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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 2h

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
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315e RI @ri315e.bsky.social · 14h

The Great War… of Great Moustaches

Here are some of my top 10 Greatest Moustaches of World War I 🥸from Hindenburg’s to papa Joffre’s walrus.

What your favourite?

🎥 Watch the full 👇

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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 2h

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
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GD's Tales @tanktales.bsky.social · 3h

Capt Gilbert Arthur Price went to the Western Front in 1915 as a Pte in the 20th Londons & was commissioned into the Tank Corps in 1917.
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 3h

By autumn 1322, Robert the Bruce held the upper hand. Edward II’s failed invasion of Scotland had ended in famine and retreat, giving Bruce the chance to strike south. In October, his army swept into Yorkshire, where Edward was staying at Rievaulx Abbey. OTD 14 October, the

Memorial commemorating the Battle of Old Byland

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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 2h

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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 13h

Buried in the same cemetery as Captain Jefferies VC, and killed on this same day, is Sergeant Lewis McGee VC. Awarded his Victoria Cross for his bravery during the attack on the Broodseinde Ridge on 4th October, he would be killed just eight days later.

📍Tyne Cot Cemetery 🇧🇪

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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 2h

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 5h

🚨🚨 Free Talk!

Topic: GWG free online talk. Musical Box: Bringing a Legend Back to Life
By Andy Moody
Time: Oct 22, 2025 08:00 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting
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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 18h

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
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Carla-Jean Stokes @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social · 20h

Abbé Thuliez holding Thanksgiving Service in Cambrai Cathedral, William Rider-Rider, Sunday, October 14, 1918. This print belongs to the Archives of Ontario.

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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 22h

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1

Not the Western Front Society @ntwf.bsky.social · 1d

Issue 1 of the journal of the Not the Western Front Society has been published 5 great articles in this issue including The Siege of Tsing-Tao Part 1, Ramadi and Signal Company in Gallipoli

Its just £7.50 a year for subscriptions and you can sign up at www.trybooking.com/uk/ESJZ

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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 22h

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 1d

A very dark day for the 46th (North Midland) Div

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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 22h

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 1d

Hohenzollern Redoubt 1915

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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 1d

I ❤️ Viz

A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones

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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 1d

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1

Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 2d

Captain Clarence Jefferies VC was killed on 12th October 1917 leading an attack on a machine emplacement for which he was awarded his Victoria Cross. His body was initially lost but was recovered and identified in 1921.

📍Tyne Cot Cemetery 🇧🇪

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Parcours 14-18 @parcours14-18.bsky.social · 2d

Découverte d'un livre sur la #1GM proposant une vision mêlant Histoire, philosophie, mysticisme & œuvre littéraire. La guerre d’un fantassin en 41 thèmes par Fernand Pignatel.
L’Offertoire, trente scènes du calvaire du poilu illustrées par Pierre Gerbaud
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parcours-combattant14-18.fr/vision-parti...

Couverture de l'ouvrage de PIGNATEL Fernand, L’Offertoire, trente scènes du calvaire du poilu illustrées par Pierre Gerbaud, Paris, Étienne Chiron, 72 pages.

Illustration de Pierre Gerbaud datée de 1918. Page 43.

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Debout les Morts ! @vingtfrong.bsky.social · 2d

#WW1 #FWW #FWWHist #History 🗃

Debout les Morts ! @vingtfrong.bsky.social · 3d

#OTDiH 1914: Death of Georges Alexandre (Alec) Carter, a hugely successful pre-war jockey. Born into a British horse racing family in Chantilly, he’d been maréchal des logis with 23e Dragons but died of wounds received while serving as agent de liaison with 226e Régiment d’infanterie. #1GM
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A French Newspaper article reporting the death of Alec Carter and his achievements as a jockey.

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s article is up and it’s FREE for all to read. Get your potted introduction to three of the leading French generals in #WW1 for starters:

achurchill.substack.com/p/free-artic...

FREE ARTICLE: French Command, 1914-18

Today I thought I’d revert to what I love best - bludgeoning you with French history.

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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 4d

Because every day is a mental health day…

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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 4d

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
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D. Delavois @d-del.bsky.social · 4d

#1GM Marcel Georges Grospely (1893-1915)

Un instituteur de la classe 1913 tué le 9 mai 1915.

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Peter Hart @peterhart.bsky.social · 4d

We reach the Siege of Tobruk in the enthralling story of the South Notts Hussars (107 Regiment, Royal Artillery, 1939-1945. Our first ever series, full of the stories of the men who were there. Please share! And thanks! open.spotify.com/episode/4Zqi...

Spotify – Web Player

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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 4d

WIRED spoke with Mark Bray, the Rutgers historian trying to flee to Spain with his family after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back from the airport on his first attempt.

read @davidgilbert.bsky.social:

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 5d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 4d

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1

Carla-Jean Stokes @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social · 4d

On October 11, 1918, Canadian official war photographer William Rider-Rider sent a telegram to the Canadian War Records Office in London. In it, he stated that he had just handed his negatives to the censor of photographs taken in the burning town of Cambrai.

Canadians entering Cambrai, October 9, 1918, William Rider-Rider, LAC MIKAN
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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 4d

DJT deserves the Nobel Peace Prize as much as Joe Stalin deserved it for his role in ending the Franco-German war of 1939-40

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Chris Sams @jerijerod14.bsky.social · 5d

This week’s free to read:

On 3 September 1939 the RAF’ first bombing raid was on standby to attack the Kriegsmarine in port on the first day of #ww2, but how did it go?

jerijerod14.substack.com/p/bombing-th...

#history #navalhistory

Bombing the Fleet

The RAF's first bombing sortie of World War Two

jerijerod14.substack.com

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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 5d

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1

Carla-Jean Stokes @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social · 5d

I love reviewing Canadian official First World War photographs in real time. Fall is an especially great season for this.

👇Here's why.

Canadians looking at German trench mortar ammunition, William Rider-Rider, October 1918, Library and Archives Canada MIKAN 3397962.

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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 5d

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
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Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social · 5d

Serjeant Jordan, a former policeman and reservist, went to France with the first expeditionary force in August 1914. He went through the retreat from Mons in early 1915 and, later that year, was awarded the Distinguished Conduct medal.

📍Ilfracombe (Holy Trinity) Churchyard🇬🇧

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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 5d

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
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GD's Tales @tanktales.bsky.social · 6d

100 years ago today on 8th October 1925 the city of Belgrade was awarded the Czechoslovak War Cross 1918.

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