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  1. Mar 1

    Chaplain to 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, Captain W H Davis. Killed in action 9/8/18 near Le Quesnel, Amiens. Loved by his men. Always recovering wounded or burying dead under fire. Hit by shell when organising SB’s. A brave Padre. Irish by birth.

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  2. Feb 28

    As our campaign gathers paces, Lord Dannatt explains to why the public has seen figures of soldiers popping up across the country. Our aim is to raise of £15 million for armed forces and mental health charities

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  3. Mar 2

    Lieutenant Edith Smith was the first woman ever given a commission in the as a surgeon.

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  4. Mar 2

    I came across this utterly tragic article in the local paper last year and sadly never got to the bottom of the story as 'Ernest' could not be identified. Any chance the power of twitter can help remember this couple once more?

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  6. 5 minutes ago

    As it's 2018, this year's festival will include a talk on the Legacies of the First World War, with three experts in different aspects - , & (2pm on 21st April)

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  7. Mar 2

    How German children's looked like during . - The Story of General Hindenburg - Hurra! A war picture book

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  8. Mar 2

    'A Death among the Wounded in the Snow' by Stillorgan born artist Sir William Orpen 1917

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  9. Mar 1

    Laying out trenches in Central Park, March 1918. The scheme to recreate demonstration trenches for the Liberty Loan campaign was swiftly rejected by civic societies who did not want an 'invasion' or the 'horrors of war' ruining Central Park

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  10. Feb 25

    350 boxes of matches purchased for Y8 to use in our First World War project. Looking forward to seeing how they transform over the next few weeks. These are from last year-they were stunning!

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  11. Mar 3

    Remembering the 27 England internationals who gave their lives during . Ronald Owen Lagden ➡ 🌹

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  12. 4 hours ago

    A member of the Women's Land Army ploughs field during

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  13. 6 hours ago

    Did you know that moss was used to make bandages in ? Gertrude Milliken was in charge of the Belfast Sphagnum Moss Depot, which sent out over 37,000 dressings in just 8 months:

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  14. 24 hours ago

    Here is a pic from the mid 1980s of how the memorial to Nine Brave Men, RE used to look like before restoration / replacement. The barbed wire pickets in the background are still there. Location is Bazentin Le Petit, Somme. 35mm print.

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  15. Mar 1

    Attempted to build GCSE skills into KS3 by introducing the source usefulness question via an 'enquiry pass'... with stolen structured modelling from Y8 pupils comment on content and provenance of propaganda posters

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  16. 21 hours ago

    Indian labourers repair the railway near Taveta during . It had been bombed by the Germans. Note the U.R. inscription on the wagon.

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  17. Mar 2

    [Unlabelled photo of Frank (R) on a cold day in France]

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  18. Mar 4

    Roughly 1 million dogs died in

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  19. 19 hours ago

    Outstanding work by to present their latest exhibition in Hitchin. A top quality effort.

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  20. Mar 2

    If you read German, it's worth paying to read this thorough refutation of a worrying attempt by German art historian Ulrich Keller to 'prove' that German atrocities in Belgium in were justified. Very concerned to see Gerd Krumeich endorsed this book!

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  21. Feb 28

    Proud to support the launch of campaign that sees figures of soldiers popping up across the country to raise money for armed forces and mental health charities. For more info visit

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