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Today it’s 112 years ago since #WW1 started. This is our music video about Flanders Fields🌺
https://youtu.be/AwpPPLUNGOM?is=d5F5uVLb5s9uahvZ -
Today it’s 112 years ago since #WW1 started. This is our music video about Flanders Fields🌺
https://youtu.be/AwpPPLUNGOM?is=d5F5uVLb5s9uahvZ -
Robert Graves -- Good-Bye To All That
This 1929 autobiographical work is indispensable for an understanding of how many British dealt with the memory of the Great War in the years that followed.
The accounts of the chaos and confusion of military operations were vividly narrated, but did not come as a great surprise to me. I was more taken aback by the stories of allied mistreatment of German prisoners, with Graves picking out Canadian and Australian soldiers as especially notable for this behaviour.
"Good-Bye To All That" is rich with memorable anecdote and imagery, such as tommies using machine gun cooling water to make tea, and incidents of the wartime absurd, like the story of Graves mistakenly being reported as dead, then receiving a communication from his commanding officer: “I cannot tell you how pleased I am you are alive.”
Nevertheless the horror of the war is never forgotten: “The first dead body I came upon was Samson’s. I found that he had forced his knuckles into his mouth to stop himself crying out and attracting any more men to their death. He had been hit in 17 places.”
#Books #RobertGraves #GoodByeToAllThat #Autobiography #BritishLiterature #LiteratureInEnglish #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #History
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Robert Graves -- Good-Bye To All That
This 1929 autobiographical work is indispensable for an understanding of how many British dealt with the memory of the Great War in the years that followed.
The accounts of the chaos and confusion of military operations were vividly narrated, but did not come as a great surprise to me. I was more taken aback by the stories of allied mistreatment of German prisoners, with Graves picking out Canadian and Australian soldiers as especially notable for this behaviour.
"Good-Bye To All That" is rich with memorable anecdote and imagery, such as tommies using machine gun cooling water to make tea, and incidents of the wartime absurd, like the story of Graves mistakenly being reported as dead, then receiving a communication from his commanding officer: “I cannot tell you how pleased I am you are alive.”
Nevertheless the horror of the war is never forgotten: “The first dead body I came upon was Samson’s. I found that he had forced his knuckles into his mouth to stop himself crying out and attracting any more men to their death. He had been hit in 17 places.”
#Books #RobertGraves #GoodByeToAllThat #Autobiography #BritishLiterature #LiteratureInEnglish #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #History
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28 de julio de 1914.Austria-Hungría declara la guerra a Serbia #efemérides #julio #ww1 #shorts
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28 de julio de 1914.Austria-Hungría declara la guerra a Serbia #efemérides #julio #ww1 #shorts
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My blog about the 100s of #postcards and treasures that we found when my mum in law died
#WW1
#Womenshistory
Unbelievable #familyhistory find!
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My blog about the 100s of #postcards and treasures that we found when my mum in law died
#WW1
#Womenshistory
Unbelievable #familyhistory find!
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Men who worked at the Doncaster "Plant" with military links:
Walter Gilbert was born on 3rd August 1890, Doncaster, Yorkshire. He was the son of George Gilbert and Emma Jane Robinson.
In 1911 Walter’s occupation was a Carter aged 20, he lived with his family at 6 Wesley Place, Doncaster, Yorkshire.
On 4th July 1914 he started work at the Doncaster Plant as a Fitters Labourer.
He joined the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) 10th Battalion. Rank Private. Service No. 18346.
Private Walter Gilbert died of his wounds on 6th January 1916 in France aged 25. He is buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension Nord, France. #doncasterplantworks #WW1 #doncaster -
Men who worked at the Doncaster "Plant" with military links:
Walter Gilbert was born on 3rd August 1890, Doncaster, Yorkshire. He was the son of George Gilbert and Emma Jane Robinson.
In 1911 Walter’s occupation was a Carter aged 20, he lived with his family at 6 Wesley Place, Doncaster, Yorkshire.
On 4th July 1914 he started work at the Doncaster Plant as a Fitters Labourer.
He joined the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) 10th Battalion. Rank Private. Service No. 18346.
Private Walter Gilbert died of his wounds on 6th January 1916 in France aged 25. He is buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension Nord, France. #doncasterplantworks #WW1 #doncaster -
#SailawaySunday
Nurses of the QAIMNSR or the TFNS and the RAMC Medical Officers having tea aboard hospital barge. Watten, 8 June 1918. © IWM (Q 8893)
#WW1 #NursingHistory
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#SailawaySunday
Nurses of the QAIMNSR or the TFNS and the RAMC Medical Officers having tea aboard hospital barge. Watten, 8 June 1918. © IWM (Q 8893)
#WW1 #NursingHistory
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#WWI #WW1 Help please. Which are the best books from France?
I'm a casual reader around society and politics, so I particularly liked that British Army doctor's book. [edit needed obvs] What's available in translation into English that gives a sense of individuals and/or their families going through military service?
Also, I've also only read one German WW1 book. That one. So recommendations are equally welcome for Germany or anywhere that might fit the spec.
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#WWI #WW1 Help please. Which are the best books from France?
I'm a casual reader around society and politics, so I particularly liked that British Army doctor's book. [edit needed obvs] What's available in translation into English that gives a sense of individuals and/or their families going through military service?
Also, I've also only read one German WW1 book. That one. So recommendations are equally welcome for Germany or anywhere that might fit the spec.
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This week on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein we continue to look at the Lost Weird Tales of Arthur J. Burks with "The Sniper" (1926):
https://deepcuts.blog/2026/07/25/lost-tale-the-sniper-1926-by-arthur-j-burks/
#weirdtales #weirdfiction #military #historicalfiction #ww1 #wwi
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This week on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein we continue to look at the Lost Weird Tales of Arthur J. Burks with "The Sniper" (1926):
https://deepcuts.blog/2026/07/25/lost-tale-the-sniper-1926-by-arthur-j-burks/
#weirdtales #weirdfiction #military #historicalfiction #ww1 #wwi
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Series of men who were executed for desertion in WWI:
Today we remember Private Walter Dossett.
Walter Dossett was born in 1896, Sheffield, Yorkshire. He was the son of William Dossett and Lily Dale.
In 1911 Walter Dossett aged 15 occupation Assist Chair Works Furniture Works, lived with his family at 44 Martin Street, Upperthorpe, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
In 1915 Walter joined the York and Lancaster Regiment 1st/4th Battalion. Machine Corps. Service No. 45980, 5848, 83195.
He went absent during the Ludendorff Offensive in 1918. He had previously served as a Machine Gunner with 3 different Companies, one of which provided the firing squad.
He was shot on 25th June 1918 aged 22. He is buried at Hagle Dump Cemetery, Belgium.
The execution took place near Vlamertinghe in the Ypres Salient on 25th of June 1918. An ambulance drew up and Walter was led out under escort to a nearby rifle range. He was then bound to a chair, blindfolded and a piece of white paper placed over his heart.
He is remembered on the National Arboretum near Lichfield. #WW1 #shotatdawn -
'The Dandelion Clock paints a vivid picture of a soldier’s life, and intermingled with it, the lives of “those who stand and wait”. This is a story based in a reality that kept me reading late into the night.' mybook.to/DandelionClock #WW1
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'The Dandelion Clock paints a vivid picture of a soldier’s life, and intermingled with it, the lives of “those who stand and wait”. This is a story based in a reality that kept me reading late into the night.' mybook.to/DandelionClock #WW1
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I run a FB group about women in #WW1 in memory of my Nan. Emily was a widow who scrubbed floors and worked in a laundry to keep the family together. Every bit as important as soldiers and nurses.
Lots of photos,info and enthusiasm! Take a look!
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I run a FB group about women in #WW1 in memory of my Nan. Emily was a widow who scrubbed floors and worked in a laundry to keep the family together. Every bit as important as soldiers and nurses.
Lots of photos,info and enthusiasm! Take a look!
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Eastern Bush & Districts - Edward William Pullar, WW1 Memorial Entry, 2024
Edward William Pullar, Private, WW1 #32724 - from Eastern Bush:
Print copy of information page on Edward (Ted) William Pullar, Private, WW1 #32724 d. 12th October 1917, plus photograph from from Otago Witness, 21 Nov 1917 & NZ War Graves photo of cemetery, with attribution.
Ted as he was known, born Edward William Pullar, served from 7 July 1916 until he was KIA on 12 Oct 1917 in the battle for Passchendaele.
The text from this information page, reads as follows:
"Edward (Ted) William Pullar was born at Footscray, Melbourne, Australia, on 9th June 1892. He was the eldest son of parents William and Marion Alice Pullar, who reportedly had 14 children. The couple appear to have come to Aoteroa NZ after Ted’s birth along with their eldest child Elizabeth Jane. The family later went on to farming at Tussock Creek in Murihiku Southland. Ted’s education was said to have been undertaken at Rakiura Stewart Island and later Gummies Bush.Ted enlisted for WW1 on 7 July 1916 at age 24, and was a Bricklayer by trade, having worked on the First Church in Waihōpai Invercargill and various Post Office Buildings. At the time of enlistment, Ted was working for TA Scobie of Eastern Bush. Joining as a Private in the Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, Ted was sadly killed in action not much more than a year later, on the 12th October 1917 at age 25, in the dreadful battle for Passchendaele, in Ypres, Belgium.
Ted was also the recipient of a Military Medal, as reported in local papers and the London Gazette, in December 1917. It is recorded that Ted was awarded the Military Medal the week before he was killed. Edward’s memory lives on in the Tyne Cot Memorial at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen in Belgium.
Interestingly, his father William served in the Boer or South African War and also served as a Sapper in WW1, enrolling on 15 December 1915 at age 44, his trade being a painter. By the time he was 52, it is recorded that William was “no longer physically fit for war service” and he had Rheumatism. He was to pass away in 1945 at Balclutha, Otago, but was buried at Aparima Riverton Cemetery. It’s noted on the cemetery file he was also at Tihaka (Ōraka).
Then we have Ted’s brother Robert, a Sawmill Hand, who reportedly tried several times to enlist while underage, eventually managing this on 16 March 1916, but his attestation form says his birth year was 1896, while he is registered in the NZBDM as being born in 1899! It was a common occurrence however during early WW1, for boys to lie about their age so they could go off to war to supposedly ‘have a jolly good time and get to see the world.’ And none could have been prepared for the carnage, in tragic injury and loss of life that ensued.
Edward William Pullar is remembered on the following memorials:
- Invercargill Cenotaph also has Edward William Pullar recorded as below.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission online memorial.
- Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium, see below
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph, see field below
- And the New Zealand War Graves Project, as seen in the field below"This history was researched and written by our own digitising archivist, Suzie Best, as part of a community project to memorialise all of the local and districts service personal from over the years. It is shareable under a CC BY Licence, with Attribution to both the creator & our CWArchive.
More information about this family and and Edward Pullar will be added in the future. In the meantime, please share your memories and stories of any of them that you know, or if you are related, please let us know, also if you have any more photos of any of them please. You can do this by adding a comment about it, at the bottom of the image page.
Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive via DigitalNZhttp://api.digitalnz.org/records/54691088/source
#Farming #Ww1 #Anglican #Australia #BoerWar #EasternBush #TradesmanBricklayer #BelgiumBattles #DigitalImageInArchivePaperCopyInFiles #Museums #DigitalNZ #CentralAndWesternMurihikuSouthlandArchive
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Delonix regia in full bloom at Commonwealth War Cemetery (Deir El Belah - Gaza). Pic was taken in mid-2017 by Regional Supervisor Jeffery Mish.
Israel has almost completely erased it.
#Gaza #genocide #necroviolence #Palestine #zionism #Commonwealth #WW1
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Delonix regia in full bloom at Commonwealth War Cemetery (Deir El Belah - Gaza). Pic was taken in mid-2017 by Regional Supervisor Jeffery Mish.
Israel has almost completely erased it.
#Gaza #genocide #necroviolence #Palestine #zionism #Commonwealth #WW1
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I’ve seen dozens of #WW1 photo albums and this is undoubtedly the best I’ve ever seen!
Mary nursed mainly at the established hospital at Cottonera and St Patrick’s temporary tented hospital.
Lots of named nurses. I’ll be researching and blogging this weekend.
Perfect!
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I’ve seen dozens of #WW1 photo albums and this is undoubtedly the best I’ve ever seen!
Mary nursed mainly at the established hospital at Cottonera and St Patrick’s temporary tented hospital.
Lots of named nurses. I’ll be researching and blogging this weekend.
Perfect!
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I've just uploaded the prototype for Fomorian Company to itch.io. This is a #towerDefence game set in an alternative #WW1, where the enemies can shoot back or flee in terror when they meet an orc or snakeperson:
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I've just uploaded the prototype for Fomorian Company to itch.io. This is a #towerDefence game set in an alternative #WW1, where the enemies can shoot back or flee in terror when they meet an orc or snakeperson:
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'The sin of war spread out to engulf him...' Families torn apart by war. A young farm boy who went to war and the girl who waited. Promises to keep. mybook.to/DandelionClock 'Compelling and unmissable' #WW1 #historicalfiction
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'The sin of war spread out to engulf him...' Families torn apart by war. A young farm boy who went to war and the girl who waited. Promises to keep. mybook.to/DandelionClock 'Compelling and unmissable' #WW1 #historicalfiction
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'Should be required reading' The women of Auschwitz, WW1 in Egypt, and the courage of the men and women of the French Resistance. Three tales of love and war - lest we forget https://mybook.to/TalesofLoveandWar #WW1 #WW2 #histfic
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'Should be required reading' The women of Auschwitz, WW1 in Egypt, and the courage of the men and women of the French Resistance. Three tales of love and war - lest we forget https://mybook.to/TalesofLoveandWar #WW1 #WW2 #histfic
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WW1 in the mountains of #Slovenia was some crazy shit. Those limestone peaks were already riddled with karst caves. Troops dug forts into the mountains and shelled each other for months in stationary positions across valleys.
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WW1 in the mountains of #Slovenia was some crazy shit. Those limestone peaks were already riddled with karst caves. Troops dug forts into the mountains and shelled each other for months in stationary positions across valleys.
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Thirty-seven Australian soldiers disappeared during a 1917 raid into Celtic Wood. No bodies, no prisoners, and no definitive explanation have ever been found.
#HistoricMysteries #WW1 #WorldWar1 #CelticWood #UnsolvedMystery #MilitaryHistory #History #AustralianArmy
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/celtic-wood-0016189 -
Thirty-seven Australian soldiers disappeared during a 1917 raid into Celtic Wood. No bodies, no prisoners, and no definitive explanation have ever been found.
#HistoricMysteries #WW1 #WorldWar1 #CelticWood #UnsolvedMystery #MilitaryHistory #History #AustralianArmy
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/celtic-wood-0016189 -
How long before Putin goes against popular opinion and starts drafting women?
#Russia #Ukraine #WW1 #History
https://oddthisday.substack.com/p/the-womens-battalion-of-death -
How long before Putin goes against popular opinion and starts drafting women?
#Russia #Ukraine #WW1 #History
https://oddthisday.substack.com/p/the-womens-battalion-of-death -
One of the many places carrying the heaviness of the WW1 history. Corridors of terror filled hearts. And yet, the darkness dies in light.
#kluže #fortress #socavalley #mantgart #slovenia #slovenija #ww1 #history
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One of the many places carrying the heaviness of the WW1 history. Corridors of terror filled hearts. And yet, the darkness dies in light.
#kluže #fortress #socavalley #mantgart #slovenia #slovenija #ww1 #history
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Servidor de Beyond the Wire desde Buenos Aires. FPS táctico de la primera guerra mundial con una ambientación de primer nivel. Tiene algunos bots para entrar y tirorear aunque no haya nadie.
https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/btw/39766703
#beyondthewire #gaming #pcgaming #ww1 #tacticalshooters #videojuegos #multijugador
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Servidor de Beyond the Wire desde Buenos Aires. FPS táctico de la primera guerra mundial con una ambientación de primer nivel. Tiene algunos bots para entrar y tirorear aunque no haya nadie.
https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/btw/39766703
#beyondthewire #gaming #pcgaming #ww1 #tacticalshooters #videojuegos #multijugador
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5 de julio de 1914.Cheque en blanco a Austria-Hungría #efemérides #julio #austriahungary #ww1 #war #primeraguerramundial
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5 de julio de 1914.Cheque en blanco a Austria-Hungría #efemérides #julio #austriahungary #ww1 #war #primeraguerramundial
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Cimitero Militare al Pordoi, c.1930 - Ghedina Brunner Cartolina
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Cimitero Militare al Pordoi, c.1930 - Ghedina Brunner Cartolina
