Guardsman Frederick Holt, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, died of wounds on this day in 1918. Interestingly, the additional information on his CWGC record states he was a ‘champion billiard player’. 📍Terlincthun British Cemetery 🇫🇷

#1GM Une lettre de Charles Vildrac du 12 août 1915 nous permet d'aller au-delà de la légende de deux photos publiées par le Miroir. (In "Lettres de Vauquois à sa mère et à sa soeur") : "La page du Miroir que je vous envoie est tirée à Vauquois même et ce sont nos crapouilloteurs qui sont là. " 1/5

Our @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference is a month away! So many talks and seminars to choose from. @pikegrey1418.bsky.social will be giving an exclusive talk about the Battle of Galicia. This oft-ignored scrap in 1914 consumed a million casualties along a 200 mile front in three weeks!

Our @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference is a month away! With many talks and seminars to choose from. From the Royal Logistics Corps Museum, Samantha Jolley is going to be telling us all about tank drivers from the Army Service Corps!

Copies of my book 'The Taking of Vimy Ridge: First World War Photographs of William Ivor Castle' are making their way out into the world, just ahead of the official release date of Oct 7! Be sure to head to your fav indy bookshop and order a copy, or you can request it at your local library.

La grande chancellerie de la Légion d’honneur ouvre son propre site, avec la perspective, à terme, de concerner plus de 2,4 millions de personnes décorées de la Légion d’honneur, de la Médaille militaire, de l’ordre national du Mérite, et d’autres encore. www.rfgenealogie.com/infos/la-gra...

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This week’s feature is on the sinking of SS Arabic in 1915. It is often overlooked because of the Lusitania’s sinking but the Arabic brought the Germans and USA closer to war.. jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-forgot... #fwwhistory #navalhistory

#OTD 20/9/1918 #RememberRCN -Trawler Kingfisher (American) stopped & sunk by German U-cruiser U-155, 85 miles east of Halifax, no casualties. Kingfisher was the last ship sunk by German U-boats in Canadian waters during the First World War. #WWI Photo -Maine Memory Network

Today’s Substack is up and it’s a feature based on the Philippines ‘45 talk I gave last weekend at We Have Ways Fest 5. If you weren’t able to get there, take a look! achurchill.substack.com/p/article-ph...

Free talk! 🚨🚨 The next free talk will be on 25th Sept at 8pm. GWG trustee Jim Smithson will be talking about the third battle of Artois. Join via the link below - no need to register in advance. us02web.zoom.us/j/8417994132...

The @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference is a month away! So many talks to choose from. Antonia Newell will be talking about the incredible Agnes Bennett, a doctor and the first female commissioned officer in the British Army. She eventually ran the Ostrovo Unit in Salonika. Ticket details 👇🏼

We have now had a week to recover from the fabulous We Have Ways Fest where 3 members of the GWG were speaking. The first was Henry Spilberg who along with Chris Gatenby gave a brilliant talk about the vital war time convoys including coastal convoys

Si vous voulez tout savoir sur les combats de 1918 et le rôle majeur qui a joué l'armée française, c'est ici et c'est passionnant. Merci pour ce travail remarquable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Ti...

This art medal by Pierre Roche (1858-1922) on display at the musée d’Orsay commemorates the return of #Alsace to #France after the latter’s victory in the #FWW #WW1. The stork has strong associations with Alsace. The spire in the background is Notre-Dame-de-Strasbourg Cathédrale. Also, ‘1918’ #clue

#1GM Marcel Weber (1891-1914) Ses parents alsaciens ont opté pour la nationalité française après le conflit de 1870-1871. amphitrite33.canalblog.com/2025/09/marc...

Free talk! 🚨🚨 The next free talk will be on 25th Sept at 8pm. GWG trustee Jim Smithson will be talking about the third battle of Artois. Join via the link below - no need to register in advance. us02web.zoom.us/j/8417994132...

In sad withdrawal after We Have Ways? Join us at @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social for a whole (indoors) weekend of the prequel… @pikegrey1418.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social @bigandylock.bsky.social

Ta-da! Here are the details of Friday night at our @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference! The Haig Project is drawing to a close; and we’re looking excited to tell people more! Tickets available at www.greatwargroup.com/shop

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Avoid the post #WHWF25 blues - buy a ticket for another cracking event. @GreatWarGroup annual conference Bristol, 17-19 Oct All welcome - details below

The 10th-11th September 1917 saw a mutiny occur within the 74th Coy. Egyptian Labour Corps following a dispute over their contract expiry date. Seven men were killed in the mutiny; it’s likely Labourer Awad Abdel Rehim was one of those killed. 📍Les Baraques Military Cemetery 🇫🇷

#1GM Henri Albert Pierrel (1897-1917) Le 23 octobre 1917, au cœur de la bataille de la Malmaison, le soldat Pierrel découvre l'enfer du front. Pour lui, ce premier combat sera également le dernier. amphitrite33.canalblog.com/2025/09/henr...

For over 100 years, L/Cpl Horace Wilfred Miller, Leicestershire Regiment, was listed amongst the missing on the Menin Gate. In 2022, his grave was identified and rededicated with a new headstone bearing his name. 📍Ypres Reservoir Cemetery 🇧🇪

Please subscribe to the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social , directed by T.V’s Alex Churchill. ‘cough’ especially the magazine for younger & young at heart readers ‘Over The Top’ featuring graphic novels bringing history to a new audience!

New @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social merch for We Have Ways… 📚

Thrilled to have my paper accepted for this NZ conference in 2026. An esteemed lineup and looking forward to sharing #HistNursing #MilHist #Militarywelfare @milwelfhist.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @profmurdoch.bsky.social a trip to NZ perhaps? @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social

#OTD Sgt Laurent Marie Bernier, 38, was hit at 16:00 by a shell, his leg torn off and head wounded. Herve Lambert commented: “We’d not moved him 10m when a 150 fell where he’d been.” For all Herve efforts, Laurent died the next day; buried at La Nécropole Fontaine Routhon

#1GM Maurice Dalerré (1889-1916), lieutenant au 39e R.I., ami de Raymond Dorgelès et de Gabriel Reuillard, était un journaliste dont les écrits mériteraient d'être rassemblés dans un ouvrage unique. forum.pages14-18.com/viewtopic.ph... et fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice...

My family legacy is a new canpaign to ask South Asian families in Britain to share their stories of service in the world wars & raise public understanding of the enormous contribution For Royal British Legion from @britishfuture.bsky.social and @easterneye.bsky.social www.myfamilylegacy.org.uk

#1GM Souvenir d'un voyage sur les traces du 56e RI, le cimetière de Gosselming, en Lorraine. Aux combats de Gosselming et de Rozelieures, 22 mineurs de Montceau des 134e et 56e RI ont été tués entre le 20 et le 30 août.

The next of our conference speakers is Sam Jolley Sam is the Head of Collections at the Royal Logistic Corps Museum in Winchester and her personal First World War interest is the Royal Engineers Special Brigade. Conference tickets are available here ⬇️ greatwargroup.com/product-catego…

Private John Mills, Army Service Corps, died of wounds on this day in 1917. His headstone, made of Portland stone, a limestone formed in the late-Jurassic period, features the outline of two fossils, most likely a type of brachiopod. 📍Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery 🇧🇪

Last weekend GWG members Bruce and Mags Hubbard organised a day out for GWG members as part of the GWG 5th birthday celebrations. Their visit took them to all things Great War related in Caernarfon and included a short commemoration and wreath laying at Caernarfon war memorial.

We at The WFA have launched our PhD Grant Scheme for 2025. The grant is open to doctoral students researching ANY aspect of the First World War. Where will our grant take you? See website for full details 👇🏻 www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/... #Fwwhist #phdchat

GWG Director Alex Churchill will be tackling the topic of the Philippines in 1945 at the premier World War 2 festival We Have Ways Fest next weekend at Blackpit farm, near Silverstone Tickets here wehavewaysfest.co.uk

Great War Group trustee Henry Spilberg will be speaking at We Have Ways Fest at Blackpit farm, Silverstone, next weekend this time tackling the topic of WW2 convoys along with Chris Gatenby. Henry is a trustee at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire museum. wehavewaysfest.co.uk

Seven Bns of the Tank Corps were in action on 2nd September 18 (7, 9, 11, 12, 14, Whippets of 6, & the less well known Armd Cars of 17. 35 Tankies died 100 years ago today. Four MCs, four DCMs, & ten MMs were awarded to Tankies for actions that day. And one VC, to Lt Col West DSO* MC, CO 6th Bn.

The next of our conference speakers is Sam Jolley Sam is the Head of Collections at the Royal Logistic Corps Museum in Winchester and her personal First World War interest is the Royal Engineers Special Brigade. Conference tickets are available here ⬇️ greatwargroup.com/product-catego…

#1GM Ernest Charles Pétot (1896-1965) Il a participé aux deux guerres mondiales du XXe siècle, gravissant les échelons de simple soldat à capitaine. amphitrite33.canalblog.com/archives/202...

On 29 Aug 1918 four 3rd Bn Whippets were supporting the NZ Div just north of Bapaume. Having passed the Franco Prussian war memorial (pic 1) near Favreuil they pushed on towards the railway NE of Fremicourt. As they reached the railway line (pic 2) they came under heavy MG and artillery fire. 1/2

And of course the bestest of hosts @bartparish.bsky.social and Sue who are always just amazing ambassadors for @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social, their museum and their hometown

From Spanish-American War to the World War in France – The story about the Swedish Medal of Honor recipient Gustaf Adolf Sundquist Read my story about Gustaf through the link below 👇 www.westernfront.se/2025/08/31/f...

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The next of our conference speakers is Roy Larkin, expert in Army Service Corps logistics-and any historical rabbit hole he can find that nobody has been down! He is the author of “Destination Western Front: London’s omnibuses go to war” Tickets here ⬇️ greatwargroup.com/product-catego…

A mission that we continue if only to honour him.

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