Another gem for you all from the GWH Collection: This is the scrapbook of Captain Kyrle Ffrench, Special Reserve, attached to the South Wales Borderers. Kyrle kept all sorts of paperwork and ephemera including press cuttings, postcards, pages from army notebooks… 1/

A quirky piece from the Great War Huts Collection - the original sign from Marks and Spencer in Felixstowe announcing that the store would be closed for Sir Winston Churchill’s funeral 61 years ago today, on Saturday 30th January 1965. 1/2

Winter has well and truly arrived at Brook Farm Camp! ❄️ The huts are tucked up under a blanket of snow and Hut Dog Charlie Chaplin is padding around the trenches like it’s the most magical place on earth🐾

It's Christmas Day and the finale of #HutVent2025. Thank you for all your support in 2025 and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2026! youtu.be/D8wOBsGX5W4 #HutVent

It’s Christmas Eve, and we are nearly at the end of #HutVent2025, but today Lyndsay has some tiny uniforms for you... youtu.be/mdhKNlZ7TUI #HutVent

It is the 23rd Day of #HutVent2025 and today Taff is looking at some First World War Army welfare provision and the subject of 'French Leave'... youtu.be/S070052pOtY

A nautical theme for Day 22 of #HutVent2025 as Taff tells the tale of the sinking of the Lusitania... youtu.be/Aaf_qlFuKc0

For the 21st Day of #HutVent2025, Taff tells us about Colonel Isaac Newton Lewis's invention, and how it revolutionised British Infantry tactics... youtu.be/6FkNM9Wig70

On the 20th Day of #HutVent2025 Kev tells of Mice and Oojahs... youtu.be/HX8R6rDmvyM #HutVent

On Day 19 of #HutVent2025 - our fifth year - Taff finally gets round to talking about spikey German helmets... youtu.be/TygSOweI0S4

Day 18 of #HutVent2025 means more uniform - this time a rare Jacket, explained by Taff... youtu.be/LMdC-pqIKQ4

On the 17th Day of #HutVent2025, Kieran looks at an iconic piece of military hardware - the Webley Service Revolver... youtu.be/J33wPWiflaw

Guest Presenter, Jo Hook, tells us about special Gallipoli currency on the 16th Day of #HutVent2025... youtu.be/NtyckPETvro

We have a Scottish theme on Day 15 of #HutVent2025 as Taff tells us about iconic Scottish headwear from 1915... youtu.be/4rACg4zj3t4 #HutVent

Day 14 of #HutVent2025… Lyndsay has a great gadget for you all today! youtu.be/VD4J88nVUk4

Our last event of 2025 yesterday saw the final two #TrenchesByTwilight tours pass off successfully, just like the previous six! Thank you to everyone who took part, and also to our wonderful volunteers. We look forward to welcoming you all back to Great War Huts in 2026. 🎄😊

It's Day 13, which means we are over half way through #HutVent2025. Today Kev looks at an unusual piece of First World War ordnance, and busts a myth... youtu.be/3xnvb4SWtSE #HutVent

It's Day 12 of #HutVent2025 and it's time to hear about The Derby Scheme, and its distinctive armband, all explained by Taff... youtu.be/TVML6KdOWkw

Day 11 of #HutVent2025, and it's time for our annual Zeppelin story, as told by Taff... youtu.be/LAA8RGtJiSY #HutVent

@greatwarhuts.bsky.social Bloody enjoyed Trenches by Twilight this evening. 👍 Many thanks to all those that put this on. Cheers Campo

A 1960s story with a 1915 theme for you on Day 10 of #HutVent2025 as Taff tells us about a commemorative medallion... youtu.be/v6yF8o7tlVQ

It's time for Kev to tell us about a legendary piece of British Ordnance on Day 9 of #HutVent2025... youtu.be/qz109c4tI-k

It's Day 8 of #HutVent2025 so it’s high time that Taff started talking about Christmas Presents... youtu.be/gsLHy1NyBsU

You really need to watch the film first… 🙂

On the Seventh Day of #HutVent2025, Kieran explains how fighting age men were given protection from enthusiastic white feather bearers... youtu.be/JrW96Bxpw3M

We had a lovely evening at Snape Maltings last night listening to the marvellous Grimethorpe Colliery Band perform Christmas songs. What a wonderful bunch they are. Fantastic, festive, brass music, delivered with great humour. They also have a Great War connection as they were formed in 1917. 🎄🎺

“Unusual interest was attracted by a picture frame, made out of a biscuit supplied to the soldiers in the First World War. The biscuit had not discoloured or deteriorated on any way.” August 1919. Lyndsay of the Great War Huts with all things biscuity 👇

We have a special guest for Day 6 of #HutVent2025 to help Lyndsay tell the story of a 1915 biscuity present (there were always going to be biscuits!)... shorturl.at/VwzJ4 #HutVent

An interesting look at a German publication presented by Kieran from the other side of the frontline. A Bibby’s Annual 1917 included articles & coloured plates of the First World War. They all give an insight for civilians but also can be used to feed into the war propaganda machine.

On the 5th Day of #HutVent2025 Kev tells us about Spicer Goggles and lachrymatory gas... youtu.be/BQ7siDg0csk

On Day 4 of #HutVent2025 Taff is looking at the role of Army Drummers... youtu.be/Ze_dSOyrpYM

It's Day 3 of #HutVent2025 and Kieran has a fascinating German publication to share with us! 🗞️ youtu.be/R3hvBu6_sG8

On the second day of #HutVent2025 Taff tells the story of the Military Cross and the tale of one particular recipient... youtu.be/esDh-Cw75fc

We are back!🎄 110 years after the First World War Taff opens the batting, once again, with some natty pieces of 1915 headgear and introduces #HutVent2025 (With grateful thanks to Ramsey Green) youtu.be/7na3SWTP_Jg

Looking forward to this @greatwarhuts.bsky.social #HuttedHistories talk

Our November #HuttedHistories on Wednesday 26th is the last one of 2025, and a home grown one too! Lyndsay will be talking about Biscuits at War - ‘They Shall Grow Not Mould’. It’s a great talk - come and join us. There’s cake and biscuits too! Tickets: www.greatwarhuts.org/event-detail...

It is ‘that’ time of year again! Tickets for our annual ‘Trenches by Twilight’ event are now on sale. Hear the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce with Taff Gillingham as we make our way through the Trenches by the light of our lanterns. 10th-13th December. For tickets: www.greatwarhuts.org/events

Sign up for the final talk in the @fusmuswarwick.bsky.social series related to its Home and Away: Football and the British Army exhibition. Taff Gillingham of the @greatwarhuts.bsky.social will talk about the Christmas Truce and Football. Details of how to book your ticket below

Well, it has been a while since we last recorded a ‘Hutted Histories’ talk, but we have so much great stuff we thought we should start sharing some more of it with you! Here is our latest HH film: youtu.be/Nt0jko74yIE 😊👍🏻

Finally visited the Great War Huts, almost two years after moving to Suffolk! It was great to talk about the commemoration of war dead buried in the UK, and have some fascinating conversations with the audience. Huge thank you to those who came and @greatwarhuts.bsky.social for organising!

Hut Dog Charlie Chaplin is with us on a Temporary Posting at the moment whilst his mum is in hospital. He has been patrolling the trenches, inspecting the huts and checking out the woodland for enemy activity!

We are very lucky to have recently received the archive of Major J.B. Webster, who commanded D Coy. of the 9th and also the 11th Suffolk Home Guard in Ipswich. The boxfile was packed with orders, letters, nominal rolls, circulars, maps & details of local Home Guard exercises… 1/

Another reminder of the war in the Far East for VJ Day 80: When we were first given this battered old Officer’s cap it was covered in cobwebs and dust, with several holes in the fabric, and, at first glance, looked like something that had been used for amateur theatre. 1/

Kicking off our July #HuttedHistories, the fantastic Stephen Barker joins us with his talk ‘Watershed – Mahatma Gandhi and the First World War’

It is just over a week until our July #HuttedHistories, on Wednesday 23rd, when we are delighted to welcome Stephen Barker for his talk: ‘Watershed - Mahatma Gandhi and the First World War’ For more information and tickets for this fascinating talk: rb.gy/lxxuuy

One of our resident fox cubs at Brook Farm Camp was caught on camera enjoying a peaceful snooze… until his sibling decided now was the perfect time for a surprise play attack! 🦊 #AnimalsofBrookFarmCamp

To celebrate World Horse Day 2025 we have this beautifully illustrated pre-Great War card game for you. The Cavalry Game “…was invented in the hope that it might teach some of our boys and girls the names and numbers of the British Cavalry Regiments”. #WorldHorseDay2025

“The Trench Periscope has been hit, Sir!” “German sniper?” “No, Sir. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Sir!”

To mark the 2025 Tour de France here is a rare Great War cyclist piece from our collection, found recently in France. It’s a 1916 dated Lucas “Cycloe”No.10 front carrier. These were fitted to the MkIV & V bicycles of the Army Cyclist Corps and Infantry Battalion Signallers. 🚲

A poignant reminder of the first day of the Battle of The Somme - Lt Gilbert Hattersley’s blood-stained map showing the planned advance, up Sausage Valley, of the ‘Cambs Suffolks’ (marked ‘D Coy’ on the map), to Contalmaison. Hattersley was wounded very early on. #Somme109