Kieran Morling

27 years on this earth, spent playing rugby & exploring Suffolk, France and Flanders / Français - Deutsch / just doing my best; so far, so good

[Kieran Morling @AndInTheMorning]

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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[Kieran Morling @AndInTheMorning]

@SommePhantom @Taff_Gillingham We do make that point in the video, Tom 👍🏼

[Kieran Morling @AndInTheMorning]

Menin Gate in the rain, just before midnight.

[Andrew Thornton @TheKnotUnites]

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.

[Kieran Morling @AndInTheMorning]

@Taff_Gillingham One of the mostly genuinely friendly people I’ve ever met, and perpetually in good humour. He’ll be missed hugely.

[Andy Saunders 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 @1940Andy]

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.

[Great War Huts @GreatWarHuts]

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

[Kieran Morling @AndInTheMorning]

@dizzernp @GreatWarHuts @Taff_Gillingham Spent a good half an hour on Monday night trying to find some yellow cloth for a 1st Suffolk Gibraltar flash!

[Kieran Morling @AndInTheMorning]

Anyone coming to @GreatWarHuts tonight for Hutted Histories will find out why this is funny at around 20:00…at my expense.

Not to be missed!

[Taff Gillingham @Taff_Gillingham]

It’s not very often that you receive an urgent message which says,
“Don’t forget the Brodrick Cap!”.

Looking forward to talking about uniforms, equipment and weapons at @GreatWarHuts tonight! 😁👍🏻

#HuttedHistories
#MostUnpopularArmyCapEver
@AndInTheMorning

[Great War Huts @GreatWarHuts]

“Gas Gas Gas!”

Our audience are all prepared and wearing their Hypo Hoods ready for our April #HuttedHistories talk by Simon Jones tonight.

#110YearsOfGasWarfare
@SimonJHistorian

[Great War Huts @GreatWarHuts]

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.

[Andrew Thornton @TheKnotUnites]

A post that may be of interest...

https://t.co/d0psQ05oQB

[Genevra Charsley @FlandersBTour]

"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

[Great War Huts @GreatWarHuts]

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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[Andrew Thornton @TheKnotUnites]

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.

[Great War Huts @GreatWarHuts]

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.

[Kieran Morling @AndInTheMorning]

‘I’ll have a photo with you, but only if you put this on!!’

Happy as anything to be back out, seeing chums and telling stories.

[Mildenhall Hums Dept @MilHums]

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.

[Lt Col Jules Russell @CO_AFC]

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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[Ian Kikuchi @curatorian]

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.

[Commonwealth War Graves @CWGC]

“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