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Bolsover’s impressive War Memorial. Many local miners & farm workers volunteered for service in the First World War. @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social @britwarmemorial.bsky.social #LestWeForget #FirstWorldWar #Bolsover

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The Battle of Verdun began #OTD in 1916. To discover more about the longest battle of #WW1 have a listen to this episode of Old Front Line #podcast: oldfrontline.co.uk/2023/08/05/v...

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Starfish! Great to work on this project with my wondetful colleagues at Keele www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Remembering Tommy: Remembering Chris. My mate Chris Foster passed away last week, leaving a huge hole. This project was beloved by both of us: this is for you, my friend

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Todya's badge - a rare one for the Better 'Ole soldiers social club in Paris. The badge date must be post-1915 as the famous Bairnsfather "Better 'Ole" cartoon wasn't published till late 1915. In all the years I have been collecting, this is the only example of this I have seen #WW1 #FWW

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I hope the ghost of Sally Ride takes her vengeance on those responsible for this.

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On this day in 1971, Alan Shepard brought the Lunar Module 'Antares' down in this utterly wondrous place. Seen here in #ApolloRemastered. In the upcoming #GeminiAndMercuryRemastered, we'll see Shepard up close, aboard 'Freedom 7' as he became the first American in space.

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A plaque in Coventry’s War Memorial Park to Cpl Denis Worrod, Parachute Regiment, who was killed in North Africa. Sadly, he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Medjez-el-Bab Memorial in Tunisia.

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Today's badge - the first in a series. The Comrades of the Great War Association was set up in 1917 to represent the rights of those who had served or been discharged from service during WW1. Over 700 Associations were founded in the aftermath of the war. #WW1 #FWW

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For those fluent in Catalan - this is a fascinating piece of work www.elpuntavui.cat/politica/art...

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It’s always great when you buy used books that have extra ‘stuff’ in them. This one is a keeper…

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Docklow roll of honour (for the fallen). St. Bartholomew’s Church, Docklow, Herefordshire. First World War. #LestWeForget

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Why does the BBC insist on using ‘Nasa’, when it’s NASA…? If it’s in the style guides, then change them…please

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Services rendered: medals awarded to a Royal Welch Fusilier for service in France & Germany between 6 June 1944 and 8 May 1945, and to a rifleman in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps for service between 1941-45. These simple items reflect stories of endurance & courage by British citizen soldiers in WW2

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Fantastic thread. My father was a PoW for five years after being captured in the Dunkirk perimeter. Not for him a galaxy of stars

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Ok, here’s to my first seminar of 2025…

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Supermarine S6b Schneider Trophy winner and the Spitfire that followed it, on display in the Flight Exhibition space of the Science Museum

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Spitfire wind tunnel model from RAE Farnborough, 1941, on display in the Science Museum

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