visitor on the (first floor) sun terrace this morning

Does anyone know of any work on the ‘Daily Express Nursing Corps’, formed in August 1914? I’m researching someone who apparently paid for the training, exams, & uniform but then was unable to secure relevant employment. #WW1 #NursingHistory #histmed #medicalhistory

"You have played the game, go on playing it and all will be well with the great Empire which you have helped to save" A 1919 demobbing letter, printed on cloth but individually addressed and signed by a Lt. Col. of the Sherwood Foresters.

An intriguing find in amongst a box of military history books. This is a WW1 trench candle. It's very evocative. One can imagine its tiny lighyt on an upturned box in a dug out, perhaps illuminating the writing of a letter home.

@lmbd1418.bsky.social one for you RMO with the Coldstreams in Italy 1944

One sailor's war from North and West Africa to the surrender of Singapore, the death of a friend, images of shipmates, RMS and HMS, a crossing the line certificate, love this kind of thing...

Excellent thread

Love your pet day

BREAKING: RFA Argus to be scrapped www.navylookout.com/rfa-argus-to...

If you're new to our service you should know that we are more than just St Bartholomew’s. We hold the records of more than 30 organisations, including medical schools, maternity homes, poor law infirmaries, and much more. You can find a list of collections we hold here - tinyurl.com/d9ds6nhv

A gulp of Thames cormorants (yes, that’s the collective noun) - some facing east, most looking west. Wrongly identified as penguins by a fool with a loud voice on a passing Thames Clipper…

Starting on Wednesday at 8pm on Channel 5, watch Our Hospital Through Time. Tune in to see us showing @profaliceroberts.bsky.social our collection items and discussing the history of St Bartholomew's Hospital #History #Archives #HistMed #HistNursing

Incredibly powerful front page from the Sunday Post ‘These are the faces of the close to 200 women killed by men in Scotland over the last 16 years. Many were murdered in the one place they should feel completely safe - their own home. Today, we ask for your help in ending misogynistic violence’

Slightly different angle today at HMS Alliance

On Redcoat History Podcast tomorrow with @parhistory.bsky.social to talk about London Pride, TF and the Great War. Link is here; www.youtube.com/live/qkRb4n2...

We pride ourselves on being a democracy and yet there’s a medieval theocratic anachronism in the heart of parliament: 26 bishops with automatic seats in the House of Lords. (The only other country in the world with clerics automatically entering a government is… Iran).

Great news. MPs should also pay attention to our campaigns: ● Remove the 26 bishops Religious office should not grant automatic voting rights in a parliamentary democracy. ● Scrap parliamentary prayers Attending prayers should not to provide speaking advantages🧵 observer.co.uk/news/politic...

One of the best views for coffee The Boathouse, Gosport

Just a reminder that @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy #HistNursing project on Nursing Service Records is still running and still taking online volunteers - so anyone can get involved www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/our-ro...

Presumably the location of a CWGC cemetery was proving inconvenient to the demands and requirements of an ongoing genocide. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Born #Onthisday 1870 in #Dublin, Florence Ada Stoney who was the first female radiologist in the United Kingdom. During #WW1 she served abroad as head of the X-ray department and of staff in makeshift hospitals www.dib.ie/biography/st...

May I interrupt your pearl clutching and shock at the latest Epstein revelations here in the UK to remind you that this shit goes on around you every 👏🏻 damn 👏🏻 day.

"Handling rare books with gloves should be illegal." www.blackdograrebooks.com/post/how-to-... #library #archives #HigherEd #research #literature #academicSky #antiquarian

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Southampton lad Ray Wheeler was a Royal Air Force Coastal Command wireless operator. On 8 August 1940 he was based at RAF Calshot and joined the crew of a high speed launch (HSL116) on a mission to search for survivors of Luftwaffe attacks in the English Channel. 1/15

Stokes Bay this morning and the Canadian memorial, embarkation beach for D Day

My 2 blogs about Harriet Maud Goulder who was awarded a rare TFNS medal I will finish part 3 tomorrow … about her life and family after #WW1 #NursingHistory I have been gifted this rare medal for which I am truly grateful. historicalclues.blogspot.com/2026/01/harr...

A beautifully written thread, reminding us of our bonds to the past.

NATO troops killed in Afghanistan answering the USA Article 5 call: - 453 Brits - 158 Canadians - 89 French - 59 Germans - 53 Italians - 44 Danes - 17 Spaniards What a dreadful man…

🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 55,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

I’m at the VA waiting to pick up some meds. I’ve just started “Too Important for the General.” The author has a provocative take on the events of 1914. If you’ve read this book, what are your thoughts? #booksky #fww #fwwhist #milsky

Spot on Starmer. Grown ups in the room.

Seagull lookouts. HMS Alliance

A very good Burns night dinner last night, the first I’ve been to with no whisky, just a small whisky liqueur to toast the haggis 🤔

Creepy mist over the burial grounds this morning

Fantastic WW1 and WW2 memorial windows Kettlewell church N Yorkshire #TraceryTuesday

Today's Find: Adele Bleneau's 1915 book "The Nurse's Story: in which reality meets romance" tinyurl.com/zrpnwo2 #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory #ww1

Sunset on the trees at the front, the sun setting behind me. Trees on fire

I'm prepared to sell my domains 1914-1818.net and .org, as I have no real plan for continued use. Contact me by DM if interested. #FWW #FWWhist #ww1

One finds the strangest things in boxes of books sometimes!

@lmbd1418.bsky.social I know you don’t do twitter now but this is nice, I thought you’d like it

Bsky help please: After the loss of our lovely Pip, we’re now ready to give a loving and experienced home to a healthy, safe, heavy horse, 7-15y/o, >15hh, for happy hacking and maybe a spot of trek. Based in south east UK. If anyone knows of anything please get in touch. 🐴 🧡

I did a thing! In my quest to become the next greatest influencer since whoever had the same ambition this morning, I have made a short video about the military history of Deception Island. You can find the 6 minute movie here: youtu.be/ZapHyrZY7bY

A cold submarine sunset earlier

"It is not patriotic to have tatty, scruffy flags up on every lamp post, barely waving, looking shabby and almost post-apocalyptic."