Jon the Tour Guy

The reincarnation of the Real Jon The Tour Guy! Member of the Wolverhampton MAfia & President of the General Ivor Philipps Appreciation Society

[Jo Hook @jojohook2003]

Stopping off at Rouen en route to Normandy - it’s a great place to stop and eat ice cream but also talk about the importance of Rouen in WW1 and the significant damage to the beautiful cathedral in WW2 with @BattlefieldDisc

[Tony O’Connor @LGA_Tony]

David Lloyd George wearing formal Court Uniform / Court Dress - Privy Counsellor. 📷: 1911 and 1922…
(1922: a rare signed photograph from the Wedding of Princess Mary and Viscount Henry Lascelles at Westminster Abbey, London. From our collection)

[WW1 On This Day @WW1IEPER1917]

Field Marshal Sir John French Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, 1914, reviews an army of 10,000 volunteers assembled in Hyde Park, London. IWM 70032

[Outline Publishing @Outline2025]

Wot he says 👇

[Mark Green @VCGCOnline]

Message to my followers who have been kind enough to purchase a copy of my Arnhem VCs book - could you leave a review on Amazon please - every little helps - https://t.co/H8OdUjudbV

[Tony O’Connor @LGA_Tony]

WW2: Invergordon, Scotland…
Love this photograph - from our collection!!! 😄

[Jon the Tour Guy @Jontourguy2]

@jojohook2003 I look forward to this finished ode😜

[North Wales WFA @NorthWalesWFA]

Our annual branch "away day" saw 17 of us visit the Fusiliers Museum in Bury on 2nd August. We were lucky to witness a drumhead service to commemorate Minden Day.

[Darryl Porrino @DarrylPorrino]

A great day out at the Fusiliers Museum in Bury. A cracking medal room with 6 VC's on display.

[Tony O’Connor @LGA_Tony]

Visit of Field Marshal JC Smuts to Churt - early 1930’s:
“We beheld a lithe, lean, extremely graceful man. During luncheon he and Dame Margaret dominated the conversation. Mr Lloyd George appearing quite happy in the ‘unusual’ role of silent listener”! (Ann Parry - DLG Staff) 😄

[Mike Peters @MikeHistorian]

I find CoC to be the most authentic set of wargaming rules for a variety of reasons. Great effort has gone into ensuring that the friction of battle, national characteristics, and the moral component is hardwired into every phase of the game. You have to think, casualties matter

[Jon the Tour Guy @Jontourguy2]

@pplscollection @DiwylliantConwy It was doctors & nurses down our way!😜

[Jon the Tour Guy @Jontourguy2]

@historian1914 I’ve read a number of accounts which almost welcomed gas attacks because they killed the rats!
That’s a dilemma I’d not want!

[fill your boots @MilitaryBanter]

Can you spare a post for our Boss today. LT Daniel Clack. Killed in Afghanistan , CP Shaparack. 12.08.2011 .

Never forgotten. Rip

[Ben Mayne @BattlefieldBen]

Last nights walk around Caen in a few roads I have not walked before. Several houses with significant shrapnel marks on them from June & July 1944.

[Mike Peters @MikeHistorian]

I had a fantastic day out yesterday visiting Lard Island to gain an introduction to the Chain of Command 2 rules and the nuances of 'Big CoC'. I was very impressed with the level of enhancement that the amendments have brought to what was already the most authentic rule set.

[Tony O’Connor @LGA_Tony]

August 1919: Sister E. G. Lee, from Leicestershire, started a campaign: British War Medal to be awarded to Nurses who had served on Hospital Ships in WW1. Rare papers in our collection - ultimately a successful campaign. W.O. AG10 and approved by “higher authority” - Churchill?

[Tony O’Connor @LGA_Tony]

The Arthur Daley of Churt! …
Lloyd George by JK Gibson c1924.
Original - from our collection 😄

[Beth Moore @HistoryandMoore]

Today is the 107th anniversary of the death of Pte James Rowley, a young man whose life I discovered last year in a box of artefacts at a militaria fair. I've adopted James and was lucky enough to visit his grave in November last year - https://t.co/lj7qD9fIAX