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15 November 1918 2nd Lt Frederick George Hamnett of the King's Royal Rifles and the Intelligence Corps died from influenza. He was buried in Lille Southern Cemetery.

Frederick is also remembered at @charterhousesch.bsky.social and @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
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November 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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21 September 1914 Captain William Frend was killed in action and was buried in Chauny Communal Cemetery.

After graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge, William served in the army during the Boer War #WW1 #History #HistoryMattters
September 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Thank you to everyone who came out tonight to hear me and THE @profmsinha.bsky.social discuss legacies of the 19th c abolitionists who organized for a more just world, and how we must continue to speak their names & their stories @nyhistory.bsky.social #historymattters
Professor Manisha Sinha and Professor Prithi Kanakamedala sit next to each other on stage at The New-York Historical. Behind them a screen shows a child’s hands holding up a book with Brooklynites by Prithi Kanakamedala on the cover A statue of Abraham Lincoln stands on the stairs of The New-York Historical. A sign shows their latest exhibit, a blurry picture of New York City in the background A statue of Frederick Douglass outside the entrance to The New-York Historical
April 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM