree Headstone of Lance Corporal W H Barnes of 8th Bn Cheshire Regiment, which features an acorn with #oak leaves; he is buried in Turin, Italy #CheshireRegiment More details: bit.ly/2PxIx0m

#31DaysOfGraves #Day23Cross Private W G Arscott's pedestal grave marker engraved with his name, rank, regiment & number, date of death, age & a simple #cross in Sarigol Military Cemetery, Greece #DevonshireRegiment #CastleDrogo #Salonika #WW1 #FWW You can read his story here: shorturl.at/sQgeK

23 October 1915 the TS Marquette was torpedoed off Salonika. On board was No 1 NZSH. 10 NZANS lost their lives, 22 NZEF & 135 others. We remember them today nzhistory.govt.nz/media/video/ma… Marquette Great War Story | NZ History they are buried at Mikra Thessaloniki or in ocean😢🇳🇿#HistNursingng

#31DaysOfGraves #Day22Landscape A snow covered landscape around the 'Turin Men' CWGC plot in Turin Town cemetery, Italy More details: bit.ly/2PxIx0m

Private Albert Hindle's name on one of the East Lancashire Regiment panels on Helles Memorial, Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey; photo taken on a dull day and panel was quite marked #Gallipoli #EastLancashireRegiment #WW1 #FWW

#31DaysOfGraves #Day20Wreath Gunner Alexander Sutherland Mackay 8th Brigade Australian Field Artillery, one of the 'Turin Men' who died of pneumonia on 18 December 1918 More details: bit.ly/2PxIx0m

On 19 Oct 1920 British & Indian 'Manchester Column' Prisoners of War were released from Khan-al-Shilan, Najaf, Iraq; for info about our research into the Khan, the incident, the men & their wall inscriptions: awayfromthewesternfront.org/archive/khan... #Mesopotamia #1920Revolt #ManchesterRegiment

#31DaysOfGraves #Day16Obelisk From one of my many visits, Helles Memorial on the headland at the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula overlooking the Dardanelles; it includes an #obelisk which is over 30 metres high #HellesMemorial #Gallipoli

Pte Robert Hartley's final resting place is in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece; Whaleback to Kalinova in 1919 and then to Karasouli in 1920 #WW1 #Salonika #Karasouli

Remembering today, Pte Robert Henry #Edmondson 2nd Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, of #Shipley, Yorkshire, died 11 October 1918; tragically, his mother took her own life because of his death More info: bit.ly/2PxIx0m #WW1 #FWW #KSLI #31DaysOfGraves #Day11Military

#31DaysofGraves Day 11 #Military A Loving Son A Noble Pal 2nd Lt Sydney Frank #Norris, Royal Field Artillery, died 28 April 1919, 5 months after the Armistice on his way to Egypt; buried with 15 others named the ‘Turin Men’- most of whom like Sydney died from illness More details: bit.ly/2IjNUj3

A special screening of 'By Far Kaymakchalan' (2024), a documentary tracing Australia & New Zealand’s forgotten role alongside Serbian forces in WWI Sat 18 Oct 2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, King's College London For more details and booking info: www.tickettailor.com/events/kclfi...

A Gold Medal Cyclist: the story of Sergeant Michael Henry Margiotta, who died on 6 October 1918, six days after the Bulgarian armistice; he is buried in Lembet Road Cemetery in Thessaloniki #Salonika #WW1 #MiddlesexRegiment #ArmyCyclistCorps More details: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...

On 5 October 1915, 110 years ago today, Allied forces began landing at the port of Salonika (now Thessaloniki) , marking the beginning of the Salonika Campaign #Salonika #WW1 #FWW awayfromthewesternfront.org/campaigns/ba...

#31DaysOfGraves #Day1Flower Grave of Dvr John C A Taylor in Oulx Cemetery, Italy; he died in a tragic train accident on his way home in 1918 A local lady has regularly tended his grave with flowers Read more about him here & in the Book of Remembrance: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...

Hello Dave, how exciting for you! Do let me know if you discover anything new - my Khan al-Shilan research is still on our website: awayfromthewesternfront.org/archive/khan...

11 September Lt Archibald William Robertson Don of the 10th Bn Black Watch died of Maleria and he was buried in Salonika. Archibald had intended to train in Medicine after graduating Trinity College, Cambridge but war intervened #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

107 yrs ago Horatio Ellis Evans killed in Salonika, Greece. He was treated at the Hospital in 1916 & awarded the Military Medal. On recovering, re-posted overseas & killed in action - 17th September 1918 Thank you Jan for the research #firstworldwar #WeWillNeverForget #militaryhospital

A heads up for the next issue of the BJMH! To be published online next Tuesday, 26 August this is a regular issue with topics from the American Revolution to Normandy in 1944 via East Africa in the FWW. As always, Open Access and free to all at journals.gold.ac.uk/bjmh/

Waiting off Gallipoli Sgt Richard Ward wrote in his diary on 25 April 1915: “This I have no doubt will be the greatest day of our lives.” Once landed Pte Joseph McBride pulled out his Kodak and snapped the first New Zealanders coming ashore. They knew they were making history. #Gallipoli110 #ANZAC

It is serious Gallipoli Campaign FWW

The CWGC commemorates 377 women who died in The Great War. The last to die was Cicely Pope, a VAD Nursing Sister who was serving in Serbia as part of the Scottish Women's Hospitals organisation. She died on 25th June 1921 and is buried in Nis. @cwgc.bsky.social @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social

#Salonika #FWW

#Egypt #FWW

On #WorldBicycleDay remembering the role played by cyclists in WW1 at home and abroad; some of those who served in #Salonika & elsewhere had started off in the Hunts Cyclists Battalion like Cpl Cyril GB Clifton: awayfromthewesternfront.org/campaigns/to...

On #InternationalNursesDay we remember all those women who served in medical and nursing roles during WW1, especially so far from home in Egypt, Salonika, Gallipoli, Palestine and Mesopotamia: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/wom...

Remembering on #InternationalNursesDay eight nurses, who died on New Years Eve 1917 when their troop ship HMT Osmanieh struck a mine and sank in under ten minutes, taking 200 personnel with her. All eight are buried side by side in Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

Today is #InternationalNursesDay Taken 28th October 1915 in Liverpool this photo shows the amazing women from the Girton & Newnham Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. They set sail for Serbia 2 days later to set up their hospital unit in Salonika #WW1 #histnursing #nurses #IND2025

A Loving Son A Noble Pal 2nd Lt Sydney Frank #Norris from #Coventry died 106yrs ago 28 April 1919, 5 months after the Armistice on his way to Egypt; buried with 15 others @aftwf1418 ‘Turin Men’- most like Sydney died from illness; see summary of research bit.ly/2IjNUj3

Remembering 2015, 12 descendants of men who served in the #Gallipoli campaign attended the centenary event & I was honoured to lay the wreath on our behalf at the Helles Memorial; we are pictured here with Embassy staff after the French ceremony #Gallipoli100 #Gallipoli110 #GallipoliDay #AnzacDay

Remembering those from all nations who took part in the #Gallipoli campaign, especially my grandfather, a 1st Bn #RoyalDublinFusilier who landed on V beach this day in 1915, survived the whole campaign, the #Somme & the North Russian Front His story: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...

After #Mesopotamia Lt Dudley C Stewart-Smith, was transferred to 1st Bn Black Watch & sent to France; he started to keep a diary on 18 April 1918, the day he was captured at Givenchy & became a Prisoner of War You can read more of his story here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...

Remembering 2nd Lieut John F Johnson 6th Bn King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt killed at Sannaiyat in the #Mesopotamia campaign, 9 April 1916; one of 3 brothers who died in #WW1 John's story, written by students as a graphic novel is here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/wp-content/u...

'Women Away from the Western Front' - When the Empire Calls: the story of Nurse Muriel Leontine Wakeford #WomensHistoryMonth #WW1 #FWW #Gallipoli #Egypt #AustralianArmyNursingService Muriel's story is here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/wom...

'Women Away from the Western Front’ - Military nurse in Egypt: the story of Lily Harris (Photo © Wilkinson Family) Lily's story is here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/wom... #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM #WW1 #FWW #Egypt #QAIMNS

'Women Away from the Western Front’ - From Edinburgh to Egypt: Nurse Elsie Russell‘s war as seen through the lens (Photos courtesy of Stuart James) Elsie's story is here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/wom... #WomensHistoryMonth #WW1 #FWW #Egypt #QAIMNS