Away from the Western Front
@aftwf1418.bsky.social
AFTWF originally an HLF project, now completed; continuing to commemorate & raise awareness of FWW campaigns outside Europe & tell the stories of those who served in them; posts by @edmondslyn.bsky.social http://www.awayfromthewesternfront.org
#OTD in 1916, the British celebrated Kossovo Day, during which everyone conveniently forgot about the 1915 Allied abandonment of the Serbs, and all the disparaging remarks about Serb fighting ability, and instead celebrated our plucky little ally in the Balkans.
As ever, remembering those from all nations who served in the #Gallipoli Campaign, especially my grandfather, a 1st Bn #RoyalDublinFusilier who landed on V beach this day in 1915, survived the whole campaign, the #Somme & the North Russian Front Details: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...
One of 79 ‘Blue Caps’ - Away from the Western Front
< Soldiers’ Stories One of 79 ‘Blue Caps’: the story of Sergeant Benjamin Hurt The Royal Dublin Fusiliers (RDF)…
awayfromthewesternfront.org
From our archive on #WorldPoetryDay “Gather up the fumes of frankincense”: submitted to us by @wherrypilgrim.bsky.social about poetic remembrances of the First World War in #Mesopotamia #poetry #WW1 #warpoets bit.ly/2KKaz5S
War Poets - Away from the Western Front
< Topics War poets The vivid experience of fighting in the First World War led many men and women…
bit.ly
Britain’s War Memorials@britwarmemorial.bsky.social · 6mo agoWar memorial tablet. St. Michael’s Church, Lower Dowdeswell, Gloucestershire. Commemorating Richard Hugh Coxwell Rogers of the Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry Hussars. KIA at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, on 21st August 1915. First World War. #LestWeForget
Glaswegian Surgeon, Katherine MacPhail not only ran hospitals in Serbia during WWI but stayed on to found the country's first children's hospital in 1921. And with Katherine I'm going to stop cos this was off the top of my head but /10
Another Uni of Glasgow alumni, Irishwoman, Dr Anne McIlroy always wore a thistle badge on her cap and ran hospitals in Troyes, Salonika and Servia. She was awarded the Croix de Guerre. In 1921 she became the Uk's first woman professor of medicine. I mean - What. A. Quine. /7
Glasgow graduate, surgeon Honoria Keer, was a Dr with the Scottish Women's Hospitals. She received the French Croix de Guerre & the Serbian order of St Saba - serving on both fronts. Sheroquine. I've never found a picture of her - in that sense she is MIA in our history. /4
From Arran, Mary Lee Milne was head cook at the Scottish Women's Hospitals and worked closely with Dr Elsie Inglis, who was key to setting them up. Milne received a medal in 1916 cos she had been under fire. She later said 'I cannot bear to think of the things I saw.' /2
German South West Africa Campaign awayfromthewesternfront.org/campaigns/af... #Africa #WW1
German South West Africa - Away from the Western Front
< Africa South Africa invades German South West Africa Back in 1911, the South African Prime Minister, Louis Botha…
awayfromthewesternfront.org
Dan P@danieljphelan.bsky.social · 8mo agoCaptain Harold Baron, RAF, died of illness contracted during the German South West Africa Campaign. He initially served with the 1st Rhodesia Regiment before applying for a commission with the Royal Flying Corps after the regiment was disbanded. 📍Oxford (Botley) Cemetery 🇬🇧
Paul@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 8mo ago22 January 1916 2nd Lt Harold Frederick Dawn of he Indian Army Reserve Officers attached to the 6th Jat Light Infantry. He was killed in action and is remembered on the Basra War Memorial. Harold was 23. Harold is also on the University of Manchester's War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
#EastAfricanCampaign #FWW For more information on #WW1 in East Africa: awayfromthewesternfront.org/campaigns/af...
East Africa - Away from the Western Front
< Africa East Africa The campaign in East Africa was a showdown between the British, Belgian and Portuguese Empires…
awayfromthewesternfront.org
Paul@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 8mo ago22 January 1918 Lt Colin Liddell Trotter of the King's African Rifles died of Typhoid Fever and was buried in Dar Es Salaam Cemetery. Colin is also remembered at Trinity College, Cambridge and Eton College #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Paul@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 8mo ago19 January 1916 2nd Lt The Hon George Joachim Goschen died of wounds and was buried in the Amara War Cemetery. His family memorialised George at St Augustine of Canterbury Church, Flimwell. He is also remembered at Christ Church, Oxford #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Paul@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 8mo ago16 January 1917 Captain John Tasker Kewley of 6 Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment died from the effects of wounds and was buried in Amara War Cemetery. John is remembered on a plaque at the Wesley Memorial Church & Brasenose College, Oxford #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Paul@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 8mo ago14 January 1918 Rev Harvey Staunton of the Army Chaplains Department and former @trentbridge.co.uk cricketer died from pneumonia in Baghdad, where he was buried. There is a memorial to Harvey in St Mary's Church Staunton In the Vale Newark And Sherwood and @selwyn1882.bsky.social #WW1 #History
On 12 January 1919 Sapper George Frederick #Bagnall from Devon, a father of 6 children died in Egypt, where he is buried in Kantara War Cemetery You can read his story here: tinyurl.com/y9jcceu4 #RoyalEngineers #Egypt #WW1 #FWW
Paul@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 9mo ago11 January 1917 Lt Noel Holme Wiggin of the Royal Field Artillery died from the effects of wounds and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial. Noel is also remembered on the Shepton Mallet War Memorial and at his old college @caiuscollege.bsky.social #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Paul@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 9mo ago10 January 1917 Lt Frederick James Willson of Indian Army Reserve of Officers died of wounds and was buried in the Amara War Cemetery. Fred is remembered on the St John’s Church Roll of Honour, Ballinasloe, Ireland & Emmanuel College Cambridge #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Paul@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 9mo ago10 January 1917 Captain Arthur Brooks Close-Brooks MC of 3 Bn Manchester Regiment died of wounds sustained in the attack near the Shatt-el-Hai Canal. He was buried in Amara War Cemetery. Arthur is also remembered on the Knutsford War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Mettle and Steel: the AANS in Salonika salonikacampaignsociety.org.uk/2026/01/09/m... #AustralianArmyNursingService #Salonika #WW1 #FWW
Mettle and Steel: the AANS in Salonika
Searching for information recently about nursing in Salonika, I stumbled across Mettle and Steel: the AANS in Salonika. It’s an account of the punishing nature of Australian military nursing in Sal…
salonikacampaignsociety.org.uk
Paul@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 9mo ago6 January 1917 2nd Lt William Joseph Cornwall Laurie of the 124th Duchess of Connaught’s Own Baluchistan Infantry was killed in action in Mesopotamia. He is buried in the Amara War Cemetery. William is also remembered at his old college Christ Church, Oxford #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Paul@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 9mo ago7 January 1916 2nd Lt Mark Moyle Brodies of 10 Bn Seaforth Highlanders was killed in action and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial. He is also on the family memorial at Hendon Cemetery, London. Mark is remembered at his old college Queens College, Cambridge #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Paul@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 9mo ago7 January 1916 2nd Lt Hamilton Maclaren Wylie of the Seaforth Highlanders was killed in action and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial. He is also memorialised on the family grave (below) in Highgate Cemetery, London. Hamilton is also remembered at @pembroke1347.bsky.social #History #WW1
From a 1919 postal booklet, 'With best wishes for the New Year from the British Community of Alexandria'; the booklet contains copies of photos relating to Egypt, the 53rd and 60th Divisions and General Allenby and some sketches #HappyNewYear #WW1 #FWW #Egypt
Paul@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 9mo ago27 December 1915 Able Seamen Edwin Davies (London Z/1516) Hawke Bn, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve was killed in action and has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. He is commemorated on the @uwtsd.bsky.social and @kebleoxford.bsky.social Memorials #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Paul@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 9mo ago28 December 1918 2nd Lt Donald Walker Borthwick of 4 Bn The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) was killed in action and has no known grave and is remembered on the Doiran Memorial, Greece. Donald was 18. Donald is remembered at Whitgift School #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Paul@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 9mo ago25 December 1915 Major William FitzGerald Levin of the Wellington Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F. died from wounds received on 18 December. He was buried in Alexandra. William is also commemorated on his wife's grave in Karori Cemetery and Crematorium, Wellington #WW1 #History
