Wiltshire Soldiers

Official Account for Wiltshire Soldiers (Richard Broadhead). DMs are open for enquires.

[Wiltshire Soldiers @WiltSoldiers]

Replica blank firing Stokes Mortar. Cheers to @Taff_Gillingham and @SmithCorblimey for the barrel measurements. What do you think?

[Tom Strickland @StricklandTom]

Tank ‘stepping stone’ pier to cross the River Selle in October 1918. #tank #WW1

[Tom Strickland @StricklandTom]

Always great to have the book selling well at the heart of the Somme - Avril’s at Ocean Villas/Auchonvillers. Always the best place to stay on the Somme.

[Wiltshire Soldiers @WiltSoldiers]

@CGTTours Both, can you not see the resemblance? 😂

[Jon Wort 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇧 @Tofrek]

Bored, insomnia, can’t sleep or need to fill an hour of your time? Then look no further.
The Maiwand lecture + the Q&A session is available to watch at: https://t.co/45obOfIKyP
P.S. Don’t forget to click the donate button please 🙏

[Wiltshire Soldiers @WiltSoldiers]

@Tofrek Not yet, do you want one?

[Wiltshire Soldiers @WiltSoldiers]

@Tofrek Our best guess would be commonwealth, interwar or possibly late 40s early 50s. Most likely Indian at a guess. 😀

[Tom Strickland @StricklandTom]

Helping to set up a new exhibition space at Ocean Villas. The Somme is well and truly open! Easy to get across to France now. #WW1 #Somme @SabrestormBooks @WiltSoldiers

[Tom Strickland @StricklandTom]

Rare surviving 1918 Moir Bunker. @SabrestormBooks @WiltSoldiers #Somme #WW1

[CGTTours @CGTTours]

After what has been a really hard 18 mths for the travel industry, it's been difficult to keep the faith at times. But we are feeling really positive & looking to the future. Therefore, I am so excited to launch our new website, ready to take us into 2022.
https://t.co/z8IVujbDQA

[Jon Wort 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇧 @Tofrek]

2/2 On the evening of Thur 6th Sept 1917 he was flying in the vicinity of Yatesbury, when his machine nose dived and crashed to the ground, dying of his injuries shortly after admission to hospital.
He originally had a standard @CWGC headstone until alerted by @WiltSoldiers

[Jon Wort 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇧 @Tofrek]

1/2 Thank you to @WiltSoldiers for taking me on another great tour of bits of Wiltshire I don't know.
Today I saw an unusual grave of a Russian Army pilot. Cadet Alexander Vinogradoff. He was attached to the Royal Flying Corps & qualified as a pilot at the Military School Oxford.

[CGTTours @CGTTours]

Our drone flying through the “Avril Williams Museum Collection” in Auchonvillers, last weekend. Recently updated, it’s looking great and well worth a visit.

[Jon Wort 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇧 @Tofrek]

“Bobby” the Brookwood cat attempting an escape in a colleagues van.

[Wiltshire Soldiers @WiltSoldiers]

@TerrierMcD @Tofrek Amazing thank you! Any idea why he’s got 2b when he doesn’t get a 1915 Star?

[Wiltshire Soldiers @WiltSoldiers]

Haven’t been posting very often recently but does anyone happen to to know what I.E.F.D stands for on this medal card? Any help greatly appreciated

[Jon Wort 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇧 @Tofrek]

@pergamum @alberttopcat @Bruno1023llama Padre, name the make, model and colour and I’m sure @WiltSoldiers can get you one!😂
P.S. What’s your budget?

[Jon Wort 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇧 @Tofrek]

A great thread Stephen, thank you.

@GuildofBG
@alberttopca
@Bruno1023llama
@Chippy476
@gazedwards22
@SusieRother
@WW1_Education
@PaulaKitching
@WiltSoldiers
@LMBD1418
@CGTBattlefields
@BritishArmy
@battleguide

[Jon Wort 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇧 @Tofrek]

Adapt, Improvise and overcome.
How do you simulate Machine Gun fire when discussing the evolution of trench warfare?
You get one of your guides to provide ‘clappy hands’ 👏

[Jon Wort 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇧 @Tofrek]

1/8
I wish I knew more about this poor soul.
The entry in the register says “Son of Samuel and Margaret Brown, of Retreat, St. Peter's, Barbados, West Indies”. His epitaph reads “THE RIGHTEOUS IS AS BOLD AS LION BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH”.
Who chose the epitaph?

[Vickers MG Collection & Research Association @vickersmg]

A super new #VickersMG photograph in the collection we've scanned in today. A close up of the stencilling shows '1st Wilts' which, alongside the Singapore photographer, dates it to 1932 to 1936 when the Bn were stationed there. Very pleased with this one.