Latest addition to our website blog is the story of Second Lieutenant Clifford Hewson Abbott, who was a schoolmaster at Keighley Boys Grammar School before the Great War. He sent a great letter from the front, which is included in his biography: menofworth.org.uk/clifford-hew...

Second Lieutenant Clifford Hewson Abbott -

In 1901 Clifford was aged 19 and lodging at 5, Edina Place in Edinburgh and was a student at Moray House, Edinburgh College.

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Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #GWR Mark Brown Shadwell - Créosoter Hayes Pte 1st Middlesex Regt Killed in action 12/11/1914 aged 30 Buried at Rue-David Military Cemetery Fleurbaix

I've re-added the story of Private George Greenwood who committed suicide rather than go back to the Army. He is buried at Utley Cemetery in #Keighley. This tragic young man could not cope with Army life and may even have been #autistic. (although we'll never know.) menofworth.org.uk/george-green...

Private George Greenwood -

Remarks: Superintendent Vaughan, I beg to report that in company with Inspector Cunningham and PC 404 Milburn at 2 pm attended inquest at the Town Hall,

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Private (Signaller) Leonard Tetley Seed, 2nd/4th Bn., Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) killed in action 28th July 1918, aged 23. Commemorated on the Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France and remembered on the family grave at Lister Lane Cemetery. www.listerlanecemetery.co.uk/leonardtetle...

Latest article added to the Long, Long Trail is "An Ulsterman’s war: William Alderdice". See www.longlongtrail.co.uk/an-ulsterman... #ww1 #genealogy

An Ulsterman's war: William Alderdice - The Long, Long Trail

This article is based on work I carried out for a private client in Canada in 2025. Who was William Alderdice? William […]

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Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #GWR Samuel Arthur Chinn - Porter Newquay Pte 1st Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry Killed in action 21/11/1914 aged 31 Commemorated on the Menin Gate Ypres

Today’s ceremony details at the Bradford Pals memorial for the 110th anniversary of the Bradford Pals:

Herbert Bullock, Sgt, from Wyke. He had previously served in the Dragoon Guards during the Boer War. He died in 1928, only 48 years old.,

#OTD 110 Years ago the Battle of the Somme began. Thousands of men went over the top spurred on by the expectation of victory & to be in Berlin by Xmas. Many would only make it just yards out of their trench. By nightfall there would be over 57,000 casualties, nearly 20,000 had been killed #ww1

110 years ago today, the Battle of the #Somme began. Behind the statistics were ordinary lives, families, hopes and stories that vanished into history. This is the story of just one of the thousands #WW1 #Somme110 #LestWeForget funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2022/11/12/g...

Gone without a trace

Edward Henry ‘Teddy’ Bovill (1887-1916) just one of the many thousands of ‘Missing of the Somme’

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On the 110th anniversary I’m going to be attending the Bradford Pals Memorial this morning, to remember the men who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Corporal Sam Lowndes was one such man: menofworth.org.uk/sam-lowndes/ His brother Charles was also killed, in November 1916.

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18th Battalion, Prince of Wales’ Own West Yorkshire Regiment (2nd Bradford Pals) war diary entry for 1st July 1916.

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The Battle of The Somme Centenary, 10 years ago, was a busy time for GWH. Lyndsay was part of the Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport team organising the Westminster Abbey service and overnight vigil, which took place 10 years ago tonight, and designing these popular keepsakes! /1

First courgette of the year. Love these yellow ones, as you don’t need a banana for scale…

We’ve tried various species of bedding plants in our hanging basket over the years, but nothing has been quite as prolific as these ‘Surfinia’ trailing Petunia varieties. A huge range of different colours and large flowers make up this lovely show.

24 Apr 1917 // HM Trawler Margate, escorting a group of fishing boats with HMT Gaul, was sunk by U-boat UC.50 off Spurn Head. The U-boat sank one trawler and damaged both Gaul and Margate. The latter was attempting to ram UC.50 when sunk. All her 13 crew died. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

#HistNursing #WW1

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Lucky enough to be able to visit St. John’s Keswick and see a memorial stained glass window dedicated to a VAD. Constance Lilian Louise Highton. She died of flu in London aged only 20. The window was by James Powell and Sons known as Whitefriars Glass #WindowsOnWednesday #WomensHistory

Nurse Hilda Florence Latitia Peare Died 13 March 1917 Aged 23 Interestingly the initial headstone noted her service in France The CWGC added a new stone at a later date I think #WomensHistory #WW1 #NursingHistory

Sitting out on our covered decking area for most of the day. The parachute has definitely created a wind tunnel effect which has been rather cooling and cost absolutely nothing to put up.

Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #GWR Thomas Powell (Packer Engineering Dept Reading) Private 2nd Manchester Regt Died 23/10/1914 at the 15th Field Ambulance aged 30. Buried at Gorre British & Indian Cemetery (east of Bethune)

On #FathersDay my eldest got the memo! I’m so proud of our number 1 #CrotchGoblin! (The other four bottles are already in the beer cooler) @timothytaylors.bsky.social

Excellent #FathersDay present! En-GIN-e in a tin that looks like an oil can! I suppose I’ll have to test it later…

I remember when we found out our Father was the strongest man in the world. At a funfair in the early 1960s he swung the mallet and rang the bell three times in a row, despite the man slipping an extra weight on it. Best day ever. Miss you Dad. Roy Wade 1933 - 2014.

Born into a large working-class Saltaire family in 1863, Frederick (Fred) Stead overcame adversity to become one of Bradford's finest portrait and landscape artists. The youngest of ten children, his mother died six months after his birth, leaving his textile-worker family to

Bought two pots of very colourful poppies last year and collected all the seed which I sowed this spring. First flower has opened up this morning. Glorious colour!

@merrynwalters.uk I’m sure you’ll have seen this but just in case you haven’t, the mine plans are now available to search through the Mine Remediation Authority and British Geological Survey. Apologies in advance if it sends you down a rabbit hole! https://mine-plans.bgs.ac.uk/home.html

Great Western Railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War #WW1 #GWR Andrew Rogers (Labourer Plymouth Docks) Pte 1st Gloucestershire Regt Died 22/10/1914 at No 2 Field Ambulance based at Elverdinghe & buried in the churchyard - reburied at Cement House Cemetery in 1973

For any #FamilyHistory folk here for #GenHour - looking for descendants/ family of #WW1 #Portsmouth railwaywomen seen in this rather lovely image! Fitting in the #Portsmouth100 year. Any help greatly appreciated: thanks in advance! There's more here: www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...

Hi Mike, @rwldproject.bsky.social I finally got around to writing up the incident of Leslie James Ramsell, who was crushed to death between the engine he was riding on and a loading dock wall: menofworth.org.uk/leslie-james...

Gunner Leslie James Ramsell -

There are no Army service records available for Leslie James Ramsell, but we have possible medal records for him which show he served overseas with the Royal

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Next Members Hybrid Monthly Meeting, is on Wednesday 24th June 7.30pm - 9.00pm at the Earl of Doncaster. Our speaker will be Andy Harbon giving a talk on Lockerbie Family Tragedies. #history

Stumbled across this amongst some old photos on a hard drive. Perhaps we all need the kind of friend who might get us into trouble now and then.