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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
"Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium" by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1918, Royal Signals Museum.
The #Ypres salient was a battleground for most of the #GreatWar. As such, the city and surrounding area were familiar to millions of #British and #Commonwealth #soldiers in the war years. #combatart #fww #fwwhist
The #Ypres salient was a battleground for most of the #GreatWar. As such, the city and surrounding area were familiar to millions of #British and #Commonwealth #soldiers in the war years. #combatart #fww #fwwhist
December 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium" by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1918, Royal Signals Museum.
The #Ypres salient was a battleground for most of the #GreatWar. As such, the city and surrounding area were familiar to millions of #British and #Commonwealth #soldiers in the war years. #combatart #fww #fwwhist
The #Ypres salient was a battleground for most of the #GreatWar. As such, the city and surrounding area were familiar to millions of #British and #Commonwealth #soldiers in the war years. #combatart #fww #fwwhist
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
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
"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
"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
I’m confused with the title. Is it Shellstorm, or Shellshock?
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I’m confused with the title. Is it Shellstorm, or Shellshock?
I spent a year in Kuwait in the late 90s. We had a communication site on Mutlaa Ridge and rats were a huge problem. We had s small pack of local dogs we sort of adopted as ratters. This is one of them in our tent. We fed them bacon and eggs from the hot rations we got in the mornings.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I spent a year in Kuwait in the late 90s. We had a communication site on Mutlaa Ridge and rats were a huge problem. We had s small pack of local dogs we sort of adopted as ratters. This is one of them in our tent. We fed them bacon and eggs from the hot rations we got in the mornings.
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
You’ve pretty much described every Army reunion. I’ve gone to reunions of several of my units over the past three or so years. They’re all pretty much the same. Daytime: excursion. Evening: dining out, Night: Great debauch.
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
You’ve pretty much described every Army reunion. I’ve gone to reunions of several of my units over the past three or so years. They’re all pretty much the same. Daytime: excursion. Evening: dining out, Night: Great debauch.
“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.
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.
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
Thanks for the detailed answers and I concur that this is an imperfect way to discuss important issues. When I read this story, I couldn’t help but think of my father. Infantry, WW2 & Korea, 24 yrs service. Wounded twice. Suicide age 56. I visited his grave several weeks ago in Arlington.
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Thanks for the detailed answers and I concur that this is an imperfect way to discuss important issues. When I read this story, I couldn’t help but think of my father. Infantry, WW2 & Korea, 24 yrs service. Wounded twice. Suicide age 56. I visited his grave several weeks ago in Arlington.
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.
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"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
I’m reading a fascinating book on my ipad about feeding the British Army in the #GreatWar. This was an incident that happened at Gallipoli on Christmas 1916. It’s a great illustration of what the troops thought of bully beef.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I’m reading a fascinating book on my ipad about feeding the British Army in the #GreatWar. This was an incident that happened at Gallipoli on Christmas 1916. It’s a great illustration of what the troops thought of bully beef.
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DSC winner Pfc Charles Cameron, Co B, 3d MG Bn, 1st Div, #USArmy. He earned America's second highest valor medal near Soissons, France on 19/7/1918. During a trench attack, he instrumental in securing the objective. Painting by Joseph Cummings Chase, 1919, #NMAH #GreatWar #AEF #WW1 #wwI #trenchwar
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Zero Hour" by James Prinsep Beadle, 1918, #IWM. Surrounded by his soldiers, a British platoon commander counts down on his watch. The seconds tick by until the fateful moment when they will go over the top. #westernfront #ww1 #GreatWar #BritishArmy #BEF #pbi
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"Zero Hour" by James Prinsep Beadle, 1918, #IWM. Surrounded by his soldiers, a British platoon commander counts down on his watch. The seconds tick by until the fateful moment when they will go over the top. #westernfront #ww1 #GreatWar #BritishArmy #BEF #pbi
Having unknowingly mixed some odd condiments into my coffee in a dark Bradley turret, I can relate to this story. In my case, it was catsup powder instead of creamer. Probably like the soldiers in the #GreatWar, I drank my coffee anyway.
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Having unknowingly mixed some odd condiments into my coffee in a dark Bradley turret, I can relate to this story. In my case, it was catsup powder instead of creamer. Probably like the soldiers in the #GreatWar, I drank my coffee anyway.
Gina looks like such a sweetie! It’s hard when they go because a good dog takes up so much space in our lives. I’ve had so many wonderful dogs over the decades. I believe each has had a gift to bestow. Putzi’s was the treasure of a great heart and a calm soul. This about a week before he died.
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Gina looks like such a sweetie! It’s hard when they go because a good dog takes up so much space in our lives. I’ve had so many wonderful dogs over the decades. I believe each has had a gift to bestow. Putzi’s was the treasure of a great heart and a calm soul. This about a week before he died.