I’d like to think I know a thing or two about war memorials, but in Valletta this week, I visited what I think may be one of the most powerful I’ve seen.
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A day to remember the Chums of The Old Contemptibles' Association - the Association Plot in the Field of Remembrance and Robert Danny, Grandson of Captain Danny, laying a wreath at the Old Contemptibles memorial in the West Cloister of Westminster Abbey.
Here is ‘my’ DH9 looking fabulous in the Duxford sunshine. Can’t quite register that it was 25 years ago that I hauled this aircraft, and the IWM static example, out of a Rajasthan elephant stable.
We held a wonderfully uplifting service this afternoon in our Recreation Hut to celebrate the life of Dora Ringland.
Dora has been a supporter of GWH ever since her first visit.
It was lovely to be part of the celebration of her life among her family & friends.
Thank you, Dora x
It was an honour to take part in the Toc H World Chain of Light this evening and light the Brampton Lamp for the first time in many years.
Thank you to everyone who came to share this special occasion with us.
"Verdun, we're not going through"
Tribute paid by the student officers of the Saint-Cyr Special Military School to their former soldiers who died for France during the Battle of Verdun.
#EnLeurSouvenir#GrandeGuerre
This weekend we launched our exhibition for #HeritageOpenDays!
This year’s HODs theme is #RoutesNetworksConnections, so our Guard House exhibition explores the routes in which men and women joined the Armed Forces on the outbreak of war 110 years ago in 1914.
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It's the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Mons tomorrow.
As with all history, separating the facts from the mythology, and understanding the difference, is something that should be done if we claim to 'remember' those who were there - combattants and civilians alike.
We now have over 6,000 GWH Followers!
Thank you so much to you all and here, as promised, is a sneak preview of our upcoming 1914 #Outbreak110 Exhibition in our brand new Changing Exhibition Space, which will be opening soon.
Another highlight of our tour was bumping into @AndInTheMorning.
Mr Lowis is full of determination, but not plum and apple - just an open sandwich special from Hooge Crater Museum and cafe.
Suffolk Regiment 👍 #Stabilis.
It’s the time of year again when our JS and their staff visit Normandy on Exercise LION’S SPIRIT to learn about the realities of war. This spring has been one of our biggest, with Waterloo Company (all 336 of them!) there now.
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Today in 1944, Sapper D Lewis of the Royal Engineers shows off his 'extraordinary physique' built after four years' training. From a series of photos entitled 'Building bridges builds muscles'.
Photos: @I_W_M H-series.
“I remember him as a very decent man.” D-Day veteran Roy Maxwell, No 4 Commando makes an emotional visit to the grave of his friend Lieutenant Phillip Wellesley Colley @CWGC’s Bayeux War Cemetery. Learn more, here: https://t.co/z1foQhfR9w #LegacyOfLiberation#DDay75#WW2