Lord Kitchener with the Lord Mayor of London inspecting the Guard of Honour (Hon. Artillery Company) at the Guildhall, just before his speech.
Date: 1915
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Remembering Second Lieutenant Sidney Montague Olden 🇬🇧
1 Battalion, Border Regiment
Death: k.i.a, aged 29, near Vieux Berquin on 4 May 1918.
He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.
#lestweforget #remembrance #firstworldwar #britisharmy #britishhistory National Army Museum
For #RemembranceDay we are sharing a video taken from the six hours of audio-visual content displayed at the Sir John Monash Centre.
It describes how the Australian soldiers experienced the end of the #FirstWorldWar and their sometimes difficult return home.
#LestWeForget
Semley, Wiltshire. Lieut. George D. I. Armstrong of Sherwood Foresters that suffered catastrophic casualties in 2nd Boer War in S. Africa. Retired 1907. News of #FirstWorldWar broke him. In 1915 he fell from first floor window of house he shared with his mother. Verdict suicide.
Lost Battalion memorial and Major Charles White Whittlesey, the battalion commander who found himself leading the units of 🇺🇸77th Div. cut off by Germans during #MeuseArgonne offensive. I saw this picture of the MOH recipient at the astonishing Romagna 14-18 museum #FirstWorldWar
26th March 1918. With the not too distant noise of gunfire (Operation Michael, German Spring Offensive) and British Fifth Army facing collapse, British accepted command of 🇫🇷General Foch. “..I would fight all the time. I would never surrender.” #DoullensConference #FirstWorldWar
Remembering Lieutenant Hugh Owen 🇬🇧
A Company, 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment.
Death: 16 May 1915, Western Front.
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Nod of thanks to Commonwealth War Graves for altering the surname. Much appreciated. Now the three Buttery brothers at Ypres can rest easy. My wife and I are pleased and her aunty will be very happy indeed. Cheers to our mate Rick Smith🇺🇦 for visiting all three brothers. #FirstWorldWar #GreatWar
Ghosts on the Tree (1933) by Franz Sedlacek (Austrian artist, lived 1891-1945). The artist served in the #FirstWorldWar and was 'lost in action' in the #SecondWorldWar .
St. Mihiel German Military Cemetery last summer. Over 6000 concentrated post war sometime. Mainly from fighting in 1914 and 1915. At far corner are original burials with their interesting old headstones. #GreatWar #FirstWorldWar #WesternFront
Remembering Lieutenant Latimer Ridley Dubois 🇬🇧
1st/18th Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles).
Death: 7 April 1917, Western Front.
Son of Ernest Arthur and Alice Elizabeth Dubois, of Lewisham, London.
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A wet and windy May Monday in Bodmin Keep's recreated World War 1 trench... #bodminkeep #wetweather #trench #firstworldwar #keepdry #lifeinthetrenches #soldierlife #rain #cornwall ow.ly/NAWT50REfO9
Remembering Major Walter Whyte Ellis 🇬🇧🇦🇺
2nd in Command, 13th Battalion (New South Wales), Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force.
Death: 3 May 1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
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April 9th, Vimy Ridge Day 'Canadian troops return triumphant from the Vimy front, their celebrations tempered by the loss of 3,598 comrades killed and 7,004 wounded.' Lest We Forget 🍁🇬🇧
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Glorious sunshine on the Somme today, seen here at CWGC Courcelette British Cemetery
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Remembering Lieutenant Robert Arthur Douglas McCulloch 🇬🇧
1st Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment).
Death: 2 May 1915, Ypres, Western Front.
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