Conor

CWGF Guide based at Thiepval | Durand Group Member | All views are my own |

[Conor @conorwillixms]

Remembering my Great Great Grandfather Spr Moses Williams 253rd Tunnelling Coy who was killed 104 years ago today in the Spring Offensive. Hopefully can get back to France soon to visit where he is commemorated on the Arras memorial #CWGC #Remembrance

[Conor @conorwillixms]

@NUFC Get him out of my club

[Canadian Armed Forces @CanadianForces]

We have confirmed that the grave of a previously unknown soldier buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery in Ypres, Belgium, in 1920, is that of Corporal (Cpl) William Benjamin Cunningham, a Canadian soldier of the First World War. 1/4

[David O'Keefe @okeefehistorian]

An absolutely chilling account of Omaha Beach 80 years ago.

[Tales From The Battlefields Podcast @TerryWhenham]

In this podcast we attend a ceremony at the site of a crashed Lancaster Bomber on the 80th anniversary. We also talk to @MeganMaltby from @CWGC about #WarGravesWeek that is taking place next month. Download on Apple, Spotify and Amazon Music: https://t.co/tLOGFUg0kH

[Conor @conorwillixms]

Last minute flight cancellation at Calgary airport last night with Zero help available by @WestJet staff, lots of people left to figure it out themselves! Absolute joke @WestJet

[Conor @conorwillixms]

Managed to take a visit to Chattanooga National Cemetery and see the headstones of the first medal of honor winners from the ‘great locomotive chase’ and Desmond T Doss resting place #CivilWar #WW2 #medalofhonor

[Max Dutton @MaxDutton2]

Can you imagine a more perfect phrase than “A soldier of the Great War. Known unto God” for @CWGC headstones of unknown soldiers? Well now you don’t have to imagine it because this (see below👇) is what we almost had…

[Conor @conorwillixms]

@WW1_Education @CWGC Good luck guys you’ll have a blast

[Newcastle United @NUFC]

WE ARE NEWCASTLE UNITED.

WE ARE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE! 🙌🙌

[Simon Bendry @WW1_Education]

Very moving #AnzacDay2023 Dawn Service at Codford in Wiltshire

[Conor @conorwillixms]

@BowersWrites @CWGC I did indeed it’s a nice park, full of history and interesting memorials

[Conor @conorwillixms]

Road trip out in the east of Canada has allowed me see some pretty interesting sites. Here’s the @CWGC Halifax memorial it commemorates 3144 men and women who lost their lives at sea and have no known grave #WW1 #WW2

[Commonwealth War Graves @CWGC]

The Vimy Memorial overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras.

#WorldWildlifeDay

More info about the memorial here: https://t.co/FfDAilhTt3

[Simon Verdegem @SimonVerdegem]

To finish our excavation, we were rewarded with the best preserved SMLE rifle we’ve ever seen being unearthed. Only a few inches underneath the one we shared yesterday, together with another shovel they were all in bomb craters on top of the old German trench

#FWW #Archaeology

[WW1cemeteries.com @ww1cemeteries]

Image of Devonshire Cemetery - early 1920's. Centre left of the cemetery is the Albert-Peronne road with Gordon Cemetery behind. The light railway that ran alongside the road is still in situ at the time of the image. ©CWGC
#WW1 #Somme #History

[Premier League @premierleague]

The Magpies are flying ✈️

@NUFC 👏

[Conor @conorwillixms]

Yesterdays visit to Victoria, BC saw me visit the cenotaph outside the parliament building. Vernon and Sydney March after this design, later created the national war memorial in Ottawa.

[Conor @conorwillixms]

Had a great time this weekend visiting some interesting sites on the Somme battlefields. A different experience going back to Thiepval with @J_the_biscuit and it not being our work place. Will probably be my last visit for a couple years now next up Canada 🇨🇦

[Commonwealth War Graves @CWGC]

Recruitment is still open for our Guides (formerly Interns) Programme!

Ideal for anyone starting out and looking to gain some work experience and new skills at some of the CWGC’s most iconic sites.

Find further details and how to apply here: https://t.co/AVeEBZ7iF8

[Conor @conorwillixms]

Cannot recommend this enough, a truly life changing experience. If you’re an individual who’s interested in history, the First World War and becoming an ambassador for the @CWGC in the face of the public, this is for you!

[Simon Bendry @WW1_Education]

Recruitment now open for the 2023 @CWGC Guides Programme (formerly Interns). We are looking for exceptional indivudals to join us for three months next year to act as guides in either France or Belgium. See the website for more information and how to apply https://t.co/wPpeJCRE3z