The Labyrinth was a maze of trenches at the southern end of the Vimy Ridge, north east of the villages of Anzin and Maroeuil. From 11 March to 28 April 1916 it was ‘home’ to the 6 Seaford Highlanders. This is their story > bit.ly/3szhBAl
#WW1
#WorldWarOne
#GreatWar

On 22 September 1914 three Royal Navy cruisers were torpedoed in the North Sea. The following is a first hand account of a heartbreaking story of a sea “black with drowning men” > youtu.be/sE0YUMaYenU?si…
#WW1
#NavalHistory
#Uboat
#NavalWarfare

“A book of ’extraordinary zest and power’ said Cyril Falls of Ernst Jünger’s ‘Storm of Steel’. What are your thoughts? Our review bit.ly/3nf87tJ
#WW1
#WorldWarOne
#GreatWar
#WW1 History
#FirstWorldWar
#WW1 Research
#20thCenturyHistory
#GermanHistory

“A book of ’extraordinary zest and power’ said Cyril Falls of Ernst Jünger’s ‘Storm of Steel’. What are your thoughts? Our review bit.ly/3nf87tJ
#WW1
#WorldWarOne
#GreatWar
#WW1 History
#FirstWorldWar
#WW1 Research
#20thCenturyHistory
#GermanHistory

William Holland, born in Bombay and educated in England, joined the Transvaal Scottish Regiment in 1911 and was later killed at Arras, April 12, 1917.
#WW1 #WorldWarOne
#GreatWar #WW1 History
#FirstWorldWar #WW1 Research
#20thCenturyHistory
#NeverForget
#AncestryResearch

Out Now! The March edition of Stand To! is here (apologies for the slight delay). Get ready for an exciting read. Check out the editor's introduction and contents on the website.
#WW1
#WorldWarOne
#GreatWar
#WW1 History
#FirstWorldWar
#WW1 Research #20thCenturyHistory

If you’d like to understand the experience of African-American soldiers, musicians, stevedores and labourers in #WW1 as part of the AEF then these books reviewed on our website will help.
#AfricanAmericanHistory
#BlackHistory
#BlackSoldiers
#WW1 History
#MilitaryHistory

If you’d like to understand the experience of African-American soldiers, musicians, stevedores and labourers in #WW1 as part of the AEF then these books reviewed on our website will help.
#AfricanAmericanHistory
#BlackHistory
#BlackSoldiers
#WW1 History
#MilitaryHistory

#WW1 Pic of the Day.
Russian Cossack troops photographed by the remarkable Florence Farnborough, nurse, teacher author and photographer. From a plate she printed in the field.
#GreatWar
#WW1 History
#WW1 Research
#WarPhotography
#Photojournalism
#Russia
#Cossack

Dr Irfan Malik, a Nottingham GP and historian, will be sharing his research and stories of a group of Muslim soldiers who served in the Indian Army during #WW1 at our April 20th Spring Conference and AGM in Leeds #GreatWar #WW1 History #Military bit.ly/WFAAGM2024

Ewart Doodson was killed during an attack on 9 April 1917. He was 18. He had enlisted into the MGC age 16. He was subsequently a crew member of tank D1 (probably called ‘Daredevil 1') in September 1915.
#TankGunner #WW1History #Military
#LesWeForget #Thornhill #NeverForget

Ewart Doodson was killed during an attack on 9 April 1917. He was 18. He had enlisted into the MGC age 16. He was subsequently a crew member of tank D1 (probably called ‘Daredevil 1') in September 1915.
#TankGunner #WW1History #Military
#LesWeForget #Thornhill #NeverForget

Francois Wicart's grandfather, Raymond Gohierre de Longchamps, was a major in the French Army - 28 RIT and commander of the Fort of Souville in April 1916. This, with family photos, is the story > bit.ly/3kgtPLC
#WW1 France
#WorldWarOne
#FrenchMilitaryHistory
#WW1

Dr Irfan Malik, a Nottingham GP and historian, will be sharing his research and stories of a group of Muslim soldiers who served in the Indian Army during #WW1 at our April 20th Spring Conference and AGM in Leeds #GreatWar #WW1 History #Military bit.ly/WFAAGM2024

#WW1 Pic of the Day.
Russian Cossack troops photographed by the remarkable Florence Farnborough, nurse, teacher author and photographer. From a plate she printed in the field.
#GreatWar
#WW1 History
#WW1 Research
#WarPhotography
#Photojournalism
#Russia
#Cossack

Was this the first ‘great escape’? In this article we look at the escape of 29 officers from Holzminden POW Camp in #WW1 > bit.ly/31LOn65
#WorldWarOne
#GreatWar
#WW1 History
#FirstWorldWar
#WW1 Research

#WW1 Pic of the Day.. A charcoal and water colour picture of snow-covered landscape on the Western Front featuring ruins and two figures in the distance by camouflage artist/war artist/architect WFC Holden. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 17281) #ArtHistory
#GreatWar
#WW1 History
#WorldWar

At our Spring Conference & AGM in Leeds on 20 April, Fraser Skirrow will show how young subalterns, mostly naïve privately educated school boys became the pivotal battlefield managers of 1917/18. Details > bit.ly/WFAAGM2024 #WW1
#GreatWar
#WW1 History
#WW1 Research

At our AGM in Leeds on 20 April, Anne Buckley will be telling the extraordinary story of the German POWs Fritz Sachsse and Herbert Straehler who escaped from Fukuoka in Japan in 1915 and spent a year on the run > bit.ly/WFAAGM2024 #WW1
#GreatWar
#WW1 History
#WW1 Research

A haunting #WW1 pic of the day. The second man shown here is 2nd Lt John Joseph Leo Morgan, commissioned from RI Rifles and killed in action at Festubert on 16 May 1915. #WeRememberThem
#WW1
#WorldWarOne
#GreatWar
#WW1 History
#20thCenturyHistory
#FirstWorldWar
#WW1 Research