Michael Edney

I read a book or two, and enjoy a podcast but never at the same time.

[Special Air Service Regimental Association @SASRegtAssn]

A great piece of original film featuring SAS Troopers in the 1961 film Fit to Fight. Very rare to see SAS on film and those bergans look pretty heavy! Seen it before? Pop over to the IWM Collection to see the full film or have a search for more interesting archive material. Always a little further. @I_W_M #specialforces

[Paul Rees. ex Rucksack. @HannahIamthest1]

I would love to see a change to the order of parade at the Cenotaph.
Once the King and Royal Family have laid their wreaths, I’d like to see the politicians wait until every single veteran’s association has laid their wreath.
Politicians should stand & wait in gratitude. Remind these grifters of their place in the scheme of things.

[Chalky white @shaun_chalky]

Horse Guards waiting for the Parade.

[Cornwalloncamera @Cornwalloncam]

Sunset over the Towanroath engine house perched on the Cliffs at Wheal Coates near St Agnes in Cornwall.

#cornwall #photography #sunset

[Cornish Weather @Cornish_Weather]

Absolutely perfect here this morning. 11°c. #Cornwall #porthleven #coffee

[Tom Petch @TomDCPetch]

Honoured to unveil the @EnglishHeritage blue plaque for Dudley Clarke this week.

A master of military deception, Clarke helped create the Commandos and SAS, and provided the blueprint for the US Rangers.

Photo: David Parry / English Heritage

#DudleyClarke #SASHistory

[SlenderSherbet @SlenderSherbet]

My house, anytime I'm on the phone.

[Michael Edney @MichaelEdney]

@Dozibugger Now you’ve done it I’m going to have to watch the film! 🤩

[Nick @Dozibugger]

Probably one of the best clips in the history of cinema. #humbertastic

[Torque & Tide 🔥 @TorqueTide01]

This has to be the most craziest RV in the world and the price will have you thinking for days it’s over £120,000,000💀💸💸

[Slightly out of focus @Normandy661944]

Churchill tanks and Humber armoured cars near Sint-Willibrorduskerk in Rijkevorsel, Belgium, 22 October 1944. Modern day comparison.

IWM (B 11114), Sgt Crocker, AFPU
Screenshot (c) Google Earth 2026

[Rock and Roll Garage @rocknrollgarag1]

One of the greatest live performances of all time, AC/DC playing "Thunderstruck" at River Plate stadium in Argentina, look at that crowd singing along, South American crowds and unbeatable!

[Jennifer Thetford-Kay @JenKteach]

1 NOVEMBER 1914: THE BATTLE OF CORONEL REMEMBERING THE MEN OF HMS GOOD HOPE AND HMS MONMOUTH

On this day in 1914, the Royal Navy suffered a devastating defeat off the coast of Chile during the First World War. The Battle of Coronel would claim the lives of more than 1,500 British sailors, with two Royal Navy cruisers lost and no survivors from either ship.

They had sailed to confront a powerful German naval squadron operating in the Pacific. The British force, commanded by Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, included:
⚓ HMS Good Hope
⚓ HMS Monmouth
⚓ HMS Glasgow
⚓ HMS Otranto

Opposing them was the German East Asia Squadron, commanded by Vice Admiral Maximilian von Spee, whose principal warships included the powerful armoured cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
As evening fell on 1st November, the two squadrons met in increasingly difficult weather off the Chilean coast. The British ships were outgunned, and conditions made the engagement especially dangerous.

German gunfire inflicted devastating damage. HMS Good Hope, Rear Admiral Cradock's flagship, was lost with all hands, including the admiral himself.
HMS Monmouth was also sunk, with no survivors.
HMS Glasgow and HMS Otranto escaped.
It was a crushing defeat for the Royal Navy and a terrible loss for the families waiting at home.
The Battle of Coronel was Britain's first major naval defeat of the First World War.

Five weeks later, the Royal Navy would defeat von Spee's squadron at the Battle of the Falkland Islands, but nothing could restore the lives lost off Chile.

Today, 112 years later, we remember the officers and men who never returned. Men who left their families, their homes and their communities to serve their country. Many of their resting places remain beneath the waters of the Pacific Ocean.

Their sacrifice must never be forgotten.

We remember Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock and every sailor lost aboard HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth.⚓ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. 🥀
🇬🇧 LEST WE FORGET 🇬🇧
#RoyalNavy #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget

[Trev Clark's Obscure Aviation History 🚁 @clark_aviation]

From this photo of RAF Odiham staff fundraising for the Royal British Legion 'poppy week', the modern service beard craze might be being replaced with, what I'd call, a more 'traditional' air force facial hair adornment.

[Michael Edney @MichaelEdney]

@LBFlyawayhome Warwick The Kingmaker for me

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Time for a round of ‘you can only pick one’.
Which will it be?

(Would you ‘like’ or rt this one please, so it doesn’t get buried 🙏)

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

27 October 1963. Last episode of ITV’s children's puppet TV series, Fireball XL5, was broadcast. In the series Colonel Steve Zodiac leads the defence of the Earth from numerous interstellar threats. It had ran for 39 episodes since 28 October 1962.

[The Name of War @TheNameofWar]

Watch this amazing 1975 reenactment of a Napoleonic cavalry charge

[Vinnie Sullivan @VinnieSull1van]

Accents: South London

Oh how the youth have changed. These lads talk about the importance of having a good suit in the 1950s. Their overall demeanour speaks volumes as to how the working-class understood the importance of personal, and cultural maintenance.

"I spend about 30 bob a week on clothes".

'We Are The Lambeth Boys' ⏳️

[Best Movie Moments 🍿 @BestMovieMom]

The ending of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) is so iconic it almost outshines the entire film. Leone spent three days perfecting that standoff, aligning every edit with Morricone’s music. Pure cinema in a few unforgettable minutes.