Mike Taylor
@museummike.bsky.social
Retired curator. FWW historian. 40th Division. Author of 'No Bad Soldiers' a look at 119 Inf Brigade and Brig Gen Frank Crozier (Helion) Trophy guns nerd
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Commonwealth War Graves Iraq | CWGC Cemeteries & Memorials
History, photographs, video and 360° tours of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries and memorials in Iraq from the Mesopotamia Campaign of WW1 and WW2.
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Out and about around Oppy, Monchy, and Wancourt/Heninel today
British Library's EThOS platform for its online database of 650,000 doctoral theses back online. Hooray!
EThOS records restored
We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.
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William Henderson Gibson, husband of my Gt Aunt Laura. Please in Labour Corps 1916-19. Painter and decorator. Killed by fall from scaffolding, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, 11 Nov 1940 . RIP Bill.
Please repost if you agree that British TV News is betraying our democracy by giving Farage what looks like more coverage than all the other opposition parties combined.
Really pleased to be at Clan Cameron Museum, Achnacarry (that's near Ft William)next Wednesday (27th Aug) to talk about this gem. Captured at Loos by 5th Bn Cameron Highlanders. If you're around do come along (11.00-15.00) - I'll be the lonely nerd standing by the gun. #FWW #WW1 #Greatwargroup #WFA
Really glad that Sharpe and his men didn't have to come up against this gun at Barossa! It's an 1880s German 15cm breechloader. Still in use during the Great War. Gun nerd 1 Publisher nil #FWW #WW1 @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social #WFA
Really glad that Sharpe and his men didn't have to come up against this gun at Barossa! It's an 1880s German 15cm breechloader. Still in use during the Great War. Gun nerd 1 Publisher nil #FWW #WW1 @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social #WFA
Great to see my 2012 book reissued in paperback - as with all the books in this series, it’s an introductory guide. Pleased that readers found it of value
Really pleased to be at Clan Cameron Museum, Achnacarry (that's near Ft William)next Wednesday (27th Aug) to talk about this gem. Captured at Loos by 5th Bn Cameron Highlanders. If you're around do come along (11.00-15.00) - I'll be the lonely nerd standing by the gun. #FWW #WW1 #Greatwargroup #WFA
www.facebook.com/share/1AvBPK.... Some info about the #FWW #WW1 career of the RRS Discovery - and our forthcoming conference!
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Fancy a trip to Scotland? A warm welcome awaits in Bonnie Dundee. Our second national conference (1st was 2014). Some big names. Should be a great day and you get to see RRS Discovery. #wfa #FWW #GreatWar #FWW #wfatayside @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
Phil Watson giving his presentation “Lance -v- lance 1914 -The Last Lance Actions of the Great War” at the branch meeting of the WFA Tayside on Saturday afternoon
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Great War Gp Trustee spotted in the wild in a not at all posed photo shoot for English Heritage.
Just a reminder about our 5th birthday event in August - details of how to sign up for one of these trips on the photo below!
Writer and historian Eric Linklater's steel helmet after he was wounded in the head in 1918. The entry and exit holes are visible, but he survived with a permanent indentation in his scalp. It's in the Orkney Museum with his Black Watch kilt.
Dale is here for the first of his weekly guided tours this July! Clan clashes, political plots and violent battles. Follow the life of a soldier through these trying times in Scottish history. ❗Starting today! ❗ ⏰11am and 2pm⏰ 💵£10 per ticket💵 🌟Kids under 16 go free (must be accompanied by an adult)
Today we remember 1st July 1916 all those who fought and died on both sides of the wire
On this day and always. More missed than you would have imagined.
THE RETURN OF THE COLOURS June 1919, Blair Castle. Duchess Kitty can be seen tying wreaths to them with the Duke of Atholl.
Congratulations to the Aviation Preservation Society of Scotland on the first flight of their replica Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter, 25 years in the making. 🛩️🏴 #AvGeek #AvHist www.bbc.com/news/article...
World War One replica takes off after 25-year labour of love
A dedicated group of aviation enthusiasts have recreated a plane that used to patrol the Forth coastline.
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An honour to lay a wreath at the Menin Gate tonight, remembering my Great Great Uncle William MacDuff and the men of the 11th Border Regiment killed in action on 2nd December 1917
