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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Mar 14

De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 on display at Duxford. #Duxford #Aircraft #SeaVixen

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 26

Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk.Ib Z7015 of the Shuttleworth Collection. #Shuttleworth #SeaHurricane #Hawker #OldWarden

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 26

Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P3717 at Duxford. #Aircraft #Duxford #HawkerHurricane

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 26

Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 R4118
In markings of 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron RAF.

Delivered to 605 Squadron on the 17th August 1940, R4118 saw action during the Battle of Britain based out of RAF Croydon. R4118 flew 49 sorties, shooting down or damaging five enemy aircraft.
#Duxford #Aircraft

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 26

Hawker Hurricane Mk. I ‘P3717’ (G-HITT) at Old Warden.
Markings of 253 Squadron RAF. #HawkerHurricane #Aircraft #Duxford #Hawker #Hurricane #Planes #Warbird

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 22

Memorial to Lt's Melvill and Coghill killed at Battle of Isandlwana 22nd January 1879.
Lieutenants Melville and Coghill were not found until the 4th February 1879 and were buried where they died.
They were then reburied in an isolated grave on 14th April where today is marked by a memorial.

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 22

Lieutenant Teignmouth Melvill who was killed at the Battle of Isandlwana on the 22nd January 1879.

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 22

Lieutenant Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill.
Killed at the Battle of Isandlwana on the 22nd January 1879.

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 22

'Saving the Queen's Colours'
A romanticised view of Lieutenants Melvill and Coghill saving the Colour at the battle of Isandlwana.
Painting by French artist Alphonse de Neuville (1880).

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 22

Battle of Isandlwana 22nd January 1879 in 2010.

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 22

Battle of Isandlwana 22nd January 1879 in 2010.

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 22

Looking up at the mountain of Isandlwana in 2010 from the area of one of the rifle companies which were deployed some 800 yards from the main camp.

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 22

Isandhlwana Mountain after the battle of the 22nd January 1879 looking across the Neck where the main tented area of the camp was sited.
(© National Army Museum)

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 22

Graves at Isandlwana in 2010.

Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 22

146 years ago today on the 22nd January 1879 a British force camped at Isandlwana were defeated by a Zulu Army of 20,000 warriors.
The British lost 52 officers and 806 other ranks killed plus 471 Africans were killed fighting for the British.
Zulu casualties estimated at some 2,000 dead.

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 12

War Memorial at the Parish of Eriswell (near Lakenheath)
#WarMemorial

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 12

Everton (Bedfordshire) War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard.

"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918"

#WarMemorial

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 12

Bedfordshire Regiment Boer War Memorial at the Swan Hotel in Bedford.
Unveiled on the 2nd June 1904 the Memorial stands outside the Swan Hotel across the road from the Embankment beside the River Ouse.
Represents an infantry soldier in khaki service dress, and in heavy marching order.
#WarMemorial

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 10

Was lucky enough to be invited by the 100th Air Wing back in 2009 to watch F-15 Strike Eagles out of RAF Lakenheath being refuelled by a Kc-135 Tanker over the North Sea.
The 100th Air Wing (100 ARW) is based out of RAF Mildenhall. #Aircraft #Wow #F15

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 10

Was lucky enough to be invited by the 100th Air Wing back in 2009 to watch F-15 Strike Eagles out of RAF Lakenheath being refuelled by a Kc-135 Tanker over the North Sea.
The 100th Air Wing (100 ARW) is based out of RAF Mildenhall. #Aircraft #Wow #F15

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 10

Was lucky enough to be invited by the 100th Air Wing back in 2009 to watch F-15 Strike Eagles out of RAF Lakenheath being refuelled by a Kc-135 Tanker over the North Sea.
The 100th Air Wing (100 ARW) is based out of RAF Mildenhall. #Aircraft #Wow #F15

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 10

Was lucky enough to be invited by the 100th Air Wing back in 2009 to watch F-15 Strike Eagles out of RAF Lakenheath being refuelled by a Kc-135 Tanker over the North Sea.
The 100th Air Wing (100 ARW) is based out of RAF Mildenhall. #Aircraft #Wow #F15

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 10

Was lucky enough to be invited by the 100th Air Wing back in 2009 to watch F-15 Strike Eagles out of RAF Lakenheath being refuelled by a Kc-135 Tanker over the North Sea.
The 100th Air Wing (100 ARW) is based out of RAF Mildenhall. #Aircraft #Wow #F15

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 9

The drift (Buffalo River) at Rorke's Drift in 2010.
It is here the british crossed into Zulu Land on the 11th January 1879.
In the film "Zulu" we first see Lieutenant Chard building a bridge at this location.
The original photograph bottom right is the same area in 1879. #Zulu #RorkesDrift

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Adie @adie1158.bsky.social · Jan 9

Nigel Green in the film Zulu (1964) portraying Colour Sergeant Bourne and the real Colour Sergeant Bourne later on in life. #Zulu

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