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Retired armo(u)r Soldier • British-American • History nerd, esp. the WW1 BEF • No coffee too strong • Go Army! • Death before dismount • Yes Marmite
This is a medlar, which ranks amongst the oddest fruits I’ve ever even. The medlar ripens through a process called bletting. My neighbor has a medlar tree and gave us a half-dozen ripe fruits today. What does it taste like, you might ask? About the way the inside looks and it’s an acquired taste.
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This is a medlar, which ranks amongst the oddest fruits I’ve ever even. The medlar ripens through a process called bletting. My neighbor has a medlar tree and gave us a half-dozen ripe fruits today. What does it taste like, you might ask? About the way the inside looks and it’s an acquired taste.
"A Copse, Evening" by Alexander Young Jackson, 1918, #CanadianWarMuseum.
This infernal scene was familiar to an entire generation of British and Commonwealth #soldiers in the #GreatWar. A noted landscape artist, the painter created his #war art from personal experience. #fww #fwwhist #Passchendaele
This infernal scene was familiar to an entire generation of British and Commonwealth #soldiers in the #GreatWar. A noted landscape artist, the painter created his #war art from personal experience. #fww #fwwhist #Passchendaele
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"A Copse, Evening" by Alexander Young Jackson, 1918, #CanadianWarMuseum.
This infernal scene was familiar to an entire generation of British and Commonwealth #soldiers in the #GreatWar. A noted landscape artist, the painter created his #war art from personal experience. #fww #fwwhist #Passchendaele
This infernal scene was familiar to an entire generation of British and Commonwealth #soldiers in the #GreatWar. A noted landscape artist, the painter created his #war art from personal experience. #fww #fwwhist #Passchendaele
Please keep my niece in your thoughts. She was airlifted to a trauma center with her partner about an hour ago. They were involved in a head-on collision on US-60 in western Kentucky about an hour ago. I live in wedtern Oregon and may be flying east tomorrow based on the situation.
KYTC: Crash blocks U.S. 60 in Livingston County
A crash in Livingston County has blocked U.S. 60 in both directions near mile marker 25, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 1 said in an alert.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Please keep my niece in your thoughts. She was airlifted to a trauma center with her partner about an hour ago. They were involved in a head-on collision on US-60 in western Kentucky about an hour ago. I live in wedtern Oregon and may be flying east tomorrow based on the situation.
Sgt William A. Hartman, , Co F, 107th Engineers, 32nd Div, AEF, by Joseph Cummings Chase, 1919, #NAMH.
The portrait is one of a series of #DSC winners the artist created for the #USArmy after the #GreatWar. Like so much #FWW art, it is not of public display. #combatart #fwwhist #combatengineer
The portrait is one of a series of #DSC winners the artist created for the #USArmy after the #GreatWar. Like so much #FWW art, it is not of public display. #combatart #fwwhist #combatengineer
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Sgt William A. Hartman, , Co F, 107th Engineers, 32nd Div, AEF, by Joseph Cummings Chase, 1919, #NAMH.
The portrait is one of a series of #DSC winners the artist created for the #USArmy after the #GreatWar. Like so much #FWW art, it is not of public display. #combatart #fwwhist #combatengineer
The portrait is one of a series of #DSC winners the artist created for the #USArmy after the #GreatWar. Like so much #FWW art, it is not of public display. #combatart #fwwhist #combatengineer
As an old cavalry trooper, this story resonated with me. #ifyouaintcav #fwwhist
Time for this blog’s annual outing - busting some equine myths of the First World War.
Straight from the horse’s mouth
The run up to Armistice Day is truly the season of duff military history, so on that theme, I thought I’d share some of my top equine myths of the First World War… 1. ‘The British…
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November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
As an old cavalry trooper, this story resonated with me. #ifyouaintcav #fwwhist
"The Working Party", 1917, by Richard Tennant Cooper 1918, #NAM
Depictions of night combat are especially powerful. Hardly any frontline photos taken at night exist from the #GreatWar. Therefore, we must rely on artists’ work to show us this aspect of the soldier’s life. #fwwhist #fww #WesternFront
Depictions of night combat are especially powerful. Hardly any frontline photos taken at night exist from the #GreatWar. Therefore, we must rely on artists’ work to show us this aspect of the soldier’s life. #fwwhist #fww #WesternFront
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"The Working Party", 1917, by Richard Tennant Cooper 1918, #NAM
Depictions of night combat are especially powerful. Hardly any frontline photos taken at night exist from the #GreatWar. Therefore, we must rely on artists’ work to show us this aspect of the soldier’s life. #fwwhist #fww #WesternFront
Depictions of night combat are especially powerful. Hardly any frontline photos taken at night exist from the #GreatWar. Therefore, we must rely on artists’ work to show us this aspect of the soldier’s life. #fwwhist #fww #WesternFront
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Headstones at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Ypres, this morning.
August 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Headstones at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Ypres, this morning.
"A Tommy wearing rain cape and carrying picket posts," 1917 by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1918 © National Army Museum.
I love the atmospherics in this sketch. It hearkens to the labour that was a never-ending part of the soldier’s life in the #GreatWar. #LabourCorps #fwwhist #ww1 #WesternFront
I love the atmospherics in this sketch. It hearkens to the labour that was a never-ending part of the soldier’s life in the #GreatWar. #LabourCorps #fwwhist #ww1 #WesternFront
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"A Tommy wearing rain cape and carrying picket posts," 1917 by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1918 © National Army Museum.
I love the atmospherics in this sketch. It hearkens to the labour that was a never-ending part of the soldier’s life in the #GreatWar. #LabourCorps #fwwhist #ww1 #WesternFront
I love the atmospherics in this sketch. It hearkens to the labour that was a never-ending part of the soldier’s life in the #GreatWar. #LabourCorps #fwwhist #ww1 #WesternFront
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
Answer: Alex Levy from The Morning Show
Answer: Alex Levy from The Morning Show
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
Answer: Alex Levy from The Morning Show
Answer: Alex Levy from The Morning Show
Reading about the #WW1 British Army, I see quote a few unit battalion designations like the one in this screen grab. What does a battalion numbered 2/15, 1/3, etc., mean exactly? @fourteeneighteen.co.uk @sommephantom.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Reading about the #WW1 British Army, I see quote a few unit battalion designations like the one in this screen grab. What does a battalion numbered 2/15, 1/3, etc., mean exactly? @fourteeneighteen.co.uk @sommephantom.bsky.social
Take a half hour out of your time to watch this short film about the young men who went to war in Bomber Command. I was more than misty-eyed by the end.
What really hit me was the comments. There’s still a well of sorrow for all of the brave young men who died in their heavies. #airwar
What really hit me was the comments. There’s still a well of sorrow for all of the brave young men who died in their heavies. #airwar
A Memory Owed || Short Film (2025)
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November 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Take a half hour out of your time to watch this short film about the young men who went to war in Bomber Command. I was more than misty-eyed by the end.
What really hit me was the comments. There’s still a well of sorrow for all of the brave young men who died in their heavies. #airwar
What really hit me was the comments. There’s still a well of sorrow for all of the brave young men who died in their heavies. #airwar
“Neptune’s Inferno” by the late James Hornfischer. One of the finest naval history books ever published. This story puts you on signal bridges, inside gun turrets, and deep in ships during some of the most desperate sea combat of #WW2. #booksky #USNavy #PacificWar
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“Neptune’s Inferno” by the late James Hornfischer. One of the finest naval history books ever published. This story puts you on signal bridges, inside gun turrets, and deep in ships during some of the most desperate sea combat of #WW2. #booksky #USNavy #PacificWar
It’s 1988 and you’re certified to plan and lead patrols on the East German border.
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It’s 1988 and you’re certified to plan and lead patrols on the East German border.
It’s been almost a year since I lost my best friend. Just yesterday I received the renewal for his licence for the county animal control authority. It brought back how much I miss him.
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It’s been almost a year since I lost my best friend. Just yesterday I received the renewal for his licence for the county animal control authority. It brought back how much I miss him.
This is US senator Mark Kelly. US Naval aviator 1986-2011. Desert Storm combat veteran. NASA astronaut 1996-2011. Four NASA missions, over 54 days in space. One of my heroes.
I’m. With. Him.
I’m. With. Him.
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This is US senator Mark Kelly. US Naval aviator 1986-2011. Desert Storm combat veteran. NASA astronaut 1996-2011. Four NASA missions, over 54 days in space. One of my heroes.
I’m. With. Him.
I’m. With. Him.
So the holidays are coming right up. Do yourself a favour. Either gift yourself these two books, or get somebody who loves you to get them for you.
The amount of information in “Zero Hour Z Day 1&2” is astonishing. If you’re interested in how the #BritishArmy fought on the #Somme, these are it.
The amount of information in “Zero Hour Z Day 1&2” is astonishing. If you’re interested in how the #BritishArmy fought on the #Somme, these are it.
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
So the holidays are coming right up. Do yourself a favour. Either gift yourself these two books, or get somebody who loves you to get them for you.
The amount of information in “Zero Hour Z Day 1&2” is astonishing. If you’re interested in how the #BritishArmy fought on the #Somme, these are it.
The amount of information in “Zero Hour Z Day 1&2” is astonishing. If you’re interested in how the #BritishArmy fought on the #Somme, these are it.
This little gem popped up in the Washington Post today. My dad and countless military personnel from across the globe fought fascism, and now this. SMFH…
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This little gem popped up in the Washington Post today. My dad and countless military personnel from across the globe fought fascism, and now this. SMFH…
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Battle of Cambrai, 1917.
“Through Mud and Blood to the Green Fields Beyond.”
“Through Mud and Blood to the Green Fields Beyond.”
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Battle of Cambrai, 1917.
“Through Mud and Blood to the Green Fields Beyond.”
“Through Mud and Blood to the Green Fields Beyond.”
Share a TV series you’ve watched from beginning to end more than once.
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Share a TV series you’ve watched from beginning to end more than once.
Royal Garrison Artillery Gunner F.J. Mears was an enigmatic artist with a unique vision of war. His stark and visceral paintings are a window into the #GreatWar combat experience. #fww #fwwhist #RGA #WesternFront
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Royal Garrison Artillery Gunner F.J. Mears was an enigmatic artist with a unique vision of war. His stark and visceral paintings are a window into the #GreatWar combat experience. #fww #fwwhist #RGA #WesternFront
There’s a good article about shell shock in vol. 4, iss. 20 of "Salient Points." I’m a bit confused about para 1. Is the author saying #WW1 shell shock was a different from PTS. I’ve read it through several times and that’s what I’m getting. Also, I think about TBI.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
There’s a good article about shell shock in vol. 4, iss. 20 of "Salient Points." I’m a bit confused about para 1. Is the author saying #WW1 shell shock was a different from PTS. I’ve read it through several times and that’s what I’m getting. Also, I think about TBI.
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
"With Manton's Guns, Hill 60, August 1917" by Will Dyson, #NMAH.
#Australian illustrator Will Dyson ranks among my favourite war artists. His drawings of the Australian Imperial Force on the #WesternFront are both evocative and powerful.
#Fwwhist #GreatWar #ww1 #trenchwarfare
#Australian illustrator Will Dyson ranks among my favourite war artists. His drawings of the Australian Imperial Force on the #WesternFront are both evocative and powerful.
#Fwwhist #GreatWar #ww1 #trenchwarfare
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"With Manton's Guns, Hill 60, August 1917" by Will Dyson, #NMAH.
#Australian illustrator Will Dyson ranks among my favourite war artists. His drawings of the Australian Imperial Force on the #WesternFront are both evocative and powerful.
#Fwwhist #GreatWar #ww1 #trenchwarfare
#Australian illustrator Will Dyson ranks among my favourite war artists. His drawings of the Australian Imperial Force on the #WesternFront are both evocative and powerful.
#Fwwhist #GreatWar #ww1 #trenchwarfare