Very amateur historian, particularly WW1; wife, mother, ex-teacher and community volunteer. I knit so I don’t kill people. #OBS#DCA#ADC @GreatWarGroup Trustee
I think they’re finally all on the map. Nearly 400 men from #Petersfield and the surrounding villages who died in #WW1. As always, any information or photographs to add would be wonderful. https://t.co/5XvX1f9cM6
So @PikeGrey1418 and I are thrilled to have been nominated for book of the year. If you like liked reading Ring of Fire, please do consider voting for us!
Also catch me in June at @I_W_M Duxford’s history festival…
@almurray@TheWFA@James1940
Don’t miss our next talk - tomorrow night (25 Sept) at 20:00 BST. Jim Smithson on the Third Battle of Artois, exactly 110 years after it began. Free for all to attend - link below
@boiry62128@churchill_alex@bart_parish
The spreadsheet is filling up nicely with old friends and new. Don’t be shy; we are a very friendly, inclusive and occasionally slightly bonkers group with masses of knowledge and enthusiasm to share. We’d love you to join us.
Tickets are still available https://t.co/HndbCd3kZ8
Our conference is a month away! So many talks and seminars to choose from. Based on the book Ring of Fire, @PikeGrey1418 will be giving an exclusive talk about the Battle of Galicia. This oft-ignored scrap in 1914 consumed a million casualties along a 200 mile front in 3 weeks!
Our annual conference is a month away! There are so many talks and seminars to choose from.
Director @churchill_alex will be unsurprisingly talking about the French, and giving an exclusive talk all about General Foch in 1914 🇫🇷👇
Our conference is a month away! With many talks and seminars to choose from. Trev Torkington will be regaling his audience with the story of K Class submarines and the Battle of May Island.
Conference is a month away! So many talks and seminars to choose from. We talk about technical innovations through Brit eyes, and we forget that the French were pioneers too! @boiry62128 is going to give our ally their dues for steel helmets (that Churchill preferred) and more…
Our conference is a month away! With many talks and seminars to choose from. It’s all very well capturing enemy guns for the win. But what do you do with them afterwards? Mike Taylor is going to tell us!
Our conference is a month away! With many talks and seminars to choose from. Friday night will see a focus on Haig and leadership during #WW1, and Dr. Andy Lock will be talking about decision-making during Third Ypres. @almurray
Our conference is a month away! Multiple talks and seminars to choose from. Antonia Newell will be talking about the incredible Agnes Bennett, a doctor and the first female commissioned officer in the British Army. She eventually ran the Ostrovo Unit in Salonika. Ticket details👇
@SommePhantom Okay Tom, I’ve unblocked you for 24 hours. Do your worst.
For anyone who doesn’t know me, I am a retired primary -school teacher, a non-academic, proud to be a GWG trustee with particular responsibility for organising packed lunches. I have never met anyone at CWGC let alone have
@SommePhantom any friends there. But I do object strongly to being shouted at via personal emails, direct messages etc and being accused publicly of betrayal and dishonesty. I have absolutely no axe to grind with you. I tried to help and you threw it back in my face. You helped me and I made