Dan P
@danieljphelan.bsky.social
Speaker, tour guide, & EOHO volunteer for @CWGC. Interested in #WW1 and #WW2. National Trails completed: Cleveland Way 2018. Hadrian’s Wall 2021. SWCP 2024. Teacher. All views my own.
“Sergt. Hough had a frail body, but a stout and fearless heart.”
Words used by the Hinckley Times to describe Royal Army Medical Corps’ non-commissioned officer Alfred Hough, who is officially commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval.
📍Hinckley Cemetery 🇬🇧
Words used by the Hinckley Times to describe Royal Army Medical Corps’ non-commissioned officer Alfred Hough, who is officially commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval.
📍Hinckley Cemetery 🇬🇧
November 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
“Sergt. Hough had a frail body, but a stout and fearless heart.”
Words used by the Hinckley Times to describe Royal Army Medical Corps’ non-commissioned officer Alfred Hough, who is officially commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval.
📍Hinckley Cemetery 🇬🇧
Words used by the Hinckley Times to describe Royal Army Medical Corps’ non-commissioned officer Alfred Hough, who is officially commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval.
📍Hinckley Cemetery 🇬🇧
On 29th November 1944, a Tiger Moth training aircraft crashed into the back garden of a house in Chelmsford, killing two men. One of those killed was Staff Serjeant Clifford Wormleighton, Glider Pilot Regt, who was piloting the aircraft.
📍Coventry (London Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Coventry (London Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
On 29th November 1944, a Tiger Moth training aircraft crashed into the back garden of a house in Chelmsford, killing two men. One of those killed was Staff Serjeant Clifford Wormleighton, Glider Pilot Regt, who was piloting the aircraft.
📍Coventry (London Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Coventry (London Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
The epitaph “One of the Few” gives a nod to the part played by Pilot Officer Paul Baillon in the Battle of Britain.
📍Bayeux War Cemetery 🇫🇷
📍Bayeux War Cemetery 🇫🇷
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The epitaph “One of the Few” gives a nod to the part played by Pilot Officer Paul Baillon in the Battle of Britain.
📍Bayeux War Cemetery 🇫🇷
📍Bayeux War Cemetery 🇫🇷
The headstone of Percy Kelley, RAF, states he was just 17 years and 11 months old when he died at Endell Street Military Hospital, London. His casualty card states he died of influenza on this day in 1918.
📍Foleshill Congregational Burial Ground 🇬🇧
📍Foleshill Congregational Burial Ground 🇬🇧
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The headstone of Percy Kelley, RAF, states he was just 17 years and 11 months old when he died at Endell Street Military Hospital, London. His casualty card states he died of influenza on this day in 1918.
📍Foleshill Congregational Burial Ground 🇬🇧
📍Foleshill Congregational Burial Ground 🇬🇧
The casualty card belonging to Private 2nd Class Percy Greenslade, RAF, states that he died of cerebral effusion and heart failure while serving at Lilbourne, Warwickshire.
📍Clifton-on-Dunsmore (St Mary) Additional Churchyard 🇬🇧
📍Clifton-on-Dunsmore (St Mary) Additional Churchyard 🇬🇧
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The casualty card belonging to Private 2nd Class Percy Greenslade, RAF, states that he died of cerebral effusion and heart failure while serving at Lilbourne, Warwickshire.
📍Clifton-on-Dunsmore (St Mary) Additional Churchyard 🇬🇧
📍Clifton-on-Dunsmore (St Mary) Additional Churchyard 🇬🇧
Private Reginald Tite, Royal Sussex Regiment, was executed by firing squad for cowardice on this day in 1916. Ninety years later he was one of 306 soldiers who were granted a posthumous pardon.
📍Poperinghe New Military Cemetery 🇧🇪
📍Poperinghe New Military Cemetery 🇧🇪
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Private Reginald Tite, Royal Sussex Regiment, was executed by firing squad for cowardice on this day in 1916. Ninety years later he was one of 306 soldiers who were granted a posthumous pardon.
📍Poperinghe New Military Cemetery 🇧🇪
📍Poperinghe New Military Cemetery 🇧🇪
Able Seaman Henry Cullimore, of Cromhall, Gloucestershire, drowned in Budapest while serving on H.M. Motor Launch 434. He is one of only four Great War servicemen buried in Hungary. His remains were moved to their current location in 1958.
📍Budapest War Cemetery 🇭🇺
📍Budapest War Cemetery 🇭🇺
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Able Seaman Henry Cullimore, of Cromhall, Gloucestershire, drowned in Budapest while serving on H.M. Motor Launch 434. He is one of only four Great War servicemen buried in Hungary. His remains were moved to their current location in 1958.
📍Budapest War Cemetery 🇭🇺
📍Budapest War Cemetery 🇭🇺
Cpl Joshua Wilson rests in a cemetery where I volunteer for the CWGC. He was the son of William and Mary Wilson and was the husband of Beatrice, of 25 Fitton St, Nuneaton. Apart from his medal index card, I can’t find much else about him.
📍Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Cpl Joshua Wilson rests in a cemetery where I volunteer for the CWGC. He was the son of William and Mary Wilson and was the husband of Beatrice, of 25 Fitton St, Nuneaton. Apart from his medal index card, I can’t find much else about him.
📍Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
The grave of F/S Jack Emmott, Royal Australian Air Force, whose aircraft failed to return following an attack on the Szombathely marshalling yards. Other crews reported that night fighters were active in the area, and some aircraft were shot down.
📍 Budapest War Cemetery 🇭🇺
📍 Budapest War Cemetery 🇭🇺
November 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The grave of F/S Jack Emmott, Royal Australian Air Force, whose aircraft failed to return following an attack on the Szombathely marshalling yards. Other crews reported that night fighters were active in the area, and some aircraft were shot down.
📍 Budapest War Cemetery 🇭🇺
📍 Budapest War Cemetery 🇭🇺
Private Carl Andreasen, Dorsetshire Regiment, was killed in 1942 when a mortar bomb he was firing at exploded. The bomb had failed to explode during a training session and was dug up and fired at under the instructions of a sergeant.
📍Poole (Broadstone) Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Poole (Broadstone) Cemetery 🇬🇧
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Private Carl Andreasen, Dorsetshire Regiment, was killed in 1942 when a mortar bomb he was firing at exploded. The bomb had failed to explode during a training session and was dug up and fired at under the instructions of a sergeant.
📍Poole (Broadstone) Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Poole (Broadstone) Cemetery 🇬🇧
Remembering 18-year-old Doris Norman, Women’s Royal Naval Service, who died of tubercular meningitis on this day in 1943.
📍Market Bosworth (St Peter) Churchyard 🇬🇧
📍Market Bosworth (St Peter) Churchyard 🇬🇧
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Remembering 18-year-old Doris Norman, Women’s Royal Naval Service, who died of tubercular meningitis on this day in 1943.
📍Market Bosworth (St Peter) Churchyard 🇬🇧
📍Market Bosworth (St Peter) Churchyard 🇬🇧
Remembering the crew of Consolidated B-24 Liberator BZ891 who were lost on 18 November 1943 during a minelaying mission off Crete. The headstone of Polish airman F/O Janusz Zbyszyński particularly stood out to me.
📍Suda Bay War Cemetery 🇬🇷
📍Suda Bay War Cemetery 🇬🇷
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Remembering the crew of Consolidated B-24 Liberator BZ891 who were lost on 18 November 1943 during a minelaying mission off Crete. The headstone of Polish airman F/O Janusz Zbyszyński particularly stood out to me.
📍Suda Bay War Cemetery 🇬🇷
📍Suda Bay War Cemetery 🇬🇷
Two soldier brothers named on a headstone in a Leicestershire village. Ernest, a sapper in the Royal Engineers, died on this day in 1920 ‘from the effects of serving’. Sidney, a private in the RAMC, was killed by a shell in France in 1918.
📍Burbage (St Catherine) Churchyard 🇬🇧
📍Burbage (St Catherine) Churchyard 🇬🇧
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Two soldier brothers named on a headstone in a Leicestershire village. Ernest, a sapper in the Royal Engineers, died on this day in 1920 ‘from the effects of serving’. Sidney, a private in the RAMC, was killed by a shell in France in 1918.
📍Burbage (St Catherine) Churchyard 🇬🇧
📍Burbage (St Catherine) Churchyard 🇬🇧
Cpl Albert Farley, Royal Engineers Establishment for Engineer Services, is one of a handful of WW1 burials to be found in Portugal. Intriguing, he seems to have been awarded the Silver Medal of the Order of St. Stanislas (Russia).
📍Lisbon (St George) British Cemetery 🇵🇹
📍Lisbon (St George) British Cemetery 🇵🇹
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Cpl Albert Farley, Royal Engineers Establishment for Engineer Services, is one of a handful of WW1 burials to be found in Portugal. Intriguing, he seems to have been awarded the Silver Medal of the Order of St. Stanislas (Russia).
📍Lisbon (St George) British Cemetery 🇵🇹
📍Lisbon (St George) British Cemetery 🇵🇹
One of three brothers who gave their lives in the Great War, Capt. Rev. Noel Hawdon died of pneumonia following influenza. His brother Cecil was killed in June 1916, and another brother, Rupert, fell just 12 earlier, on 4 November 1918.
📍Terlincthun British Cemetery🇫🇷
📍Terlincthun British Cemetery🇫🇷
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
One of three brothers who gave their lives in the Great War, Capt. Rev. Noel Hawdon died of pneumonia following influenza. His brother Cecil was killed in June 1916, and another brother, Rupert, fell just 12 earlier, on 4 November 1918.
📍Terlincthun British Cemetery🇫🇷
📍Terlincthun British Cemetery🇫🇷
Enjoyed walking part of Liberation Route Europe’s new trail in Coventry with this morning. Fascinating to hear about the destruction, courage, and Blitz spirit shown by the city’s people exactly 85 years ago.
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Enjoyed walking part of Liberation Route Europe’s new trail in Coventry with this morning. Fascinating to hear about the destruction, courage, and Blitz spirit shown by the city’s people exactly 85 years ago.
Memorial plaques remembering the victims of the Coventry Blitz—tragically killed on this night in 1940 during the war’s most destructive raid up to that point. It’s important these people are not forgotten.
📍Coventry (Windmill Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Coventry (Windmill Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Memorial plaques remembering the victims of the Coventry Blitz—tragically killed on this night in 1940 during the war’s most destructive raid up to that point. It’s important these people are not forgotten.
📍Coventry (Windmill Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Coventry (Windmill Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧
Bluebells surround the headstone of L/Cpl John Rose, who died of meningitis the day after the armistice was signed. John was his parents’ only surviving son after his brother, Thomas, was killed in Iraq in May 1916.
📍Lutterworth (St Mary) Churchyard 🇬🇧
📍Lutterworth (St Mary) Churchyard 🇬🇧
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Bluebells surround the headstone of L/Cpl John Rose, who died of meningitis the day after the armistice was signed. John was his parents’ only surviving son after his brother, Thomas, was killed in Iraq in May 1916.
📍Lutterworth (St Mary) Churchyard 🇬🇧
📍Lutterworth (St Mary) Churchyard 🇬🇧
Private Frederick Horn served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was wounded in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He would die in an Oxfordshire hospital two years later, on 11th November 1918.
📍Lechlade Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Lechlade Cemetery 🇬🇧
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Private Frederick Horn served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was wounded in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He would die in an Oxfordshire hospital two years later, on 11th November 1918.
📍Lechlade Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Lechlade Cemetery 🇬🇧
Attended this morning’s remembrance parade and service in my hometown, Nuneaton. Wonderful to see thousands of people watching the parade and remembering those from the town who made the ultimate sacrifice.
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Attended this morning’s remembrance parade and service in my hometown, Nuneaton. Wonderful to see thousands of people watching the parade and remembering those from the town who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Just after midnight on 8th November 1920, in a makeshift chapel at St Pol, France, Brigadier General Louis Wyatt selected the body of the soldier who would become the Unknown Warrior.
📍Staffordshire Regiment Museum 🇬🇧
📍Staffordshire Regiment Museum 🇬🇧
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Just after midnight on 8th November 1920, in a makeshift chapel at St Pol, France, Brigadier General Louis Wyatt selected the body of the soldier who would become the Unknown Warrior.
📍Staffordshire Regiment Museum 🇬🇧
📍Staffordshire Regiment Museum 🇬🇧
Cpl Robert Elphick, Royal Irish Rifles, was the first wounded soldier to die of wounds at Nottingham General Hospital. It was reported the Belfast soldier received his wounds in the trenches at Neuve Chapelle and had to drag himself to safety.
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Cpl Robert Elphick, Royal Irish Rifles, was the first wounded soldier to die of wounds at Nottingham General Hospital. It was reported the Belfast soldier received his wounds in the trenches at Neuve Chapelle and had to drag himself to safety.
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
Gunner Frederick Weston, Royal Field Artillery, who died of wounds and pneumonia at the Northern General Hospital just 5 days before the Great War ended.
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Gunner Frederick Weston, Royal Field Artillery, who died of wounds and pneumonia at the Northern General Hospital just 5 days before the Great War ended.
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
Serjeant Henry Charles Linn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, died of pneumonia and influenza on this day in 1918. He enlisted in May 1915, agreeing to serve for the duration of the war, which would end just a week after his death.
📍Oxford (Botley) Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Oxford (Botley) Cemetery 🇬🇧
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Serjeant Henry Charles Linn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, died of pneumonia and influenza on this day in 1918. He enlisted in May 1915, agreeing to serve for the duration of the war, which would end just a week after his death.
📍Oxford (Botley) Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Oxford (Botley) Cemetery 🇬🇧
After visiting Pointe du Hoc back in August, it was interesting to visit the area in Cornwall where the men of the 2nd Ranger Battalion were billeted and trained in preparation for D-Day. Great to see some information about the battle on display in the Heritage Centre in The Castle Bude.
📍Bude🇬🇧
📍Bude🇬🇧
November 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
After visiting Pointe du Hoc back in August, it was interesting to visit the area in Cornwall where the men of the 2nd Ranger Battalion were billeted and trained in preparation for D-Day. Great to see some information about the battle on display in the Heritage Centre in The Castle Bude.
📍Bude🇬🇧
📍Bude🇬🇧